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Loper Tennis
UNK Athletics
0
Southwest Minnesota State SMSU (11-9)
7
Winner Nebraska-Kearney UNK (7-5)
Southwest Minnesota State SMSU
(11-9)
0
Final
7
Nebraska-Kearney UNK
(7-5)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Lopers Speed by the Mustangs

Kearney, Neb. – The now 12th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney women's tennis team swept Southwest Minnesota State, 7-0, Saturday afternoon at Harmon Park.

This was UNK's true home opener of the 2021-22 season; it hosted Minnesota State March 7 at the Grand Island Tennis Center. The Lopers (7-5) currently have three more home duals in Newman (April 9), Emporia State (April 10) and Missouri Western State (April 22).

The Mustangs (11-9) were coming off a 6-1 win over Doane College on Friday at Harmon but were no match for a UNK squad that had to rearrange both its doubles and singles lineups today due to injury. No matter, the Lopers won two of the three doubles matches to take the team point while winning five of the six singles matches in straight sets.

Colorado freshman Alexis Bernthal and Mexican sophomore Jazmin Zamorano secured the doubles point with a 6-4 win in the top spot. The pair is now 4-2 to date. Next, Bernthal needed three sets (4-6, 6-1, 10-3) to come out on top at number two and pick up her seventh victory of the spring with Zamorano a team-best 11-1 in singles thanks to a straight sets decision (6-3, 6-0) at three.

Finally, Lincoln freshman Clare Plachy won at five (6-3, 6-3) with Missouri senior Pranathi Gannavaram (6-4, 7-6) doing the same a spot lower in the lineup.

UNK is at Washburn (4-7) and Northwest Missouri State (6-3) next weekend.
 

 
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