BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Tennis continued its 2022 campaign with two wins on Sunday against the Lipscomb Bisons and the UT Martin Skyhawks. The doubleheader sweep marked the first-ever collegiate matches played at the Michael O. Buchanon tennis facility.
"We wanted to get everyone some match play and we were able to be successful doing that today," head coach Greg Davis said. "We are happy to be 3-0 but we have a great deal of work ahead this week to get ready for Austin Peay on Saturday."
The Lady Toppers' next four matches over the next two weeks will be in Bowling Green, continuing with matchups against Austin Peay on Saturday, February 5 and IUPUI on Sunday February 6. WKU and the Governors will begin play at 1 p.m.
Lipscomb Recap
WKU got off to a 1-0 start by winning the doubles point. The No. 1 duo of Paola Cortez and Cora-Lynn von Dungern took a 6-2 decision, then the No. 3 pair of Sofia Blanco and Mariana Zegada clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory, as well.
The Lady Toppers continued their success from doubles play to singles play with two wins in a row coming from Paola Cortez (6-2, 6-0) and Laura Bernardos (6-2, 6-0), to take a commanding 3-0 lead. The Bisons answered, winning at the No. 1 spot, but Rachel Hermanova clinched the match for WKU winning at the No. 5 spot, 7-6, 6-2. With the Lady Toppers winning 4-1, the rest of the singles matches were played out. The final two results finished in Lipscomb's favor, winning at the No. 4 and No. 6 spots, to make the final tally, 4-3.
"Really proud of this team. We have all had great respect for Lipscomb and they have had our number for the past three years," Davis said. "Laura And Paola played exceptional in singles today, as well as freshman Rachel Hermanova, who clinched the match at five."
Final Results vs. Lipscomb
Singles (Order of finish: 3,2,1,5,6,4)
1: Sasha Dobranos (LIP) def. Cora-Lynn von Dungern (WKU) 6-2, 6-1
2: Laura Bernardos (WKU) def. Kate Popova (LIP) 6-2, 6-2
3: Paola Cortez (WKU) def. Anja Trbeznik (LIP) 6-2, 6-0
4: Liza Diachenko (LIP) def. Taylor Shaw (WKU) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
5: Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Maddox Bandy (LIP) 7-6 (2), 6-2
6: Eleanor Chapman (LIP) def. Samantha Martinez (WKU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles (Order of finish 1,3)
1: Cortez/von Dungern (WKU) def. Dobranos/Diachenko (LIP) 6-2
2: Bernardos/Martinez (WKU) vs. Bandy/Popova (LIP) 4-5, unfinished
3: Blanco/Zegada (WKU) def. Trbeznik/Howard (LIP) 6-2
UT Martin Recap
WKU won the doubles point for the third straight match. Once again, the No. 1 pair of Cora-Lynn von Dungern and Paola Cortez took care of business, winning 6-4. To follow that up, the No. 2 duo of Laura Bernardos and Samantha Martinez also won their match, 6-4, to secure the doubles point going into singles play.
In singles play, the Lady Toppers just needed three matches to go their way to secure the victory against the Skyhawks and they did just that. Cora-Lynn von Dungern added another point at the No. 1 spot, winning 6-4, 6-3, then No. 5 Rachel Hermanova won 6-1, 6-3 in her singles matchup. The match was capped off by way of Alexis Cramer at No. 6, winning 6-3, 6-2 to give the WKU the sweep, beating the Skyhawks, 4-0.
"We were able to finish off the day 2-0 after some very strong singles play at one, five, and six," Davis said. "I thought winning the doubles points were very pivotal in today's victories."
Final Results vs. UT Martin
Singles (Order of finish: 1,5,6)
1: Cora-Lynn von Dungern (WKU) def Amelia Campbell (UTM) 6-4, 6-3
2: Laura Bernardos (WKU) vs. Jule Streif (UTM) 4-6, 6-4, unfinished
3: Paola Cortez (WKU) vs. Sina Albersmeier (UTM) 7-6 (2), 3-3, unfinished
4: Taylor Shaw (WKU) vs. Aziza Aubin (UTM) 2-6, 6-2, 1-4, unfinished
5: Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Mizuki Sakurai (UTM) 6-1, 6-3
6: Alexis Cramer (WKU) def. Jillian Niedzialowski (UTM) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles (Order of finish 3,1,2)
1: Cortez/von Dungern (WKU) def. Albersmeier/Streif (UTM) 6-4
2: Bernardos/Martinez (WKU) def. Campbell/Aubin (UTM) 6-4
3: Sakurai/Niedzialowski (UTM) def. Blanco/Zegada (WKU) 6-0
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