MADISON, Wis. -- The sixth-ranked University of Chicago women's tennis team won four matches -- three against other top-25 opponents -- Friday and Saturday at the Midwest Invitational.
Chicago (13-4) opened the event with a 9-0 win over Luther College Friday morning before defeating 20th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus College 9-0 in the evening match.
In Saturday's action, the Maroons blanked #13 Washington (Mo.) University 5-0 before closing out the weekend with a 5-2 decision over 10th-ranked DePauw University.
Match by Match Results
Chicago 9, Luther 0
Singles
1. Kendra Higgins (UCW) def. Cami Czech (LUTHER) 6-3, 6-0
2. Jennifer Kung (UCW) def. Elise Allen (LUTHER) 6-1, 6-1
3. Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Cassandra Chalhoub (LUTHER) 6-2, 6-0
4. Linden Li (UCW) def. Lola White-Baer (LUTHER) 6-2, 6-0
5. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) def. Katherine Howe (LUTHER) 6-3, 6-1
6. Maggie Schumann (UCW) def. Katy Lindstrom (LUTHER) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. Higgins/ VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Czech/ Howe (LUTHER) 8-1
2. Kung/ Li (UCW) def. Chalhoub/ White-Baer (LUTHER) 8-0
3. McGillis/Megan Tang (UCW) def. Allen/ Lindstrom (LUTHER) 8-2
Chicago 9, Gustavus Adolphus 0
Singles
1. Kendra Higgins (UCW) def. Alex Erickson (GA) 6-3, 6-0
2. Jennifer Kung (UCW) def. Megan Gaard (GA) 6-2, 6-3
3. Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Laurel Krebsbach (GA) 6-1, 6-0
4. Linden Li (UCW) def. Mallory Shellum (GA) 6-1, 6-3
5. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) def. Megan Born (GA) 5-7, 6-2, 10-6
6. Megan Tang (UCW) def. Mary Roop (GA) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Higgins/ VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Gaard/ Krebsbach (GA) 9-8 (7-5)
2. Kung/ Li (UCW) def. Erickson/ Roop (GA) 8-3
3. McGillis/Megan Tang (UCW) def. Born/Annie Mahoney (GA) 8-2
Chicago 5, Washington-St. Louis 0
Singles
2. Jennifer Kung (UCW) def. Kate Klein (WASHU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) def. Betsy Edershile (WASHU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Kendra Higgins/Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Klein/Corinne Rauck (WASHU) 8-4
2. Kung/Linden Li (UCW) def. Theresa Petraskova/Natalie Tingir (WASHU) 8-4
3. McGillis/Megan Tang (UCW) def. Edershile/Paige Madara (WASHU) 8-3
Chicago 5, DePauw 2
Singles
3. Carmen VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Meg Crowley (DPU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Linden Li (UCW) def. Katie Regan (DPU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Caroline Emhardt (DPU) def. Kelsey McGillis (UCW) 6-4, 6-1
6. Megan Tang (UCW) def. Julie Wittwer (DPU) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
1. Kendra Higgins/ VacaGuzman (UCW) def. Kelly Gebert/Maggie MacPhail (DPU) 8-5
2. Jennifer Kung/ Li (UCW) def. Crowley/Claire Marshall (DPU) 8-1
3. Kaitlin Pickrel/ Wittwer (DPU) def. Kelsey McGillis/ Tang (UCW) 9-7
Notes
- The Maroons improved to 11-1 against Division III competition.
- Saturday's match against DePauw marked the third meeting between the two schools this season. Chicago has won two of the three matchups.
Up Next
- Chicago travels to Wheaton College for dual match action Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.