DECATUR, Ill. – Illinois Tech's women's tennis team brought in the new athletic year on Saturday, opening up the schedule with two matches at Millikin University. Erik Scanlan's squad moved Tech athletics to a perfect 2-0 after the first day, downing Thomas More 6-3 before a commanding 9-0 victory over host Millikin.

Highlights – Thomas More match

• After going 19-3 as a doubles tandem last season, Weronika Halica and Morgan Colbert picked up right where they left off. The dynamic duo topped Thomas More's first pairing of Brooke Warden and Nicole Capodagli 6-1.
• A pair of freshmen, Kylie Hance and Kaitlyn Graves, were impressive in #2 doubles with a 6-0 win over Thomas More's Hannah Lowman and Alyssa Dowdell.
• Halicka was 15-0 last year in regular-season singles matches. In 2018, she is now 1-0 after defeating Capodagli 6-0, 6-2 in the #1 spot.
• Colbert was also victorious in #2 singles, defeating Dowell 6-2, 6-1.
• Playing out of the #3 spot, Hance was also a winner in singles, downing Thomas More's Lacey Pohlman 6-3, 6-0.
• Another freshman, Alison McKenny, was impressive in #6 singles, winning 6-1, 6-1 over Kayla Snyder.

Highlights – Millikin match

• All three of Tech's doubles tandems were victorious over Millikin. Halicka/Colbert (8-1), Hance/Kaitlyn Graves (8-4), and McKenny/Sarah Oshana (8-6) won in spots one, two, and three respectively.
• Halicka (#1) and Colbert (#2) were dominant at the top of singles. Halicka was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Morgan Bettner, while Colbert earned the 6-1, 6-2 victory over Shelby Jones.
• Graves (#4), McKenny (#5), and Oshana (#6) were also winners. McKenny's win was particularly impressive, as she dominated to the tune of a 6-1, 6-0 win.

Up Next

• The Scarlet Hawks open the home schedule next weekend with a Saturday match against Roosevelt University. Tech will take on the NAIA school at 10:00 a.m. at XS Tennis (Address: 5336 S. State St., Chicago, Ill., 60609).