EVANSTON, Ill. — Elizabeth Carpenter, the freshman standout on the No. 50 Wisconsin women's tennis team, lost only a single set of play over the weekend, defeating Marquette's Dominika Dabrowski 6-0, 6-2 Friday before handling Northwestern's Jamie Peisel 3-6, 6-4, 1-0(7) Saturday.

Unfortunately, Carpenter was the only Badger to win a set Saturday.

"[T]hey're better than us right now — they're a little bit better than us," head coach Patti Henderson said. "We got opportunities, and we have to believe that next time we get to play them, we can make a difference in the doubles point, and then we can turn around a couple of those opportunities, and then you don't know what happens."

The weekend started with a 7-0 sweep of the Golden Eagles in which all three Badger doubles tandems managed 8-1 victories over their in-state rivals before going on to the singles court. There, things were mostly positive as well for UW, with all six showdowns ending in straight-set victories and Marquette never mustering more than five games in a frame.

"The biggest thing we've got to be able to do is, after indoors, to make sure we play at our level. Against Marquette, I felt in doubles we did that very well," Henderson said. "In singles, four out of the six … we did a very good job."

But Saturday saw a far tougher opponent in the No. 8 Wildcats, and, Carpenter withstanding, the Badgers failed to pick up so much as a set in afternoon play. A lineup shuffle left freshman Erin Jobe holding down the fifth court and sophomore Morgan Tuttle on the sixth, where they would drop to Feriel Esseghir and Nazlie Ghazal, 6-0, 6-0 and 6-3, 6-2, respectively. Still, Henderson was pleased with Tuttle's play.

"Morgan competed better than I've seen her compete," Henderson said. "She was trying to do the right things to win the match."

On the top court, No. 32 Caitlin Burke battled No. 23 Cristelle Grier, formerly the top-ranked college player in America, to a 6-4, 7-5 loss that was marked by numerous games going to deuce and the Badger ace actually claiming a break lead midway through the second set.

"In singles, I felt like Caitlin had opportunities — she had enough opportunities looking at her that she could have done a little bit more than she did," Henderson said. "I think she's not going to feel too happy about it herself."