RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Hamline University defeated UW-River Falls 5-2 on Saturday. The Pipers took two of three doubles matches and won four singles contests, with points at Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6.
Hamline earned the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.
Vanessa Pham and
Elanna Kohner defeated Brooke Lindeman and Sydney Wiener 6-4 at No. 1, and
Taylor Copeland and
Erin Tschida defeated Emma Yanish and Jaimey Jessen-Olson 6-4 at No. 3. UW-River Falls took No. 2 doubles, where Mykela Hanson and Makenna Sanders defeated
Emily Dreger and
Shayla Draper 6-4.
Hamline carried a 1-0 lead into singles and added four more points. Pham defeated Lindeman 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, Draper defeated Yanish 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4, Copeland defeated Melina Lee 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 and Tschida defeated Jessen-Olson 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6.
UW-River Falls picked up singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3. Wiener defeated Kohner 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2, and Hanson defeated Dreger 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9) at No. 3.
Doubles
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Pham/Kohner (HUW) def. Brooke Lindeman/Sydney Wiener (UWRF) 6-4
Mykela Hanson/Makenna Sanders (UWRF) def. Dreger/Draper (HUW) 6-4
Copeland/Tschida (HUW) def. Emma Yanish/Jaimey Jessen-Olson (UWRF) 6-4
Singles
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Pham (HUW) def. Brooke Lindeman (UWRF) 6-2, 6-4
Sydney Wiener (UWRF) def. Kohner (HUW) 6-4, 6-4
Mykela Hanson (UWRF) def. Dreger (HUW) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)
Draper (HUW) def. Emma Yanish (UWRF) 6-4, 6-4
Copeland (HUW) def. Melina Lee (UWRF) 6-0, 6-0
Tschida (HUW) def. Jaimey Jessen-Olson (UWRF) 6-4, 6-3
The Hamline tennis team travels to St. Peter, Minn., for the ITA Midwest Regional on Friday, Sept. 25.
