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Seattle U Women?s Tennis Loses to Northern Colorado

Weissmann earns victories in both singles and doubles

Seattle U Women?s Tennis Loses to Northern ColoradoSeattle U Women?s Tennis Loses to Northern Colorado
The Seattle University women's tennis team played its best match of the weekend, but for the second time this season Northern Colorado won the crucial points to pull out a 5-2 victory Sunday morning at the El Paso Tennis Club.

Freshman Gabriella Weissmann (Simi Valley, Calif.) earned victories in both singles and doubles for the Redhawks. In the number three doubles position, she teamed with Sarah Lucas (Las Vegas, Nev.) and defeated Jennifer Whateley and Lexi Filliol, 8-6. Weissmann went on to earn a super-tiebreaker victory over Filliol in the number four singles spot (7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 12-10) for Seattle U's only singles point.

The Redhawks earned the doubles point with the win in the number two doubles position, as Katrina Schwab (Spokane, Wash.) and Corinne Wurden (Poulsbo, Wash.) defeated Adriana Nieto and Jill Kappel, 8-2. Schwab battled Nieto in the number one singles spot, winning the second-set tiebreaker to force a third set, but Nieto was able to pull out the match (6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4).

Northern Colorado (3-5) won the other four singles matches in straight sets, but Seattle U did not make things easy for the Bears. Lucas took Stephanie Catlin to a tiebreaker in the first set before Catlin took control of the match. Ariel Ohno (Kent, Wash.) lost both sets of her match against Whateley by identical 6-4 scores, while Steffanie Mortera (Portland, Ore.) stayed close to Elizabeth Tapia before falling in straight sets (6-3, 7-5).

Seattle University (1-10) will have a couple weeks to prepare for the next stretch of the season, which begins with a trip to Lewiston, Idaho, to face Lewis-Clark State March 11 and Montana March 12.

Northern Colorado 5, Seattle University 2

DOUBLES

  1. Stephanie Catlin/Elizabeth Tapia (UNC) def. Ariel Ohno/Steffanie Mortera (SU): 8-6
  2. Katrina Schwab/Corinne Wurden (SU) def. Adriana Nieto/Jill Kappel (UNC): 8-2
  3. Gabriella Weissmann/Sarah Lucas (SU) def. Jennifer Whateley/Lexi Filliol (UNC): 8-6

SINGLES

  1. Adriana Nieto (UNC) def. Katrina Schwab (SU): 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
  2. Jennifer Whateley (UNC) def. Ariel Ohno (SU): 6-4, 6-4
  3. Elizabeth Tapia (UNC) def. Steffanie Mortera (SU): 6-3, 7-5
  4. Gabriella Weissmann (SU) def. Lexi Filliol (UNC): 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 12-10
  5. Stephanie Catlin (UNC) def. Sarah Lucas (SU): 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
  6. Jennifer Buchanan (UNC) def. Anna Lambert (SU): 6-4, 6-2