DREW SHRADEL STAFF WRITER
The Wartburg women’s tennis team came out of Dubuque with wins over Loras and Dubuque on Saturday.
The Knights took eight out of the nine games in their first match against Loras.
Molly Eslick won her singles match 6-0, 6-0, along with the rest of team winning their singles matches.
In doubles, Eslick and Leanna Nelson, and the pair of Jenny Dallenbach and Leanna Jenkins both won their doubles competition 8-4.
“The team really played strong even with the weather,” Eslick said, “Lindsay [Greiner] and Leanna both played tough against some awesome performances against them.”
Later that day, the Knights defeated Dubuque 9-0.
Eslick, Nelson and Emily Heying won their matches. Meanwhile Dallenbach, Greiner and Jenkins all shut out their opponents.
In the doubles competition all three doubles teams won with the pair of Dallenbach and Jenkins shutting out their opponents.
“They played fantastic. This match was a little scary, I think that Loras has some good players and to play like we did and come out with such a big win was great,” head coach Matt Tyler said.
The Knights improve to 12-3 overall and 6-1 in the IIAC. They’re currently third in the conference.
“It’s always great to get conference wins, especially going into the conference meet, it’s always nice to play as well as we did,” Tyler said.
This weekend, the Knights travel to Iowa City for the IIAC team tournament.
The tournament is being hosted by the University of Dubuque and will be held at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center.