SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The University of Minnesota Crookston tennis team fell to Augustana University 9-0 Sat., Feb. 27 and University of Sioux Falls 9-0 Sun., Feb. 28 in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Golden Eagles fall to 0-7 on the 2016 season.
In doubles,
Whitney Erickson (So., Spring Valley, Minn.) and
Catherine Brown (Sr., Powell Butte, Ore.) fell to Joey Wenborg and Emily Erickson of Sioux Falls, 8-5. At the No. 2 slot,
Bailey Morris (Fr., Crookston, Minn.) and
Reanne Erickson (Fr., Fargo, N.D.) fell to Kara Bunkers and Kylie Simons, 8-0. At No. 3 doubles, Abby Seigenthaler and Stacey Beard upended
Tien Nguyen (Fr., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and
Emily Campbell (Jr., Aitkin, Minn.), 8-0. Campbell was making her tennis team debut on the weekend.
In singles, Brown fell 6-3, 6-3 to Wenborg. At the No. 2 slot,
Whitney Erickson put up a fight, forcing three sets, but fell to Emily Erickson, 6-3, 6-7, 10-5. At the No. 3 slot, Beard defeated Morris, 6-0, 6-0. At No. 4 singles, Simons upended
Reanne Erickson, 6-1, 6-1. At the No. 5 spot, Campball was upended by Cortney McCans, 6-0, 6-0. Nguyen fell 6-0, 6-0 to Lilly Nettles.
Against Augustana,
Whitney Erickson and Brown fell 8-1 at No. 1 singles to Jessa Richards and Kornel Staniszewska. At No. 2 doubles,
Reanne Erickson and Morris fell 8-0 to Berkley Darr and Sydney Postal. At the No. 3 spot, Campbell and Nguyen fell 8-0 to Kaitlyn Motley and Meredith Lawrence.
In singles, Brown fell to Richards, 6-0, 6-0.
Whitney Erickson fell to Sydney Postal, 6-0, 6-1. At No. 3 singles, Morris dropped her match to Darr, 6-1, 6-0. At No. 4 singles,
Reanne Erickson fell 6-2, 6-0 to Christine Olivo. At the No. 5 slot, Campell fell 6-0, 6-0 to Motley. At the No.6 spot, Nguyen fell 6-0, 6-0 to Kathryn McLaughlin.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston is a NCAA Division II university located in the Red River Valley of Northwest Minnesota. UMC sponsors 11 intercollegiate athletic teams with membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate conference (NSIC) and the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). The NSIC is a 16-team conference with schools situated in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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