MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team wraps up the conference portion of its season with a pair of home matches this week. MSUM plays host to Winona State at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and will conclude the weekend against Upper Iowa at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Both matches will be at Courts Plus in Fargo, N.D.
With a spot already secured in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference postseason tournament, MSUM will now look to solidify a high seed this weekend. The Dragons are 7-2 in the NSIC, one game behind second-place Upper Iowa. If the Dragons win both matches this weekend, they will be the No. 2 seed in the NSIC tournament, by virtue of a tiebreaker (head to head competition).
MSUM (7-7 overall) has not played since March 28, when it beat Minnesota Crookston (9-0) and Bemidji State (7-2) in Grand Forks, N.D. The Dragons swept all six singles matches on their way to the wins.
Sophomore
Jessamy Jones leads MSUM with a 10-4 singles record, while senior
Andrea Rognlien is 9-5 and junior
Ashley Wood is 7-7. MSUM is 43-41 (.512) in singles play this season.
In doubles, Wood and Jones have teamed up for a 7-7 record. Junior
Cassie Smith is 6-7 on the season in doubles for MSUM.
Oliver Summers is in his third season as MSUM's head coach.
About Winona StateWinona State is 6-8 overall and 5-4 in the NSIC. The Warriors enter the weekend having lose four matches in a row, including losses to Sioux Falls (6-3) and Augustana (9-0) on March 28. Justine Daane and Brianna Havelka lead the Warriors with 7-7 records in singles, while Aimee Basinski is a perfect 7-0 in doubles, including 6-0 in NSIC matches. Heather Pierce is in her third season as Winona State's head coach.
About Upper IowaThe Peacocks are 10-5 overall and 8-1 in the NSIC. They suffered their first conference loss of the season on March 20 when they fell to Augustana 9-0. Saki Kawabata and Kelly Jachymowski lead Upper Iowa with 11-4 marks in singles. Kawabata is also 11-4 in doubles while Iris Verwelj is 10-5. Joey J. Barnes is in his third season as Upper Iowa's head coach.
