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Gophers Split Sunday Home Matches
2/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
MINNEAPOLIS - The No. 70 Minnesota women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss to No. 46 Dartmouth and earned a 7-0 win over South Dakota State at the Baseline Tennis Center Sunday. The results moved the Gophers' 2015 record to 6-4. They are now 4-1 at home.
Dartmouth got the day started by sweeping the doubles competition. After pairings of Alexxis Kiven and Katherine Yau and Julia Schroeder and Akiko Okuda won at position Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, to secure the point, the 40th-ranked duo of Taylor Ng and Kristina Mathis finished a tight 7-5 win against Tereza Brichacova and Paula Rincon-Otero.
In singles action, the Big Green upped its lead to 2-0 with a Schroeder win at No. 6, but freshman Caroline Ryba got a point back for the Gophers with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 2. Dartmouth clinched the win with victories at the No. 3 and No. 5 flights. Jacqueline Crawford then won at No. 4 and 82nd-ranked Ng came back from a one-set deficit against Brichacova.
Minnesota got off to a stronger start in its second match of the day.
Doubles tandems of Brichacova and Rincon-Otero, Jessika Mozia and Julia Courter and Aria Lambert and Kendall Heitzner won in doubles to give the Maroon and Gold and 1-0 lead.
Courter's win was the 50th of her career in doubles, individually.
The momentum carried over into singles play for the Gophers who won at all six positions. Lambert, who had a five-match win streak snapped earlier in the day, got back on track with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Minneapolis native Tacy Haws-Lay at No. 4. Courter then put the team on the cusp of victory with a straight-set win against Beatriz Souza at the No. 4 spot.
The win was clinched by Mozia at the No. 2 position. Mehvish Safdar then earned her first-career dual match singles win at the No. 6 position to make it 5-0. The shutout was completed when Kendall Heitzner completed her first dual-match singles win of the season at No. 5 and Ryba cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph in the top flight.
Ryba is now 7-1 on the spring and owns a 3-0 mark at the top position in the lineup.
The Gophers, who hadn't played at home since Jan. 18 prior to this weekend, continues a seven-match homestand next week when Iowa State, Marquette and Carleton visit the Baseline Tennis Center.
No. 46 Dartmouth 6, No. 70 Minnesota 1
Baseline Tennis Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Singles competition
1. No. 82 Taylor Ng (DART) def. Tereza Brichacova (MINN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
2. Caroline Ryba (MINN) def. Katherine Yau (DART) 6-2, 6-2
3. Kristina Mathis (DART) def. Jessika Mozia (MINN) 6-3, 6-4
4. Jacqueline Crawford (DART) def. Maja Vujic (MINN) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6)
5. Akiko Okuda (DART) def. Aria Lambert (MINN) 6-0, 0-6, 6-4
6. Julia Schroeder (DART) def. Paula Rincon-Otero (MINN) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. No. 40 Taylor Ng/Kristina Mathis (DART) def. Tereza Brichacova/Paula Rincon-Otero (MINN) 7-5
2. Alexxis Kiven/Katherine Yau (DART) def. Jessika Mozia/Julia Courter (MINN) 6-2
3. Julia Schroeder/Akiko Okuda (DART) def. Maja Vujic/Mehvish Safdar (MINN) 6-4
Match Notes
Dartmouth 10-0 (0-0 Ivy)
Minnesota 5-4 (0-0 Big Ten)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,2,3,5,1,4)
No. 70 Minnesota 7, South Dakota State 0
Baseline Tennis Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Singles competition
1. Caroline Ryba (MINN) def. Ffion Davies (SDSU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jessika Mozia (MINN) def. Florencia Magni (SDSU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Aria Lambert (MINN) def. Tacy Haws-Lay (SDSU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Julia Courter (MINN) def. Beatriz Souza (SDSU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Kendall Heitzner (MINN) def. Elif Gabb (SDSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Mehvish Safdar (MINN) def. Tiffany Filipovich (SDSU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Tereza Brichacova/Paula Rincon-Otero (MINN) def. Iasmin Rosa/Ffion Davies (SDSU) 6-0
2. Jessika Mozia/Julia Courter (MINN) def. Tacy Haws-Lay/Beatriz Souza (SDSU) 6-3
3. Aria Lambert/Kendall Heitzner (MINN) def. Elif Gabb/Florencia Magni (SDSU) 6-4
Match Notes
South Dakota State 2-5 (0-0 Summit)
Minnesota 6-4 (0-0 Big Ten)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,4,2,6,5,1)
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