Owls Tennis Season Ends in UMAC Semifinals

The W’s men’s and women’s tennis teams saw their seasons come to an end Tuesday in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) semifinals at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

The Owls, the No. 2 teams from the UMAC South Division, lost to UMAC North champion University of Wisconsin-Superior. The women’s team was defeated 4-0, while the men’s team lost 4-2.

In the women’s match, Wisconsin-Superior swept all three doubles matches, earning the doubles point and taking control early. Kayleigh Griffin and Brooklyn Ward, both seniors, teamed up at No. 1 doubles but lost 6-0. Austin Hays and Bailey Flynn fell 6-3 at No. 2, and Emma Horton and Alaina Mathis lost 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. Superior then won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the team victory. The Owls finished their season with a 7-11 record, setting a program record for wins in a season.

Horton and Ward concluded their careers at The W during the UMAC finals.

The men’s match was highly competitive. The teams split the doubles matches, with Jorge Ortiz Catala and Sandro Giangregorio winning at No. 1 doubles, 6-3, but Josh Cooper and Marcos Fernandez lost 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. The doubles point was decided in a tight match at No. 2 doubles, where MUW’s Juan Garcia and Alvaro Bardales fell 7-6 (7-5 in the tiebreaker).

In singles, Bardales secured a straight-sets victory at No. 5, 6-1, 6-3. UWS claimed the fourth singles match, and Giangregorio was leading in the second set at No. 2 before his opponent retired due to injury, tying the team score at 2-2. Ortiz Catala split sets at No. 1 singles but ultimately lost in the third, while Garcia was leading 5-4 in the third set at No. 3 singles when UWS won the final match at No. 6 to clinch the victory and end MUW’s season.

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