Tennis falls to Bradley, looks toward tournament

PATRICK HANSEN

The UNI women’s tennis team finished their three-game road stretch to complete the regular season this past weekend versus the Bradley Braves in Peoria, Ill.

The Panthers dropped two contests earlier in the weekend and were looking for a win to boost their momentum coming back to Cedar Falls for the conference tournament.

The purple and gold were able to secure a point in doubles play as they won two of the three matches.

The second doubles team of Valentina Caro and Harri Proudfoot won 6-4, followed by the third team of Olivia Fain and Daisy Phillips winning 6-3.

The first team of Reghan Lynch and Claudia Toledo fell just short, 7-6.

In singles play, the women of UNI could not get it going as all six matchups fell to the Braves. Lynch lost in two sets 6-1, 6-3.

Toledo lost in three sets with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 10-1. Proudfoot went down 6-1, 6-1, followed by Phillips getting shutout in the first set 6-0, then 6-3. Caro went down 6-3, 6-0, and Fain went down 6-2, 6-0.

By way of the singles matches, the Panthers ultimately fell to Bradley 6-1.

With the season winding down, UNI returns home to host the tennis conference tournament from Friday to Sunday, April 26-28.

UNI received the sixth seed and will take on the three seed Bradley once again in the first round.