Posted: Apr 02, 2016

Women's Tennis winning streak snapped

Team Stats

Concordia Wisconsin

North Central

Score

Doubles

O'Connor, Clare / Forkin, Kelsey (NCC)
def. Solberg, Ashley / Kelly, Bailey (CUW)

8-2

Drone, Katie / Bernardo, Kassandra (NCC)
def. Tresedder, Hannah / Wagner, Michaela (CUW)

8-5

Jacobsen, Sabine / Macioch, Alisia (CUW)
def. Coladipietro, Marisa / Schroeder, Karissa (NCC)

9-7

Singles

Drone, Katie (NCC)
def. Solberg, Ashley (CUW)

6-2, 6-1

Forkin, Kelsey (NCC)
def. Tresedder, Hannah (CUW)

6-0, 6-0

O'Connor, Clare (NCC)
def. Jacobsen, Sabine (CUW)

6-0, 6-4

Coladipietro, Marisa (NCC)
def. Kelly, Bailey (CUW)

7-5, 7-5

Schroeder, Karissa (NCC)
def. Wagner, Michaela (CUW)

6-2, 6-4

Bernardo, Kassandra (NCC)
def. Macioch, Alisia (CUW)

6-1, 6-0

Team Stats

Concordia Wisconsin

Principia

Score

Doubles

Paige Cooley / Caitlin Carney (PC)
def. Solberg, Ashley / Kelly, Bailey (CUW)

8-5

Tresedder, Hannah / Wagner, Michaela (CUW)
def. Hanne Andersen / Anh Vu (PC)

9-7

Jacobsen, Sabine / Macioch, Alisia (CUW)
def. Lena Carlson / Justine Roy (PC)

8-2

Singles

Paige Cooley (PC)
def. Solberg, Ashley (CUW)

6-0, 6-0

Hanne Andersen (PC)
def. Tresedder, Hannah (CUW)

6-3, 6-4

Justine Roy (PC)
def. Jacobsen, Sabine (CUW)

6-3, 6-3

Kelly, Bailey (CUW)
def. Caitlin Carney (PC)

1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)

Wagner, Michaela (CUW)
def. Lena Carlson (PC)

7-5, 6-4

Macioch, Alisia (CUW)
def. Claire Horton (PC)

6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Concordia Wisconsin program-record winning streak of 17-consucutive matches came to an end on Saturday afternoon with an 8-1 defeat at North Central in non-conference play. Prior to the loss the Falcons defeated Principia by a 5-4 score.

THE BASICS
Final Score: North Central 8, Concordia Wisconsin 1; Concordia Wisconsin 5, Principia 4
Location: Naperville, Ill., Elsah, Ill.
Records: North Central 9-2, Concordia Wisconsin 17-2, Principia 2-6

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons battled during doubles play to earn their only point after sophomore Sabine Jacobsen (Palatine, Ill.) and junior Alisia Macioch (South St. Paul, Minn.) defeated their No. 3 doubles pairing by a 9-7 score. The Cardinals won the No.1 and No.2 doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead into singles play.
- North Central flexed its muscle during singles play, winning all six matches to stop CUW's winning streak. Freshman Bailey Kelly (Racine, Wis.) was the closest Falcon to possibly win a point during singles play, losing 7-5, 7-5 at the No. 4 position.
- CUW earned doubles victory at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions to take a 2-1 lead. Sophomore Hannah Tresedder (Kingsford, Mich.) and junior Michaela Wagner (Oswego, Ill.) won a hard-fought 9-7 match at No. 2 doubles.
- All three of the Falcons singles wins weren't easy, as two had to go to tiebreaking situations. Wagner won a 7-5, 6-4 decision at No. 5 singles, while Macioch picked up a 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) win at No. 6 singles. In addition, Kelly had a 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) decision in her favor at No. 4 singles.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Falcons hadn't lost season their season opener on September 2.
- The Falcons 17-match winning streak was the longest in program history and the longest winning streak (including conference and non-conference matches) by a team in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference history.
- During the winning streak CUW didn't lose a match at No. 5 singles, which included 15 wins by Kelly.

NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE
- The Falcons return to action on Saturday, April 9 for a pair of non-conference games. They take on Wartburg at 12 pm before playing at St. Norbert at 3 pm.