Once again the impact of the spring flood and snowstorms has forced Minnesota State Moorhead to postpone weekend women's tennis matches with Augustana College and Winona State University, scheduled for Saturday, and a match with Northern State on Sunday. MSUM has rescheduled a NSIC match with Southwest Minnesota State for April 18. MSU Moorhead returns to play April 15 at Concordia College.


SCHEDULE - - - Minnesota State University Moorhead is idle this week. Matches with Winona State University, Augustana College and Northern State University on Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, have been postponed.

RECORD- - - MSU Moorhead is 4-5 overall and 4-3 vs. Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opposition.

COACH - - - Gary Harris begins his 14th year as head coach at MSU Moorhead.

LAST WEEK- - - Scheduled matches with Southwest Minnesota State University and University of Upper Iowa at the Baseline Tennis Club in Minneapolis on Saturday and St. Cloud State University on Sunday at St. Cloud were postponed because of floodfighting efforts in the Red River Valley.

LINEUP- - - The Dragons' probable lineup for this week:

Singles # 1 Kayla Huether (Brainerd), Fr.
2 Kathryn Neubauer (Mandan, ND), Fr.
3 Emily Delaney (Fargo, ND), Fr.
4 Ellen Matheson (Moorhead), Sr.
5 Laura Benz (Fargo, ND), Sr.
6 Alyse Grelson (Cold Spring), Fr.

Doubles 1 Huether/Matheson
2 Neubauer/Delaney
3 Benz/Grelson

RESCHEDULED- - - MSU Moorhead and Southwest Minnesota State will meet April 18 at Marshall.

LAST MATCHES- - - Minnesota State Moorhead fell to Bemidji State, 5-4, and Minnesota Duluth, 8-1, on a NSIC roadtrip.

LETTERWINNERS- - - MSUM retains four letterwinners, including seniors Laura Benz (Fargo, ND) and Ellen Matheson (Moorhead), junior Traci Pesta (Long Prairie) and sophomore Susan Gilkerson (Brookings, SD).

NEW FACES- - - The 10-player Dragon roster also includes freshmen Emily Delaney (Fargo, ND), Alyse Grelson (Cold Spring), Kayla Huether (Brainerd), Jenna Miller (Moorhead), Kathryn Neubauer (Mandan, ND) and Jennesa Winey (Spicer).

LAST YEAR- - - MSU Moorhead finished 4-13 overall and 4-5 in the NSIC and placed fourth in the eight-team field at the NSIC Championships.

NSIC CHAMPIONSHIPS- - - Minnesota State Moorhead placed fourth at the 2008 NSIC Championships in Minneapolis. Winona State captured the team title with 58 points while the Dragons finished fourth with 35.Alyssa Schafer was a runnerup at number six singles and earned honorable mention All-NSIC honors. Schafer fell to Trisha Baldwin of Southwest Minnesota State 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the finals.

COACH OF THE YEAR- - - Gary Harris was saluted as NSIC Coach of the Year for guiding MSUM to a runnerup finish at the 2007 NSIC Championships for a third straight year. Harris also won the award in 1998 and 2002.

NEXT- - - MSU Moorhead will meet Concordia College April 15 in Concordia College in Moorhead.

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