Box Score

URBANA, Ill. – The No. 14 Illinois women's tennis team capped the regular season home slate with a 4-0 sweep of the Wisconsin Badgers. The Senior Day win moves Illinois to 19-3 overall this season and 8-2 in Big Ten play. The 19 wins is good for the third-most in program history.

Doubles play saw the Illini go a perfect 12-for-12 in clinching doubles point at the Atkins Tennis Center this season. Junior Jaclyn Switkes and senior Grace Tapak clinched the point on court two, 7-5.

The Illini were quick to take care of business in singles action. Junior Daniela Pedraza-Novak was first off the courts with a 6-1, 6-4 win over MaryAnn Rompf. Freshman Mia Rabinowitz extended her singles winning streak to nine matches by defeating Melissa Pick, 6-0, 6-2. Fellow-freshman Sasha Belaya clinched the match on court five with a 6-0, 7-5 victory against Kelsey Grambeau.

Up next, the Illini conclude the 2018 regular season on the road. Illinois will take on Ohio State in Columbus on Friday at 3 pm before traveling to Penn State for the regular season finale on Sunday at 10 am.

Illini Notes

• Illinois's 19 wins this season sits at No. 3 in the Illinois record books.
• The Orange and Blue went 11-1 at the Atkins Tennis Center during the regular season. The 11 wins are the most for the Illini since the 2015 campaign.
• The Illini have defeated the Badgers in six-straight dual matches.
• Illinois earned back-to-back sweeps for the third time this season.
• The Illini are now 17-1 when winning the doubles point and clinched the early advantage in each home match this season going 11-1 during that span.
• Rabinowitz extended her singles winning streak to nine matches.
• Belaya has won seven-straight singles matches.
• Kawai and Rabinowitz have won four-straight doubles matches.

Final Results

#14 Illinois 4, Wisconsin 0

Doubles-Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2*

1. Castellano/Keberle (Wisconsin) def. Belaya/Pedraza-Novak (Illinois) 6-3
2. Switkes/Tapak (Illinois) def. Pick/Rompf (Wisconsin) 7-5
3. Kawai/Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Grambeau/Linden (Wisconsin) 6-1

Singles-Order of Finish: 3, 4, 5*

1. Jaclyn Switkes (Illinois) vs. Lexi Keberle (Wisconsin) 6-4, 2-6, unf.
2. Asuka Kawai (Illinois) vs. Sara Castellano (Wisconsin) 6-2, 2-6, 0-2, unf.
3. Daniela Pedraza-Novak (Illinois) def. MaryAnn Rompf (Wisconsin) 6-1, 6-4
4. Mia Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Melissa Pick (Wisconsin) 6-0, 6-2
5. Sasha Belaya (Illinois) def. Kelsey Grambeau (Wisconsin) 6-0, 7-5
6. Emilee Duong (Illinois) vs. Michelle Linden (Wisconsin) 6-4, 5-0, unf.

Records: Illinois (19-3, 8-2) | Wisconsin (8-13, 2-7)

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