Tennis | 3/15/2022 5:38:00 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's tennis team edged Quincy, 4-3 in nonconference action Tuesday in Orlando, Fla.
 
MSUM, which won its second straight match, is now 2-7 on the season while Quincy fell to 4-5.
 
MSUM won the doubles point, thanks to victories at No. 2 and No. 3. Senior Mikaela Griechen and freshman Tia Dykema topped Haley Milazzo/Emily Klinner, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles for MSUM while sophomore Madison Bell and freshman Greta Reichmann teamed up for a 6-1 win over Nora Hennessy and Emily Klinner at No. 3.
 
The Dragons came up big in the final three singles slots to record the win. Dykema topped Paula Martinez, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 while Bell defeated Hennessy, 6-1, 6-4.
 
Freshman Valerie Gall, making her first start of the season, prevailed 6-0, 6-2 over Klinner at No. 6 singles for the Dragons.

"The bottom part of the lineup came up big as we won the bottom two doubles matches(to take the doubles point) and the bottom three singles matches to clinch the match," MSUM head coach Jason Thiner said. 
 
MSUM will face Stevenson on Wednesday in Orlando.
 
MSUM 4, Quincy 3
Doubles
No. 1- Juliana Vidal/Steffi Lao (Q) def. Emma Andersen/Miranda Griechen, 6-0
No. 2- Mikaela Griechen/Tia Dykema (MSUM) def. Haley Milazzo/Kori Obert, 6-3
No. 3-Madison Bell/Greta Reichmann (MSUM) def. Nora Hennessy/Emily Klinner,6-1
Singles
No. 1-Laila Leist-Alston (Q) def. Andersen, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2-Bianca Salas Cruz (Q) def. Mikaela Griechen, 6-2, 3-6, 10-2
No. 3-Katrin Ismailova (Q) def. Miranda Griechen, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4-Dykema (MSUM) def. Paula Martinez, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5-Madison Bell (MSUM) def. Hennessy, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6-Valerie Gall (MSUM) def. Klinner, 6-0, 6-2