Dillon Hogan/ Winonan
The Winona State women’s tennis team played its two final home matches this past weekend. The Warriors completed their conference effort last weekend and concluded their regular season with matches against The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Luther College.
The Warriors played UW-La Crosse to a close match with a late, clutch victory. The singles participants for the Warriors won four of the six matches.
Hannah Potter won in three sets while playing at the number one spot with scores of 6-3, 1-6 and 10-8.
Jessica Urban played in the number two spot and won with scores of 6-3 and 6-1.
Brianna Havelka also won her match in straight sets with a 6-3, 6-2 win.
Aimee Basinski came from behind and pulled out a victory to conclude the Warrior wins.
Basinski won the first set 7-6 and lost the second set. Both Winona State and UW-La Crosse were tied at four when Basinski ralled to win her final set 10-8. Basinski’s win gave the Warriors the win over UW-La Crosse by a score of 5-4.
In the doubles portion of the match, the only Warrior team to notch a victory was the duo of Potter and Urban who took a 9-7 win playing in the number one spot.
Following the match the Warriors had a 9-12 record with one more opponent left to play in the season.
Prior to the match, senior Urban said, “I have been truly impressed by how we have become a family away from home. Although we may not have the record we had hoped for, every girl on the team has always given 110 percent and as long as we continue to do so I could not be more proud of them.”
In the final match of the season, the Warriors took on Luther College and ended the season on a positive note by earning the 7-2 win. The Warrior win came from two doubles victories and five singles wins.
All the Warrior wins were won in straight sets. The doubles team of Urban and Potter playing in the number one spot won 8-2. Both Urban and Potter each won multiple matches to go with their doubles win, with Urban winning 6-3, 6-2 at the number two singles spot and Potter earning a 6-4, 6-2 win in her match.
Basinski and Havelka also went undefeated on the day. They partnered together for the 8-2 doubles win at the number two spot.
In the third singles spot Basinski earned her victory by scores of 6-2, 6-1, while Havelka won by way of a 6-4, 6-1 singles win.
Andrea Krueger joined the four other Warriors with a win in the singles portion of the match. She played in the number five spot and won with 6-1, 6-3 scores in the final singles match for the Warriors.
The Warriors finish the regular season with a 10-12 overall record and a 7-4 record in the NSIC.
Postseason play begins for the Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 when they take on Upper Iowa in the first round of the NSIC Tournament in Minnetonka, Minn.
