CHICAGO, Ill. – It's no secret the Yellowjacket women's tennis team has displayed a historic season in 2024-25. After setting a new win record last season, the 'Jackets have now set a new high-water mark in victories and captured the program's first Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) tournament championship after emerging victorious over Webster and Greenville by scores of 4-0 and 4-1, respectively.
Sweeping their way through the conference tournament not only meant they secured the first UMAC postseason title in program history, but it also served as the first time Superior received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
UWS made its inaugural appearance in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday, taking on Hope College from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) on the campus of UChicago, the reigning champions of NCAA Division III.
The Yellowjackets would drop the doubles point to begin the morning, and the Flying Dutch would use their momentum from doubles to collect a 4-0 sweep.
Match Notes
- The tandem of Anouk Bluemm (Nuremberg, Germany/Wilhelm-Loege Gymnasium) and Giulia Araujo De Barros (Curitiba, Brazil/Colegio Sabre) fell to their Hope counterparts by a 6-0 decision.
- Miyako Coffey and Hadley Krygier defeated Claudia Curtis (Lake Mills, Wis./Lake Mills) and Kate Jonas (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- The Yellowjacket duo of Elif Oezen (Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany/Einstein Gymnasium) and Brooke Wilfong (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) took on Kaitlyn Stievater and Phoebe Walker at the third doubles position. The match was declared unfinished and therefore abandoned.
- Bluemm got swept by Lopykinski with scores of 6-0, 6-0 at the top singles position.
- Krygier defeated Oezen 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, while Curtis fell to Sullivan Moran 6-0, 6-0 in the third spot.
- The final singles matches featuring Araujo De Barros, Jonas and Wilfong were deemed unfinished, securing the 4-0 victory for the Flying Dutch as they advance to round two of the NCAA Tournament.
The Yellowjackets end a renowned 2024-25 season with an overall record of 21-6, setting a new program record for wins in a single season.
