SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket women's tennis team played on its home court for the first time this season Sunday, hosting both Crown College and Martin Luther College in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play at the Lydia Thering Fieldhouse.
 
It's been a special season for the Yellowjacket women, and with a pair of wins Sunday, they would inch closer to claiming the first conference championship in program history.
 
Safe to say, the 'Jackets took care of business and in the process helped head coach CeeJay Schaffner reach a career milestone.
 
The Yellowjackets picked up a pair of clean sweeps Sunday, defeating Crown and Martin Luther by identical 9-0 scores, improving to 14-8 overall and 4-0 in the UMAC. The wins clinched at least a tie for the championship of the UMAC's North Division, and the Yellowjackets can clinch the championship outright with a win at home over Minnesota Morris next week.

As for Schaffner, the wins Sunday gave him 100 victories (men and women combined) as head coach at UW-Superior.
 
In the first match of the day against Crown, the Yellowjackets swept the Polars in doubles play, losing just one game in the three matches. In singles play, all six matches were won in straight sets, with five of the six Yellowjackets losing two games or less.
 
Match One Notes

• Maya Haupt (Nuertingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg/Hoelderlin Gymnasium Nuertingen) and Andreina Tejada (Quito, Ecuador/Isaac Newton) at No. 1 doubles, and Daylyn Drew (Negaunee, Mich./Negaunee) and Kate Jonas (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) at No. 2 doubles won their matches 8-0.
• At No. 4 singles, Brooke Wilfong (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) defeated Crown's Adriana Sonnentag 6-0, 6-0.
• Stella Harris (Negaunee, Mich./Negaunee) was also perfect, winning 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles over Crown's Elyse Steffen.
• Hailey Bault (Saukville, Wis./Grafton Senior) earned her first win of the year, improving to 1-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles. 

Against Martin Luther, the Yellowjackets once again swept the three doubles matches, but this time found the going a little tougher. Haupt and Tejada were once again victorious at No. 1 doubles, winning 8-3. Claudia Curtis (Lake Mills, Wis./Lake Mills) and Giulia Araujo De Barros (Curitiba, Brazil/Colegio Sabre) won by the same 8-3 score at No. 2 doubles, while Drew and Jonas won 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.
 
In singles play, the Yellowjackets again won all six matches in straight sets.
 
Match Two Notes

• Tejada was perfect at No. 2 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0 over Martin Luther's Charis Glende.
• Kukowski won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles, giving her a second singles win on the day. She only dropped one game in her two matches.
• Haupt's second win on the day improved her to 16-6 in singles action. The 16 wins are tops among all Yellowjackets.
• Kukowski and Curtis each won their 12th singles match of the season.
• Jonas' win at No. 6 singles improved her record on the year to 11-2.
• The duo of Haupt and Tejada are now 10-8 in doubles play.

The Yellowjackets will close out the 2023-24 regular season and try to clinch the UMAC North Division championship outright when they host Minnesota Morris Saturday, April 27. The first serve is set for 2 p.m. at the Yellowjacket Outdoor Tennis Complex.
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