ORLANDO, Fla. – MSU Moorhead tennis would conclude its Spring Break trip to Florida by splitting the final two matches to Ohio Northern and Warner University. 
 
MSUM would fall in a Wednesday night matchup against the Polar Bears, 4-3. To close play in Florida, MSUM defeated the Royals on clay, 7-0.
 
Wednesday night's matchup against the Polar Bears turned into a match filled with tiebreakers and intrigue. Ohio Northern would win the doubles point with wins at the number two and three positions. However, MSUM would be able to salvage a win as the number one pairing of Luzmary Diaz Castillo and Shaelyn Johnson would handle business in a 6-3 win. It was the duo's fifth win of the season. 
 
Castillo would also win at number one doubles to help even the team score at one point. The sophomore earned a straight sets win over Jenna Bell, her fifth singles win of the year. While MSUM had losses at number two and three singles, Katryna Hansen had what was potentially the strongest performance of the evening. The true freshman would rally for a 7-6 win in set one against Katie O'Connell with the game requiring a tiebreaker, which Hansen won 7-4. To close the match, another marathon set broke out and another tiebreaker ensued. The Moorhead, Minn., native would claim a 7-5 win in the tiebreaker to win the set 7-6. 
 
Madison Bell would find herself in a similar scenario in number five singles. Bell would need a 7-5 tiebreaker win to claim a victory in set one over Julianna Sheldon. The senior would rally again in a deciding set to win 7-5 and give the Dragons three team points. It was Bell's fourth singles win of the season. However, the Polar Bears would win at number six singles to help claim the 4-3 team win. 
 
Dragons 3, Polar Bears 4
 
Doubles
No. 1 –  Luzmary Diaz Castillo/Shaelyn Johnson def. Jamie Hurst/Abby Cruser, 6-3
No. 2 – Jenna Bell/Julianne Sheldon def. Tiannah Gu/Madison Bell, 6-2
No. 3 – Miranda Willis/Katie O'Connell def. Katryna Hansen/Claire Nemmers, 7-5
 
Singles
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo def. Jenna Bell – 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – Jamie Hurst def. Shaelyn Johnson – 6-3, 0-6, 10-7
No. 3 – Abby Cruser def. Tiannah Gu – 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 – Katryna Hansen def. Katie O'Connell – 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5)
No. 5 – Madison Bell def. Julianne Sheldon – 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
No. 6 – Molly McLane def. Claire Nemmers – 6-2, 6-2
 
The team of Castillo and Johnson would remain hot with their sixth win of the year. The pairing earned a 6-3 win over Warner's Riley Cook and Lauren Schiraldi. The Dragons would earn the doubles point as the Royals would forfeit at the number three spot. 

The Dragons would fully control singles play as Castillo and Johnson each picked up convincing victories. Castillo would take the first set over Camila Matos and would take the match in a second-set default. Johnson would win in straight sets over Riley Cook (6-1, 6-2). Madison Bell would see her singles success continue with her fifth win of the year. Bell cruised to a straight sets win, 6-0, 6-0. Tiannah Gu would win at number three singles over Schiraldi, 6-4, 7-5. 
 
Claire Nemmers would round out the Dragon dominance in a resilient performance at number five singles. Nemmers dropped the first set to Keran Alves, 6-2. However, the sophomore would rally back to win the middle set by a 7-5 count. Nemmers held up the MSUM sweep with an 11-9 victory in the final set.
 
Dragons 7, Royals 0
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo/Shaelyn Johnson def. Riley Cook/Lauren Schiraldi, 6-0
No. 2 – Keran Alves/Camila Matos def. Kiera Radniecki/Lakia Manska, 6-2
No. 3 – Dragon Win By Forfeit
 
Singles
No. 1 – Luzmary Diaz Castillo def. Camila Matos – 6-2, Def.
No. 2 –  Shaelyn Johnson def. Riley Cook – 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 –  Tiannah Gu def. Lauren Schiraldi – 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 – Madison Bell def. Davila – 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 –  Claire Nemmers def. Keran Alves – 2-6, 7-5, 11-9
No. 6 – Dragon Win By Forfeit
 
 
Up Next
 
MSUM will return to NSIC action in a pair of home matches on March 23 and 24. The Dragons will take on St. Cloud State on March 23 at 2 p.m. before facing Minnesota Duluth on March 24 at 9 a.m. Both matches will take place at Courts Plus Community Fitness in Fargo, N.D.