SAINT PETER, Minn. -- MSU Moorhead tennis opened their weekend with a loss to Minnesota State 7-0. Though the Dragons battled throughout singles action, the Mavericks proved to be too much on this evening.

MSUM fell to 5-8 on the season with the loss. 

Mankato would sweep doubles play thanks to strong performances in the number one and number three matches. MSUM would battle in number two doubles thanks to the play of Shaelyn Johnson and Tia Dykema. However, the pair would eventually fall to Mankato's Chiara Carnelutti and Freia Lawrence, 6-4.

Johnson would continue to fight in number one singles, pushing Lois Page in the first set (6-3) before dropping the second set 6-1. Claire Nemmers found herself in a dogfight match in number five singles with Mankato's McKenna DeMarce. The true freshman lost a pair of tough sets to DeMarce (7-6, 6-4), but showed promise throughout. Madison Bell worked to a 6-4 result in her first set of number six singles, but eventually lost the second set and match 6-1. 

Dragons 0, Mavericks 7
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Lois Page/Avery Stilwell def. Madison Bell/Tiannah Gu, 6-2
No. 2 – Chiara Carnelutti/Freia Lawrence def. Shaelyn Johnson/Tia Dykema, 6-4
No. 3 –  McKenna DeMarce/Elizabeth Felderman def. Marissa Burian/Claire Nemmers, 6-2
 
Singles
No. 1 – Lois Page def. Shaelyn Johnson, 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 – Freia Lawrence def. Tiannah Gu 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 –  Chiara Carnelutti def. Tia Dykema, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 –  Avery Stilwell def. Marissa Burian, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 –  McKenna DeMarce def. Claire Nemmers, 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 –  Elizabeth Felderman def. Madison Bell, 6-4, 6-1

Up Next

MSUM is back in action tomorrow morning in Saint Peter as the Dragons will take on Southwest Minnesota State. Match time is scheduled to being at 11 a.m.