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FARGO, N.D. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team earned an 8-1 win over Minnesota Duluth in the Dragons' Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener Saturday in Fargo, N.D.

MSUM improved to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the NSIC with the win while UMD fell to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the league.

"I'm so proud of the team. They gave 100 percent effort and it paid off," MSUM head coach Oliver Summers said. "Duluth had a lot of very consistent players and our team showed enormous patience in dealing with that."

The Dragons won all three doubles matches. Freshman Jessamy Jones and sophomore Ashley Wood teamed up to beat UMD's Kara Saemann and Delaney Dobbs, 8-5 at No. 1 doubles. At No. 2 doubles, sophomores Cassie Smith and Morgan Smith beat UMD's tandem of Bailey Kolles and Drew DeCorsey, 8-5, and freshman Rebecca Lukes and junior Kaitlyn Emerson recorded an 8-5 win over Kelsey Cunningham and Briana Rademacher to complete the doubles sweep for MSUM.

Jones improved to 2-0 on the young season with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 win over Saemann at No. 1 singles. Freshman Rebecca Luke was similarly impressive, earning a 6-1, 6-1 in over DeCorsey at No. 2 singles. Also winning in straight sets for MSUM was senior Cortnei Chance, who won 7-6 (8-6 tiebreaker), 6-0 over Kolles at No. 3 singles, and Wood, who won 6-4, 6-4 over Rademacher.

Morgan Smith moved 2-0 on the year with a 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 win over Kaitlin Wohnoutka at No. 4 singles.

MSUM hosts Minnesota Crookston at 9 a.m. on Saturday.