LAKEVILLE, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's tennis team suffered its first UMAC defeat on Wednesday, falling to the University of Northwestern by a score of 6-3. The Cougars are now 6-2 (3-1 UMAC) on the season.
All three doubles matches were competitive, but Northwestern was able to pull out victories in all of them to take a 3-0 lead.
Kate Obright and
Kiley Rodarmel lost at No. 1, 8-3. The other two matches were 8-4 losses for the No. 2 team of
Sam Tate and
Abby Burquest, as well as the No. 3 team of
Megan Arens and BeBe Say.
A win by Mafee Rinta at No. 1 singles over Obright, 6-2, 6-2, pushed Northwestern to a 4-0 lead in the match. Tate then registered the first point of the evening with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Belinda Weddle to make the score 4-1. Northwestern scored the decisive fifth point at No. 4 singles where Taylar Smith downed Burquest by a score of 6-2, 6-0.
The remaining three matches all required a third-set tiebreaker to determine a winner. Rodarmel notched a point over Jessica Gross at No. 3 singles, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8. Moments later, Arens closed out a 6-2, 3-6, 11-9 win at No. 5 over Elli Dodge. Finishing off the night,
Megan Tschida fell in the No. 6 singles match to Angel Beaufeaux, 0-6, 6-4, 3-10.
Minnesota Morris is right back to work on Thursday, hosting Martin Luther College in a non-conference match at 2:30 p.m.
