Owatonna, MN - The MLC women's tennis defeated the Crown Polars 8-1 in their Thursday afternoon match.
The Knights picked up where they left off against the Bethany Vikings and controlled the match from early on, winning all three doubles matches: 8-4, 8-2, 8-0.
"I thought that our doubles play to start out the match set a good tone,"
Paul Koelpin said of his team's performance. "We wanted to play solid, aggressive, confident tennis. Overall, I thought we did that today. We won lots of critical deuce points to maintain momentum and stay in control."
MLC followed that aggressive approach from their coach in singles play, taking five of the six matches.
McKenzey Crowley put together a hard nosed effort in No. 1 singles, beating Annie Doyle 6-3, 6-2.
Sarah Hoffe and
Abigail Schewe retired their opponents in quick fashion, both winning 6-0, 6-0 in No. 3 and No. 5 singles respectively.
The other two points came from
Charis Glende and
Rachel Schoeneck who both won their matches 6-1, 6-0.
The only loss for the Knights came from
Josephine Bieberitz, who battled her opponent all the way to a third set tiebreaker, where she ultimately lost 1-6, 6-4, 9-11.
With the win MLC (3-10, 3-4) is on a two-game winning streak and the Knights also improve to 5-0 all-time against Crown in women's tennis.
The Knights will shift gears to a Saturday, April 22 match against UW-Superior. The opening serve will start at 11 a.m. at the Swanson Tennis Center at Gustavus.
