Cyclones Fall To Nebraska, 5-2

Sunday, February 23

Lincoln, Neb.

11:00 AM

Iowa State

Nebraska

02.23.2020 | Tennis

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Iowa State tennis team (7-3) dropped a 5-2 decision Sunday to Nebraska (7-3) at the Dillon Tennis Center, halting its three-match winning streak.

The Huskers opened the match with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to take the early lead.

In singles action, Nebraska clinched the match with Ellie Kuckelman's 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles. Kuckelman's victory followed wins for Nebraska at No. 6 and No. 2 singles, respectively.

Freshman Ting-Pei Chang highlighted the match for the Cyclones by extending her singles winning strek to eight matches with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Chloe Kuckelman at No. 4 singles.

Another first-year Cyclone, Christin Hsieh, earned a hard-fought victory at No. 3 singles. Hsieh rallied after dropping the first set to defeat Isabel Adrover Galle, 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (6).

Iowa State returns to action Friday at 4 p.m. when it hosts Iowa in an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup at Life Time Fitness.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 1)
#1 – Hayley Haakenstad/Kristina Novak (NEB) def. Christin Hsieh/Thasaporn Naklo (ISU), 6-3
#2 – Maty Cancini/Ting-Pei Chang (ISU) vs. Isabel Adrover Galle/Claire Reifeis (NEB), 3-4 UF
#3 – Chloe Kuckelman/Ellie Kuckelman (NEB) def. Chie Kezuka/Margarita Timakova (ISU), 6-3

Singles (Order of Finish: 6, 2, 5, 4, 1, 3)
#1 – Reifeis (NEB) def. Naklo (ISU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
#2 – Novak (NEB) def. Cancini (ISU), 6-1, 6-2
#3 – Hsieh (ISU) def. Adrover Galle (NEB), 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (6)
#4 – Chang (ISU) def. C. Kuckelman (NEB), 7-5, 6-3
#5 – E. Kuckelman (NEB) def. Kezuka (ISU), 6-3, 6-0
#6 – Haakenstad (NEB) def. Timakova (ISU), 6-1, 6-3