Iowa women’s tennis lost two matches on the road to the Denver Pioneers and Colorado Buffaloes this weekend.

First, Iowa fell to No. 58 Denver on Friday afternoon, 4-3.

Freshman Barbora Pokorna and senior Samantha Mannix won both their singles and doubles matches. In singles competition, Pokorna defeated Denver’s Toni Nelson (6-4, 7-5), and Mannix defeated Denver’s Taylor Melville (6-1, 7-5).

The doubles duo of Mannix and Vipasha Mehra defeated Denver’s Melville and Anna Riedmiller, 6-1. Meanwhile, Iowa’s Pokorna and Michelle Bacalla beat Denver’s Nelson and Tatum Burger in the doubles match, 7-6.

Iowa then was defeated by Colorado 4-1 on Sunday morning.

Freshman Marisa Schmidt defeated Colorado’s Caroline Pozo (6-4, 3-6, 6-1) at the No. 1 spot in singles competition, which was the only win for the Hawkeyes on the day.

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Iowa now has a 4-4 overall record after starting the spring season 4-1.

The Hawkeyes have lost three straight matches to fall back down to .500. This marks the longest nonconference losing streak since they lost four straight in the 2019-2020 season.

Iowa has one final nonconference game before they open up Big Ten play.

Recent struggles

Iowa hasn’t collected a win since its Feb. 15 home victory against Missouri nearly two weeks ago.

No Hawkeye has won in the No.3 though No. 5 singles spots in their three-match losing streak.

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Pokorna didn’t lose any matches this weekend in both singles and doubles.

She went 2-0 in her doubles matches and 1-0 in her singles matches at the No. 6 position. Her final singles match against Colorado went unfinished.

Up next

Iowa will travel to Manhattan, Kansas, to match up against Kansas State on March 4 at noon.

Kansas State has a 4-3 overall record this season.