Tennis | 2/5/2022 4:31:00 PM

WINONA, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team won three singles matches but Upper Iowa claimed the key team doubles point in a 4-3 win over the Dragons in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Saturday in Winona, Minn.
 
MSUM fell to 0-2 overall and in the league while Upper Iowa improved to 1-0.
 
The Peacocks won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to pick up the team doubles point. Sophomore Madison Bell and freshman Greta Reichmann picked up their second doubles win of the weekend with a 6-3 win over Padmasree Murugan and Elaina Wall for the Dragons.
 
"We had a much better outing today," MSUM head coach Jason Thiner said. "The team was in a much better mental state today. Madison Bell and Greta Reichmann continued their strong weekends with singles victories and a doubles victory together."
 
Freshman Tia Dykema picked up her first collegiate singles win with a 6-4, 6-1  over Lina Ziani at the No. 4 slot. Bell beat Murugan, 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 at No. 5 singles for MSUM while Reichmann beat Wall, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
 
MSUM will venture into nonconference play on Feb. 13 at Division I foe North Dakota. The match begins at 10 a.m. at Choice Health and Fitness in Grand Forks.
 
Upper Iowa 4, MSUM 3
Doubles
No. 1-Charalampia Grammatikaki/Jessa Michieli (UIU) def. Emma Andersen/Miranda Griechen, 6-3
No. 2-Varvara Ogorodnikova/Lina Ziani (UIU) def. Mikaela Griechen/Tia Dykema, 6-3
No. 3-Madison Bell/Greta Reichmann (MSUM) def. Padmasree Murugan/Elaina Wall, 6-3
 
Singles
No. 1-Grammatikaki (UIU) def. Andersen, 6-0, 6-3
No. 2-Michieli (UIU) def. Mikaela Griechen, 6-1, 0-6, 7-6
No. 3-Ogorodnikova (UIU) def. Miranda Griechen, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4-Dykema (MSUM) def. Ziani, 6-4, 6-1
No. 5-Bell (MSUM) def. Murugan, 6-7, 6-4, 10-4
No. 6-Reichmann (MSUM) def. Wall, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3