The UW-Oshkosh women’s tennis team opened the season by capturing 16-of-18 matches in wins over both Wartburg College (Iowa) and Edgewood College on Saturday (Aug. 30) at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg.

The Titans prevailed, 8-1, in both matches as they started the season 2-0 for the second consecutive year. UW-Oshkosh took advantage of the doubles competition, sweeping all six contests.

Jenna Abbott (Sr. • Oshkosh) and Emily Bostwick (Fr. • Whitefish Bay) teamed up to take down Wartburg College’s Molly Eslick and Leanna Jenkins by a score of 8-6. The Titans’ No. 1 pair also defeated Edgewood College’s duo of Hannah Pinczak and Lizzie Starck in an 8-3 decision.

UW-Oshkosh’s No. 2 doubles flight of Brittany Braasch (Jr. • Ixonia) and Alison Broerman (So. • Kenosha) earned victories of 9-8 over Wartburg College (0-2) and 8-6 over Edgewood College (1-2). In the third flight, Liz Leffler (Fr. • Racine) and Kristina Naidicz (Fr. • Kenosha) posted wins of 8-0 and 8-2 against Wartburg and Edgewood, respectively.

Eslick topped Abbott in the No. 1 singles match, 6-0, 6-2 for Wartburg’s lone triumph. Bostwick defeated Emily Heying, 6-2, 4-6 (10-3) at No. 2 and Naidicz earned a 6-1, 6-2 win against No. 3 Jenkins.

In the fourth flight against Wartburg College, Braasch scored a pair of 6-1 set wins over Natalie Branstad, while Broerman knocked out Keyley Grant 6-2, 6-2 in flight No. 5. The sixth flight saw Leffler take both sets, 6-0, against Alana Schneider.

UW-Oshkosh also went 5-1 in singles play against Edgewood, led by Naidicz’s 6-0, 6-2 win over Jenny Pietkauskis in flight No. 3. Bostwick prevailed 6-3, 6-2 against Pinczak at No. 2, but Abbott fell, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0 to Kelsey Steinhorst in the first billing.

Braasch continued the Titans’ success with a fourth flight win of 6-1, 6-2 against Erica Troia, along with Broerman’s 6-2, 6-3 victory over Rebecca Chavey at No. 5. UW-Oshkosh closed out the match with a sixth-flight decision of 7-5, 6-2 from Leffler over Edgewood’s Brittany Storhoff.