Ranked Huskies Drop First Match of Season to Nebraska in Heartbreaker
The No. 21 Washington women's tennis team ran into a buzzsaw on Friday night in Lincoln, falling to Nebraska 4-3 in what had to sting as their first loss of the season. The Huskies came into the match undefeated, but the Cornhuskers had other plans at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center, and now Washington heads into the weekend with a 12-1 overall record and a 3-1 mark in Big Ten play.
UW Fought Back But Couldn't Seal the Deal
The doubles point went to Nebraska, which grabbed a 1-0 lead early. But the Huskies weren't about to roll over. Alexia Jacobs and Marie Weissheim absolutely dominated their doubles match, winning 6-1 to get UW back in it. When Reece Carter and Jermine Sherif couldn't hold on in their doubles contest, losing 6-4, it set up a singles battle where everything had to go right.
In singles play, Carter was the first Dawg to seal a win. The No. 64 ranked player picked up her 12th singles victory of the season (tying her entire output from last year) with a straight sets victory, 6-1, 6-2, on Court 2. Marie Weissheim, ranked No. 103, followed that up with her own straight sets win on Court 5, taking it 6-4, 6-2. Suddenly, Washington was right back in the match.
Nebraska Closes It Out in Clutch Moments
Jermine Sherif kept the momentum rolling on Court 4. After dropping the first set 2-6, she flipped the script completely, winning the next two sets 6-1 and 6-1 to put the Huskies within one point of taking the whole match. You could feel it coming. But Nebraska wouldn't break. The Cornhuskers won the final two singles matches on Courts 1 and 3, and that was all she wrote. Final score: Nebraska 4, Washington 3.
One Match to Reset Before Iowa
The Huskies don't have much time to sulk about this one. Washington heads to No. 41 Iowa on Sunday morning for a 9 a.m. PT start. Time to bounce back and remind everyone why they were undefeated heading into Friday night.
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