ORLANDO, Fla. – MSU Moorhead tennis saw a loss and a win in a pair of matches as the Dragons continued their Spring Break trip on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

MSUM fell in a late night Tuesday contest to seventh-ranked Lubbock Christian before turning around and defeating St. Catherine's, 5-2, on Wednesday morning. 
 
The Dragons played a late Tuesday match with seventh-ranked Lubbock Christian which saw the Chaps take a 7-0 win. The pairing of Luzmary Diaz Castillo and Shaelyn Johnson would battle in number one doubles but would fall 7-5 to LCU's duo of Oshinia Herath and Anastasiia Opolska. The Chaps would take the remaining two doubles matches to earn the team point. 
 
In singles play, Tiannah Gu would rally from a 6-0 set one loss to push Herath to the limit in number two play. Gu would fall 6-4 in set two to conclude the matchup. Madison Bell would narrowly drop her first set, 6-4, in number four action against Hannah Quick. Bell would drop the second set, 6-1. 
 
Dragons 0, Chaps 7
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Oshinia Herath/Anastasiia Opolska def. Luzmary Diaz Castillo/Shaelyn Johnson. 7-5
No. 2 – Mariia Koroleva/Taylor Nichols def. Madison Bell/Tiannah Gu, 6-1
No. 3 – Lauren Shinneman/Allison Lent def. Kiera Radniecki/Izabela Flores, 6-2
 
Singles
No. 1 – Michelle Trochez def. Shaelyn Johnson – 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 – Oshini Herath def. Tiannah Gu – 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 – Mariia Koroleva def. Katryna Hansen – 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 – Hannah Quick def. Madison Bell – 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Taylor Nichols def. Claire Nemmers – 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 – Allison Lent def. Lakia Manska – 6-2, 6-2
 
St. Catherine's commanded the doubles point in the match as they would take wins at the number one and number two positions. However, Katryna Hansen and Claire Nemmers would pick up a win in number three doubles. The pair earned a 6-3 decision over Anna Luksik and Marie Pelletier. 
 
MSUM would rally in singles action to take five of the six matches and the dual as a whole. Luzmary Diaz Castillo would begin with a win at number one singles. Castillo would need a tiebreaker win in set one before winning set two, 6-4. Shaelyn Johnson would earn a convincing win at the number two spot with a 6-1, 6-1 straight sets win over Luksik. 
 
Tiannah Gu and Madison Bell would each earn singles victories for the Dragons as Gu would win a 5-0 tiebreak to set the tone against Faith Simon. Gu would win the second set, 6-1. Bell would need three sets to earn a victory over Monica Zink. The senior would drop the first set in a tiebreaker before rallying back for a 6-2 win in the second set followed by a 10-8 clincher in the final set. 
 
Nemmers would continue her strong effort with a win at number six singles. The sophomore would control most of her match with Liliana Holmberg, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. 
 
Dragons 5, Wildcats 2
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Kelsey Dorr/Monica Zink def. Luzmary Diaz Castillo, 6-3
No. 2 – Erica Wing/Faith Simon def. Tiannah Gu/Madison Bell, 7-6 (5-0)
No. 3 – Katryna Hansen/Claire Nemmers def. Anna Luksik/Marie Pelletier, 6-3
 
Singles
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo def. Kelsey Dorr – 7-6 (2-0), 6-4
No. 2 – Shaelyn Johnson def. Anna Luksik – 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 – Tiannah Gu def. Faith Simon – 7-6 (5-0), 6-1
No. 4 – Erin Loterbauer def. Katryna Hansen – 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
No. 5 – Madison Bell def. Monica Zink – 6-7 (5-0), 6-2, 10-8
No. 6 – Claire Nemmers def. Liliana Holmberg – 6-3, 6-3

Up Next
 
The Dragons will take on Ohio Northern this evening beginning at 6 p.m. MSUM will conclude play on its Spring Break trip tomorrow afternoon with a 12:30 p.m. match with Warner University.