MANDAN, N.D. -- MSU Moorhead tennis fell in road NSIC action to the University of Mary on Saturday afternoon. The Marauders defeated the Dragons, 6-1.

Mary would earn the team doubles point with a pair of tandem wins at the number two and number three spots. For MSUM, the team Luzmary Diaz Castillo and Shaelyn Johnson moved to 4-0 on the year with a 6-4 victory over Chloe Chong and Ilona Freitag. The Marauders led 1-0 following doubles play.

The Dragons would earn their first team point thanks to Castillo, who won a daunting number one singles bout over Chong. Castillo won the first set 6-3 before falling in the second set to Chong, 6-1. In a marathon third set, Castillo would turn in a gritty effort to defeat Chong 12-10. Mary would claim the number two through six positions in singles play to win the match 6-1. Both Tiannah Gu and Madison Bell battled in their first sets of singles action, but would eventuall fall in straight sets to Freitag and Estinvil, respectively. 
 
Dragons 1, Marauders 6
 
Doubles
 
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo/Shaelyn Johnson def. Chloe Chong/Ilona Freitag - 6-4
No. 2 – Hala Awad/Maria Estinvil def. Tiannah Gu/Madison Bell - 6-0
No. 3 – Emily Needham/Luba Moyo def. Claire Nemmers/Lakia Manska - 6-1
 
Singles
 
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo def. Chloe Chong - 6-3, 1-6, 12-10
No. 2 – Hala Awad def. Shaelyn Johnson - 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 – Ilona Freitag def. Tiannah Gu - 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 – Maria Estinvil def. Madison Bell - 7-6, 6-3
No. 5 – Emily Needham def. Claire Nemmers - 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 - Luba Moyo def. Izabela Flores - 6-2, 6-3

Up Next

MSUM will enter a non-conference stretch as they head to Orland, Florida, for their annual spring break trip. The Dragons will play five match in Florida beginning with the University of South Dakota on Monday, March 11.