CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky University Norse women's tennis put a bow on the 2026 regular season on Friday night, taking on Milwaukee. Prior to the match, the Norse honored senior
Alyssa Cameron, as well as men's tennis student-athletes Emilio Bravo and Jackson Poulos. Cameron not only sealed the doubles point on a 12-10 tiebreak, but then went on to win the final singles match of the evening to lift the Norse over Milwaukee, 4-3.
In doubles play,
Catharina Cardoso &
Darya Gneidina fell 6-0 in second doubles, while
Haley Slay and
Cassia Adamowsky picked up a third doubles win to tie things up. Cameron and Zakic took their opponents down to the wire, eeking out a 7-6 (12-10) win on the tiebreak.
In singles play, Milwaukee quickly took the lead with two-set victories in both the #5 and #2 slots.
Haley Slay tied it up at two with a 6-4, 6-3 victory, while
Catharina Cardoso's 6-3, 6-2 win in sixth singles put NKU up 3-2. Both
Sydney Zakic and
Alyssa Cameron went three sets, with Zakic falling first to put it at three-all, but Cameron slammed the door with a 6-2 win in set three to secure a Norse Horizon League victory for the first time in 2026.
MATCH RESULTS
Singles competition
1. Nel Van Hout (MKE) def.
Sydney Zakic (NKU) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
2. Nadiia Konieva (MKE) def.
Darya Gneidina (NKU) 6-2, 6-1
3.
Alyssa Cameron (NKU) def. Sara Simonova (MKE) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
4.
Haley Slay (NKU) def. Nikola Nikolajeva (MKE) 6-4, 6-3
5. Laure Razet (MKE) def.
Cassia Adamowsky (NKU) 6-0, 6-0
6.
Catharina Cardoso (NKU) def. Honoka Yamashita (MKE) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Alyssa Cameron/
Sydney Zakic (NKU) def. Sara Simonova/Nadiia Konieva (MKE) 7-6 (12-10)
2. Nel Van Hout/Laure Razet (MKE) def.
Catharina Cardoso/
Darya Gneidina (NKU) 6-0
3.
Haley Slay/
Cassia Adamowsky (NKU) def. Elisa Rubio/Honoka Yamashita (MKE) 6-2
NEXT UP
Northern Kentucky heads to the Horizon League Championships next weekend, held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The sixth-seeded Norse will take on the undetermined three seed on Friday, April 24.
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