Markus and Willer
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
2
Augustana AUGIEW (1-3)
7
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (4-1)
Augustana AUGIEW
(1-3)
2
Final
7
Millikin MILLIKIN
(4-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Women's Tennis Captures First CCIW Win against Augustana

The Big Blue women's tennis team matched up against the Vikings of Augustana College in their second consecutive home match of the weekend on Saturday, September 17. Millikin secured their first College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin victory at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex by a 7-2 margin over the Vikings.

In a sweep of doubles play, D Galvan and Brianna Barconi started off with an 8-1 victory over Maddy Harned and Mikayla Kelly at No. 3. Nikol Obradovic and Alexandra Ristfeldt secured a win at No. 2 by an 8-0 margin over Caitlyn Hanulikova and Natasha Gauerke. Emily Markus and Paige Willer teamed up to finish out the sweep with an 8-1 win over Lily Schoeck and Hannah Colbert at No. 1.

On the singles side, Cristina Borunda picked up the first victory with twin 6-1 sets over Hattie Timmerman at No. 6. Augustana took the win at No. 2 with Hanulikova victorious over Willer. Obradovic was the victor at No. 1, taking down Schoeck in 6-1, 6-0 set wins. Katarina Carlberg took the win at No. 5 with back-to-back 6-2 set wins, and Barconi picked up the final win of the day in three sets against Michaela Magee (6-1, 2-6, 10-1).

The Big Blue improve to 4-1 on the season with the win, 1-1 in conference play. Millikin will take on another CCIW opponent on Saturday, September 24 when they travel to Wheaton College. 
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