PLAINFIELD, Ill. - Despite coming into the 2023 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Women's Tennis Tournament winners of six of its last seven dual matches, the No. 4 Carthage Firebirds women's tennis team fell 5-1 in the conference tournament quarterfinals to the No. 5 Augustana Vikings.
The Firebirds picked up a victory at the No. 2 doubles flight, as
Victoria Rizzo and
Xingchen Liu combined to take down the Vikings 8-3 - but the match was ended when Augustana's Caitlyn Hanulikova defeated
Luana da Silva at No. 2 singles to clinch the win for her team.
Despite the loss, the Firebirds finished the season with 11 victories in dual matches - the team's most in a single season since the 2017-2018 team won 14.
- Final Score: Augustana (Ill.) 5, Carthage 1
- Location: Five Star Tennis - Plainfield, Illinois
- Records: Carthage 11-9 (4-4 CCIW), Augustana 10-6 (4-4 CCIW)
Singles Competition
- Xingchen Liu (CAR) vs. Lily Schoeck (AUG) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
- Caitlyn Hanulikova (AUG) def. Luana Da Silva (CAR) 6-1, 6-2
- Giovanna Mendes,(CAR) vs. Michaela Magee (AUG) 6-7(8), 1-4, unfinished
- Hannah Colbert (AUG) def. Sierra Sonnemaker (CAR) 6-2, 6-1
- Marie Weis (CAR) vs. Natasha Gauerke (AUG) 6-1, 4-5, unfinished
- Lauren Oda (AUG) def. Maddie Kearney, (CAR) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Competition
- Colbert/Hanulikova (AUG) def. Manojlovic/Weis (CAR) 8-4
- Liu/Rizzo (CAR) def. Oda/Schoeck (AUG) 8-3
- Gauerke/Rider (AUG) def. Mendes/Sonnemaker (CAR) 8-7(2)
Order of Finish:
Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,2)
