Women's Tennis | 1/28/2025 9:38:00 AM
CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston tennis team opens the 2025 season Friday, January 31 at 1:30 p.m. against St. Cloud State University at the Sta-Fit Tennis Center in Sartell, Minn. The Golden Eagles will look to build on their best season in program history in 2024, as they went 10-5 (5-4 NSIC) and made their first-ever NSIC Tournament appearance last season.
The Golden Eagles are guided by returning All-NSIC Second Team pick Daniela de Lucas Rivera (So.), who posted a 10-5 mark at No. 2 singles in 2024. Ariadna Solis Guals returns after posting a 4-11 record at No. 3 singles. Blaike Zander (Sr., Bismarck, N.D.) is back after posting a 4-10 record at the No. 4 singles slot. Nadia Cases Mundet returns for Minnesota Crookston after finishing 11-3 at the No. 5 slot, while Kavya Singh (Sr., Agra, India) is back after going 9-4 at No. 6 singles.
In doubles, de Lucas Rivera and Solis Guals return after posting a 5-10 record at No. 1 singles. Singh and Cases Mundet return after going 12-1 at the No. 3 slot.
Minnesota Crookston also returns Kaydance Hinn (Sr., Coon Rapids, Minn.). They are also adding several new pieces who will look to elevate the Golden Eagles. Abril Manas Hernandez (Fr., Barcelona, Spain), Asli Oktay (Fr., Istanbul, Turkey), Abby VanPelt (Fr., Austin, Minn.), and Katie VanPelt (Fr., Austin, Minn.) look to add to the Golden Eagles in 2025.
St. Cloud State went 4-11 (2-7 NSIC) in 2024. The Golden Eagles won last season's match-up 4-3 in Grand Forks, N.D. Claudia Munoz Perez returns after posting a 8-6 mark at No. 1, 2, and 3 singles last season. Maria Paz Aoki is back after going 2-13 at at No. 1, and No. 2 singles. Oriana Grott posted a 5-7 at No. 2, 3, and 4 singles last season. In doubles, Johana Brower, and Paz Aoki went 7-5 at No. 1 and 2 doubles in 2024.
