FARGO, N.D. -- MSU Moorhead tennis would collect its second conference win of the season on Sunday morning as the Dragons handled business against Minnesota Duluth, 6-1. 

MSUM would own doubles play to begin the morning as the number one pairing of Luzmary Diaz Castillo and Shaelyn Johnson would win 6-2 to collect their seventh win of the year. Madison Bell and Tiannah Gu would do the same at number two doubles with a dominating win over Brynne Folden and Lilly Nelson, 6-1. For Bell and Gu, it is their fifth doubles win as a pair this season. To round out doubles play, Katryna Hansen and Claire Nemmers would secure the sweep for the Dragons in a 6-4 victory. The duo moved to 3-3 as a pair this season. 

Minnesota Duluth would grab its lone team point in number one singles before the Dragons commanded the rest of the singles matches. On Senior Day, Johnson would earn her seventh win of the year in a straight sets win over Abby Johnson (6-4, 6-3). Gu would pick up her sixth singles win on the year in a 6-2, 6-1 straight sets win over Carly Chaney. Hansen would find herself in a hard fought match with Honsey at the number four spot as the freshman needed an 8-6 tiebreak win to claim a win in set one. Hansen would use that momentum to dominate in the ensuing set, earning a 6-1 victory. 

Madison Bell would grab her sixth singles win of the season at the number five spot in a straight sets win over Lilly Nelson. To round out the morning, Nemmers would turn in a gritty performance against Brynne Folden. Nemmers claimed the first set 6-1 and would end up in a feverish rally with Folden in set two. Eventually, Folden would win 7-6 thanks to a 7-5 tiebreaker win. However, the sophomore Nemmers would rally back to defeat Folden in the deciding set, 10-8. 

Dragons 6, Bulldogs 1

Doubles

No. 1 - Luzmary Diaz Castillo/Shaelyn Johnson def. Shay Callaway/Abby Johnson, 6-2
No. 2 - Madison Bell/Tiannah Gu def. Brynne Folden/Lilly Nelson, 6-1
No. 3 - Katryna Hansen/Claire Nemmers def. Olivia Honsey/Courtney Eppen, 6-4

Singles

No. 1 - Shay Callaway def. Luzmary Diaz Castillo - 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 - Shaelyn Johnson def. Abby Johnson - 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Tiannah Gu def. Carly Chaney - 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - Katryna Hansen def. Olivia Honsey - 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
No. 5 - Madison Bell def. Lilly Nelson - 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Claire Nemmers def. Brynne Folden - 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 10-8

Up Next

MSUM will now hit the road for a pair of road NSIC matches on April 5 and 6. The Dragons will head to Sioux Falls for match ups with USF and Augustana on those days.