LAKEVILLE, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's tennis team won impressively for the second time in a row to open up 2021, downing the University of Dubuque by a score of 6-1 on Friday.
With each team fielding only five players instead of the usual six, only seven points were at stake in the match. The Cougars jumped out to a 2-0 lead in doubles with
Kate Obright and
Megan Arens winning the No. 1 match, 8-4. At No. 2 doubles,
Abby Burquest and
Megan Tschida claimed an 8-3 win.
While the two doubles matches were being played, BeBe Say was making quick work of her opponent in No. 5 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0. That put the Cougars on the doorstep of a victory and Tschida closed it out at No. 4 with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph.
In the remaining matches, Arens blanked her opponent at No. 3, 6-0, 6-0. Obright won again at No. 1, rallying out of a 5-2 deficit in the first set for a 7-5, 4-6, 10-6 win. The lone point for Dubuque came at No. 2 where Burquest fell by a score of 6-0, 6-2.
Minnesota Morris continues non-conference play on March 14 with a trip to face UW-Superior at 1 p.m.
