Tennis | 3/7/2019 8:54:00 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team lost a tough 4-3 match to Missouri Western in non conference action Thursday in Orlando, Fla.

MSUM fell to 10-3 overall while the Griffons improved to 6-3.

Missouri Western won at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to earn the team point. Sophomore Julia Geske and junior Olivia Keelin picked up a win at No. 1 doubles for MSUM, beating Mireia Birosta and Ciarra Gilmore, 6-2.

Sophomore Lorrisa Yuen won at No. 2 singles for MSUM, beating Birosta, 6-1, 6-1. Freshman Rachel Nguyen won a hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 match over Missouri Western's Joanna Roman Abreu at No. 3 singles, while junior Alexis Konecne prevailed over Gilmore, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.

The match was 3-3 as the No. 5 singles match was concluding. In fiercely-fought match that went to a third set super tiebreaker, MW's Federica Salmaso edged Keelin, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9.

MSUM wraps up the Florida trip on Friday morning against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Missouri Western 4, MSU Moorhead 3
Doubles
No. 1-Julia Geske/Olivia Keelin (MSUM) def. Mireia Birosta/Ciarra Gilmore, 6-2
No. 2-Joanna Roman Abreu/Karolina Strom (MW) def. Rachel Nguyen/Lorissa Yuen, 6-3
No. 3-Federica Salmaso/Bojana Vuksan (MW) def. Alexis Konecne/Emma Wood, 6-4
Singles
No. 1-Strom (MW) def. Geske, 6-0, 6-2
No. 2-Yuen (MSUM) def. Birosta, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3-Nguyen (MSUM) def Roman Abreu, 6-3, 7-5
No. 4-Konecne (MSUM) def. Gilmore, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5-Salmaso (MW) def. Keelin, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
No. 6-Bojana Vuksan (MW) def. Jalyn Kornblum, 6-0, 6-2