SUPERIOR, Wis. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's tennis team trailed early but came back to down the University of Wisconsin-Superior, 5-4, in a non-conference match on Sunday afternoon. The Cougars up their record to 3-0 on the season.
UW-Superior went ahead, 2-1, in doubles with a pair of 8-4 wins at Nos. 1 and 2. The No. 3 team of
Megan Arens and BeBe Say kept the Cougars in the match with an 8-6 win at No. 3.
Sam Tate leveled the match at 2-2 with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph in the No. 2 singles match. That was followed by a tough defeat for
Kate Obright at No. 1. After taking the first set, 7-5, Obright fell to Maya Callaway 6-1, and then 10-5 in the third-set tiebreaker.
Arens had the next match to wrap up and her 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles brought the score level again at 3-3. Soon after that,
Abby Burquest notched a 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 win at No. 4 singles. UW-Superior was now in comeback mode and a 7-5, 6-4 win over
Kiley Rodarmel at No. 3 left the score at 4-4.
The last match to start was No. 6 singles and
Megan Tschida had to recover both from a three-hour wait since she had last seen the court and then an injury early in the first set. Fighting back from a first-set loss, Tschida gutted out a dramatic 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 win to earn the point and clinch the match for the Cougars.
Next for the women's tennis team are a pair of matches on March 27. The Cougars open the day with a non-conference match against the College of Saint Benedict and then open up UMAC play against Crown College. Both matches will be held in Sartell, Minn. starting at 1:30 p.m.
