It's a wrap. Minnesota State University Moorhead officially closes the 2009 women's tennis season this weekend with an appearance at the 2009 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Individual Tournament at the Baseline Tennis Club in Minneapolis.

SCHEDULE - - - Minnesota State University Moorhead will dispatch individuals to the 2009 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Individual Tennis Championships on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, at the Baseline Tennis Club in Minneapolis. Play begins at 11 a.m.

RECORD- - - MSU Moorhead is 4-11 overall and 3-8 vs. Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opposition.

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

LAST WEEK- - - MSU Moorhead bowed to Augustana College, 5-4, on Tuesday.

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/Neubauer
2 Matheson/Delaney
3 Benz/Grelson

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 closes the 2009 season at the NSIC Individual Championships.

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