KENOSHA, Wis. - The Carthage Firebirds women's tennis team is playing its best tennis of the season at the right time. With the 2023 CCIW Women's Tennis Championship just days away, the Firebirds are riding a three-match winning streak and have now won six of their last seven dual matches. 

The Firebirds hosted both MSOE and Edgewood today, winning 9-0 and 8-1, respectively. Within the pair of victories, Xingchen Liu won her 20th singles match of the season and is 16-1 in singles in dual matches, winning her last six. Maddie Kearney and Sierra Sonnemaker each won their 12th singles matches of the season, with Kearney now owning the team's longest-active win streak in singles matches (eight). 

At the No. 1 flight, Giana Apostoli had a terrific day. After downing MSOE's Karley Way 6-0, 6-0 in the day's earlier match, Apostoli defeated Edgewood's Cecile Fuchs 6-4, 7-5. The accomplished senior also picked up a victory in the No. 1 doubles flight against Edgewood, teaming up with Xingchen Liu to take an 8-1 victory. 





Match One

• Final Score: Carthage 9, MSOE 0
• Location: LifeSport Athletic Club - Racine, Wisconsin
• Records: Carthage 10-8

Match Two

• Final Score: Carthage 8, Edgewood 1
• Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Records: Carthage 11-8, Edgewood 12-6

Match One:

Singles Competition 

1. Giana Apostoli (CAR) def. Karley Way (MSOE) 6-0, 6-0
2. Luana da Silva (CAR) def. Gabrielle Haensgen (MSOE) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(4)
3. Giovanna Mendes (CAR) def. Michaela Haensgen (MSOE) 6-1, 6-2
4. Maddie Kearney (CAR) def. Hope Triplett (MSOE) 6-1, 6-1
5. Beatriz Ferreira (CAR) def. Brenna Sheehan (MSOE) 6-1, 6-2
6. Larissa Ishikawa (CAR) def. Bethany Noonan (MSOE) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles Competition

1. Manojlovic/Weis (CAR) def. Way/G. Haensgen (MSOE) 8-6
2. Liu/Rizzo (CAR) def. Triplett/M. Haensgen (MSOE) 8-2
3. Yerges/Sonnemaker (CAR) def. Sheehan/Noonan (MSOE) 8-0

Order of Finish: 

Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,5,3,1,4,6)

Match Two:

Singles Competition 

1. Giana Apostoli (CAR) def. Cecile Fuchs (EDGE) 6-4, 7-5
2. Xingchen Liu (CAR) def. Jewel Lindwall (EDGE) 6-1, 6-2
3. Luana da Silva (CAR) def. Evelyn Taylor (EDGE) 6-3, 6-3
4. Sierra Sonnemaker (CAR) def. Ellie Murphy (EDGE) 7-5, 6-4
5. Marie Weis (CAR) def. Maddy Coopmans (EDGE) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(1)
6. Maddie Kearney (CAR) Christina Ekkela (EDGE) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles Competition

1. Apostoli/Liu (CAR) def. Fuchs/Murphy (EDGE) 8-1
2. Coopmans/Lindwall (EDGE) def. Manojlovic/Weis (CAR) 8-5
3. Mendes/Sonnemaker (CAR) def. Connaughty/Taylor (EDGE) 8-5

Order of Finish: 

Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,1,3,4,6,5)



 

• Carthage's next competition will take place in Naperville, Illinois as North Central College hosts the 2023 CCIW Women's Tennis Championship. The No. 4 Firebirds will battle with No. 5 Augustana on Thursday, April 20 at 10:30 a.m.