|  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. |