Badgers advance to semifinals

Friday, April 26

Lincoln, Neb.

2 PM

Wisconsin Badgers

Iowa

women's tennis team huddle at Nielsen Tennis Stadium 2019

Photo by: David Stluka

April 26, 2019 | Women's Tennis

UW set to face Illinois after 4-3 victory over Iowa

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin women's tennis team is no stranger to the Iowa Hawkeyes, as UW defeated Iowa 4-2 last Saturday in Madison.

The two teams met again on Friday in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Big Ten Women's Tennis Tournament as the Badgers clipped the Hawkeyes, 4-3, to advance to the semifinals of the conference championship.

Wisconsin (18-4 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) quickly jumped ahead to a 3-0 lead over Iowa (13-12, 4-7) after UW won the doubles point and the sophomore duo of Lexi Keberle and MaryAnn Rompf quickly took down their opponents.

After Iowa went three unanswered points to tie the match up, freshman Ava Markham competed, as she has done all season, and came up clutch, defeating her opponent 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, locking up a 4-3 Wisconsin victory.

Wisconsin last faced Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament in 2005 in the quarterfinals when UW advanced 5-2.

Up next: The Badgers take on the Illinois, the No. 3 seed, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.

April 26, 2019
Nielsen Tennis Stadium
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wisconsin 4, Iowa 3

Singles results
Elise van Heuvelen (IOWA) def. [80] Sara Castellano (WIS) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
[123] Lexi Keberle (WIS) def. Ashleigh Jacobs (IOWA) 6-3, 6-3
Samantha Mannix (IOWA) def. Anna Makarova (WIS) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
Ava Markham (WIS) def. Michelle Bacalla (IOWA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
MaryAnn Rompf (WIS) def. Danielle Burich (IOWA) 6-0, 6-4
Cloe Ruette (IOWA) def. Christina Zordani (WIS) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles results
Keberle and Makarova (WIS) def. Heuvelen and Clark (IOWA) 7-6
Castellano and Zordani (WIS) def. Jacobs and Bauers (IOWA) 6-4
Markham and Pick (WIS) vs. Mannix and Ruette (IOWA) unfinished