VIRGINIA, Minn. -- In a long, physical day on the court, MSU Moorhead tennis picked a pair of wins over St. Cloud State and Gustavus Adolphus. Both matches ended in a 4-3 result in favor of the Dragons.
"The girls were really put to the test today. We played back to back matches," said head coach
Alexis Konecne Every single player had to dig deep physically and mentally to produce these wins."
MSUM would take the doubles points over the Huskies, but lost it against the Golden Gusties. The team of
Shaelyn Johnson and
Tia Dykema went undefeated on the day in doubles.
Tiannah Gu picked up a pair of singles wins for the Dragons, winning both her matches in straight sets.
Shaelyn Johnson commanded the day for the Dragons as she went undefeated across doubles and singles. Johnson won both of her singles matches in straight sets with the junior winning 6-0, 6-0 over Gustavus' Brooke Haddorf.
Dragons 4, Huskies 3
Doubles
No. 1 –
Madison Bell/
Tiannah Gu def. Maria Paz Aoki/Claudia Munoz Perez - 7-5
No. 2 –
Shaelyn Johnson/
Tia Dykema def. Oriana Grott/Arisa Kashima - 6-2
No. 3 –
Marissa Burian/
Claire Nemmers def. Johana Brower/Maria Molitor - 7 (4)-6
Singles
No. 1 –
Shaelyn Johnson def. Oriana Grott - 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 –
Tiannah Gu def. Maria Paz Aoki - 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 – Claudia Munoz Perez def.
Tia Dykema - 7-6 (3), 6-3
No. 4 –
Marissa Burian def. Arisa Kashina - 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 – Johana Browers def.
Claire Nemmers - 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 - Maria Molitor def.
Madison Bell, 6-2, 7 (4)-6, 10-4
Dragons 4, Golden Gusties 3
Doubles
No. 1 – Brooke Haddorff/Lili Elofson def.
Madison Bell/
Tiannah Gu - 7-6
No. 2 –
Shaelyn Johnson/
Tia Dykema def. Mary Enright/Madison Packer - 6-1
No. 3 – Ashley Stroebel/Taylor Ruhl def.
Claire Nemmers/
Lakia Manska
Singles
No. 1 –
Shaelyn Johnson def. Brooke Haddorf - 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 –
Tiannah Gu def. Lili Elofson - 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 –
Tia Dykema def. Mary Enright - 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 – Emily Carlson def.
Marissa Burian - 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Maddie Packer def.
Claire Nemmers, 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 -
Madison Bell def. Ashley Stroebel
Up Next
MSUM remains in Virginia for one more day as they will take on Minnesota Duluth for a 1 p.m. match with the Bulldogs.