Tennis | 4/13/2019 11:53:00 AM

MINNETONKA, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team advanced at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament with a 4-0 win over Bemidji State in action Saturday morning at Lifetime Fitness in Minnetonka, Minn. The match was over once MSUM earned the clinching fourth team point.

MSUM (15-3) will face Sioux Falls in the semifinals on Sunday morning at Lifetime Fitness. The match begins at 8 a.m.

"The team came out firing on all cylinders this morning," MSUM head coach Oliver Summers said. "It was a great start to the tournament now we'll go into our next round with strong momentum."

MSUM won two doubles matches to earn the team point. Sophomore Julia Geske and junior Olivia Keelin picked up a 6-1 win over Zoe Lindgren and Hannah Alme at No. 1 doubles for the Dragons while juniors Alexis Konecne and Emma Wood rolled to a 6-0 win over Brooke Mimmick and Breanna Walsh at No. 3.

Keelin picked up a 6-0, 7-5 win over Walsh at No. 5 singles for MSUM while freshman Jalyn Kornblum won 6-1, 6-2 over Hannah Peterson at No. 6. Freshman Rachel Nguyen won by injury default at No. 3 for MSUM.

MSUM led at No. 1, 2 and 4 singles but those matches were unfinished as a result of the Dragons clinching the match.

MSUM 4, Bemidji State 0
Doubles
No. 1-Julia Geske/Olivia Keelin (MSUM) def. Zoe Lindgren/Hannah Alme, 6-1
No. 2-Ari Lopez-Simo/Laney Rutkowski (BSU) def. Lorissa Yuen/Rachel Nguyen, 6-4
No. 3-Alexis Konecne/Emma Wood (MSUM) def. Brooke Mimmack/Breanna Walsh, 6-0
Singles
No. 1-Geske (MSUM) led Lindgren, 6-4, 4-0, unfinished
No. 2-Yuen (MSUM) led Lopez-Simo, 6-2, 5-4, unfinished
No. 3-Nguyen (MSUM) def. Alme, 6-4, 0-0, injury default
No. 4-Konecne (MSUM) led Mimmack, 6-2, 4-3, unfinished
No. 5-Keelin (MSUM) def. Walsh, 6-0, 7-5
No. 6-Jalyn Kornblum (MSUM) def. Hannah Peterson, 6-1, 6-2