SUPERIOR, Wis. – After picking up a pair of wins during their recent swing through Florida, the Yellowjacket women's tennis team was back home Saturday, with a pair of matches slated against Upper Midwest Athletic Conference foes.
 
For the first time this season, the Yellowjackets rolled to a clean sweep, defeating Crown 9-0. Things were a little tougher in the second match Saturday, coming down to the final match of the day before the Yellowjackets triumphed over Minnesota Morris, 5-4, completing the Saturday sweep at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse.

With the wins, the Yellowjackets are now 5-10 overall and 2-1 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
 
Match One
It was all Yellowjackets against the Polars.

The duo of Jessi Kukowski (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown) and Shelby Hanson (Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea Senior) rolled at No. 2 doubles, defeating Ella Hosmer and Laura Barrett 8-0. Brooke Wilfong (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) and Daylyn Drew (Negaunee, Mich./Negaunee) did the same at No. 3 doubles, shutting out Cassie Young and Amanda Helser 8-0. The Yellowjackets completed the doubles sweep when Andreina Tejada (Quito, Ecuador/Isaac Newton) and Courtney Brandt (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids Senior) took down Annie Doyle and Jaidence Medina 8-3 at No. 1.
 
In singles play Tejada down Doyle in straight sets, winning convincingly at 6-0, 6-0. Brandt also cruised at No. 2 singles, defeating Medina 6-1, 6-1.
 
At No. 3 singles, Marina Dostal (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet Senior) earned her first collegiate victory, taking down Barrett with ease, 6-1, 6-0.
 
Wilfong produced a clean sheet at No. 4 singles, blanking Hosmer 6-0, 6-0. Quick did the same at No. 5 singles, ousting Alora DeVries with little trouble, 6-0, 6-0. Kukowski continued her strong freshman campaign with another straight-sets win, rolling over Helser 6-0, 6-0.
 
Match Two
The competition was a little stiffer in the second match of the day, as the Yellowjackets met Minnesota Morris for the second time on the year. The teams met in Fargo, N.D. Feb. 25, with the Cougars defeating the Yellowjackets 6-3.

The Yellowjackets were looking to avenge the earlier loss and got off to a good start in this one.
 
Kukowski and Hanson got the Yellowjackets on the board first, defeating Abgby Burquest and Valerie Gall at No. 2 doubles, 8-4. Morris came back and tied it, however, when Megan Arens and Marybeth Tautges defeated Wilfong and Drew and No. 3 doubles, 8-4.
 
The Yellowjackets moved in front of the Cougars, 2-1 at the conclusion of the doubles portion, when the No. 1 team of Tejada and Brandt defeated Kiley Rodarmel and Allison Bruhn 8-6.
 
As singles play progressed, the Yellowjackets extended their lead. Kukowski rolled over Tautges by scores of 6-2 and 6-2. For Kukowski, the win improved her mark on the year to 7-2 in singles play.
 
The Yellowjackets went ahead 4-1 in the match when Quick defeated Arens at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-4.
 
Morris came back, however, with Burquest defeating Brandt at No. 2 singles 6-4, 6-2 and Bruhn beating Dostal at No. 3 singles by an identical 6-4, 6-2 score. The Cougars tied things at 4-4 when Gall outlasted Wilfong in a wildly entertaining match. Gall won the opening set 6-4 before Wilfong evened things up, taking the second set 7-6 by winning the tiebreaker 9-7. The deciding third set also went to a tiebreaker, but Gall came out on top, winning 7-6 to take the match two sets to one.

That meant the win for the day was riding on No. 1 singles, where Tejada did battle with Rodarmel. Tejada was able to get the service break she needed to take the opening set 6-4, before pulling away in the second set, winning 6-2 and giving the Yellowjackets the match.
 
The Yellowjackets are back home Sunday when they host Martin Luther in UMAC play. The opening serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse.