CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Wartburg women's tennis team continued their early season success on Tuesday night by defeating Coe College 7-2, advancing the Knight's to 4-0 to start to the season.
 
Alex Petersen, Ashley and Sydney Rottinghaus all earned victories in both doubles and singles to lead the Knights (4-0 overall, 1-0 American Rivers Conference) to their first victory over Coe College (3-1, 0-1) since 1999.
 
The match results are as follows:
 
Singles Competition – Wartburg (4) – Coe (2)
Ashley Rottinghaus (WARWT) def. Lauren French (COEW) 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
Isabella Hoppenjans (COEW) def. Hannah Fox (WARWT) 6-3, 6-0
Sydney Rottinghaus (WARWT) def. Stephanie Bush (COEW) 6-1, 7-5
Eliza Sundermann (COEW) def. Lauren O'Brian (WARWT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Alex Petersen (WARWT) def. Nina Marquardt (COEW) 3-6, 6-2, 10-4
Madison Overmann (WARWT) def. Lakyn Boltz (COEW) 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles Competition – Wartburg (3) – Coe (0)
Ashley Rottinghaus/Hannah Fox (WARWT) def. Lauren French/Nina Marquardt (COEW) 8-6
Sydney Rottinghaus/Alex Petersen (WARWT) def. Isabella Hoppenjans/Eliza Sundermann (COEW) 8-4
Lauren O'Brian/Rachel Zittergruen (WARWT) def. Lakyn Boltz/Ella White (COEW) 9-8

The Knights will seek to continue their perfect record on Saturday, Sept. 15 against Simpson College at home. The Storm are 3-1 on the season, including 1-0 in the American Rivers Conference.