Powering through 20-plus mile-per-hour winds and a match cancellation due to rain, the Washington University women’s tennis team picked up wins over Case Western Reserve University and the No. 12 University of Chicago in a series of matches over the weekend.

In Saturday’s road match against Case Western, the Bears took two of the three doubles matches and four of five matches in singles play. Freshman Rebecca Ho was victorious in both singles and doubles play, and senior Theresa Petraskova recovered from being blanked in the first set, 0-6, to win sets two and three by identical 7-5 scores.

The singles division also gave sophomore Aly Coran a chance to bounce back from her doubles loss to win in three sets, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. Coran acknowledged that the wind played a major factor but was particularly impressed with the way the team finished the match.

“Wind is kind of an equalizer in the matches. Adjusting to the wind was difficult, because on one side you get pushed really far back and the other is really short. We just played really well at the end,” Coran said.

Coran and the team carried their momentum forward into Sunday’s match against Chicago with a dominant 8-1 victory. The Bears swept the doubles matches with a 3-0 victory, bringing the total of sweeps to eight for the women this season. The duo consisting of Coran and sophomore Jamie Silverberg won 9-8 (8-6) in second-flight doubles, and Wash. U. is now 14-0 this season when leading a match after doubles play.

“We played well in doubles [even though] yesterday was very windy. We also came out strong in singles, and played strong in crazy weather and made it work,” head coach Kelly Stahlhuth said.

All five of the Bears’ singles victories came as easy straight-set wins. With Chicago ranking 12th in the country, the victory was one of the Bears’ best performances of the season to date. The Red and Green are now ranked ninth in the country and have a 7-3 record this season against ranked opponents.

While Sunday’s afternoon match was rained out, Stahlhuth has high hopes looking forward to the UAA Championships in two weeks but conceded that the team still has room for improvement.

“We’ve got to keep working on doubles and our footwork and keep working for the next two weeks before conference,” Stahlhuth added.

A singles victory against Chicago brought senior Corinne Rauck’s total number of career wins up to 99. Rauck will have a chance to become the 21st member in Wash. U.’s 100-win club when the Bears go on the road to play Division II opponent University of Missouri-St. Louis on Tuesday.