MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Milwaukee tennis team won 5-2 over North Dakota Saturday afternoon from River Glen Elite, extending their win streak to four matches.
 
The Panthers fought up and down the lineup to beat the Fighting Hawks, and improve to 5-1 overall.
 
"Today was a complete team effort. It was definitely the most physically taxing match so far, with some tight doubles matches and four three-setters in singles, and North Dakota was incredibly competitive up and down the lineup," said Panther head coach Jason Potthoff. "I'm really proud of our energy and our relentlessness, because we had to dig deep to just will ourselves to some victories today."
 
Reigning Horizon Doubles Team of the Week, Mayya Perova and Nikki Milner gave the Panthers an early edge defeating UND's Charlotte Bowies and Angela Georgieva, 6-2. The Panthers clinched the doubles point when freshmen duo Greta Carbone and Iva Stejskalova beat Andrea Jansson and Sapir Sela, 6-4.
 
In singles, the Fighting Hawks evened the score with a win from the No. 4 singles, but MKE's Lucy Harper put the Panthers back on top with a win over Jaylee Yasunaga, 7-5, 6-1.
 
Squared up 2-2, the Panthers earned key wins from Greta Carbone, Nikki Milner and Iva Stejskalova to win the match. Both Carbone and Milner went to three sets, but won the final set to clinch the match. Meanwhile, Stejskalova won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 over UND's Angela Georgieva.
 
Next up, Milwaukee will host Northern Illinois for a Sunday matinee at 1 p.m. from River Glen Elite.