Women's Tennis News Releases
Rams meet Central in first round of IIAC Team Championships
Coming up - Tuesday, Oct. 6, vs. Simpson, Mount Vernon, 4 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, Oct. 9-10, at Iowa Conference Team Championships, Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center, Iowa City, TBA; Friday-Saturday, Oct. 16-17, at Iowa Conference Individual Championships, Cedar Rapids, TBA.
Ram rewind - Cornell picked up its first Iowa Conference dual win of the fall, blanking the University of Dubuque, 9-0, Saturday in Dubuque.
The second half of Saturday's scheduled IIAC double dual with Loras was suspended due to inclement weather with the Rams leading 3-0 after doubles play. Cornell dropped an 8-1 decision to Coe Friday in Mount Vernon.
Cornell's No. 2 doubles tandem of freshmen Kara Middleton (Wausau, Wis./Wausua West) and Alyssa Zavislak (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard South) finished a perfect week 3-0. The two scored Cornell's lone win over Coe (8-4) and prevailed, 9-7, over Dubuque. Middleton and Zavislak teamed for an 8-4 win over Loras, improving their season doubles mark to 6-6.
The Rams recorded straight-set wins in all six singles matches in the sweep of Dubuque. Cornell went 6-0 in doubles competition Saturday.
Tournament pairings released - The fifth-seeded Rams will face fourth-seeded Central (8-5) at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 in the first round of the IIAC Team Championships at Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center in Iowa City. The Rams will try to avenge a 5-4 loss to the Dutch Sept. 1 in Mount Vernon.
Friday's other first-round match pits No. 3 seed Wartburg (12-3) against No. 6 seed Loras (6-9). The Cornell-Central winner advances to play top-seeded Coe (8-0) in a semifinal at 9 a.m. Saturday. No. 2 seed Luther (12-2) will face the Wartburg-Loras winner. Championship and third-place matches will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Cornell placed fourth in the tournament last year. The Rams scored a 5-0 first-round win over Wartburg, before falling 5-1 to Luther in the semifinals and then losing 5-3 to Central in the third-place match.
Individual leaders - Middleton and Zavislak are tied for the team lead in singles wins, both at 8-5. Senior Caryl Abeyta (Eaton, Colo./Eaton) stands 7-6, including a 7-5 mark at No. 2 singles. Sophomore Kirsten Lasley (St. Paul, Minn./Saddlebrook) is 6-6, competing primarily at No. 3 singles.
Cornell 9, Dubuque 0 (Oct. 3, at Dubuque)
Singles - De Gannes (Cor) def. Hannah Scheidewend 6-3, 6-1; Abeyta (Cor) def. Kristina Mc Wethy 6-1, 6-2; Zavislak (Cor) def. Emma Bridgett 6-1, 6-1; Middleton (Cor) def. Linsday Bonnell 7-5, 7-5; Harmon (Cor) def. Samantha Miller 6-1, 6-1; Johnson (Cor) def. Rachel Tilkens 6-0, 6-0; Doubles - De Gannes/Abeyta (Cor) def. Scheidewend/Mc Wethy 8-2; Middleton/Zavislak (Cor) def. Jackie Ventrice/Bonnell 9-7; Harmon/Johnson (Cor) def. Miller/Bridgett 8-0.
Coe 8, Cornell 1 (Oct. 2, at Mount Vernon)
Singles - Hanna Jensen (Coe) def. De Gannes 6-4, 6-2; Andrea Schupbach (Coe) def. Abeyta 6-3, 6-4; Hillary Allen (Coe) def. Kirsten Lasley 6-3, 6-2; Michelle Schupbach (Coe) def. Zavislak 6-1, 6-0; Sara Ohlman (Coe) def. Middleton 6-2, 7-5; Megan Fiala (Coe) def. Harmon 6-1, 6-2; Doubles - Schupbach/Schupbach (Coe) def. Abeyta/Lasley 8-3, Zavislak/Middleton (Cor) def. Allen/Ohlman 8-4; Jensen/Fiala (Coe) def. De Gannes/Johnson 8-4.
