Kylie Bridenhagen/Winonan
The Winona State University women’s tennis team ended their regular season play this April 13 on home turf in Winona.
On Friday, April 12, they faced the 5th ranked National Collegiate Athletic Association central regional St. Cloud State University. This ranking did not faze the team, as they won their match 8-1 over SCSU.
All three of the doubles team were victorious on the day. The team of Erin Kappers and Hannah Potter went 8-1. Brianna Havelka and Jessica Urban posted an 8-2 win. The last team consisting of Brittney Freund and Laura Lindstrand, went 8-5 to defeat their opponents.
In singles play, Kappers won her match 6-0, 6-1. Potter also won, going 3-6, 6-1, 10-5. Havelka posted another win for the Warriors, going 6-2, 6-2. Her doubles partner, Urban, won 6-0, 6-3.
Freund was the last winner of the day for the team after winning 6-2, 6-0 on her match. Laura Roesslein also played, but lost her match 1-6, 7-6(4), 10-5.
The Warriors finished their regular season play on Saturday, April 13 with a shutout victory against Upper Iowa. Posting a 9-0 win, this is the seventh time this season that the Warriors have shut out their opponent.
Again, all three of the doubles teams successfully won against the opposing teams. Kappers and Potter went 8-0, as well as the team of Havelka and Potter. Freund and Lindstrand also won their games, going 8-1 to bring all three doubles teams to a winning day against Upper Iowa.
In singles play, Roesslein dominated over her opponent, going 6-0, 6-0, a much better outcome of her previous day’s play. Havelka posted another win with 6-3, 6-0. Kappers was successful with her match, going 6-1, 6-2.
Freund was 6-2, 6-1, to add another winning record on the day. Urban and Potter finished out the day, both collecting wins for the Warriors. Urban was 6-3, 6-3, while Potter, 2-1, retired.
The women’s tennis team is now 10-1 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play, in second place, behind Augustana. After the winning weekend, the Warriors regular season overall record is 15-5.
The team will be back in action starting April 19, when they will begin NSIC Tournament play in Minnetonka, Minn. for the chance to become conference champions.
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