ORLANDO, Fla. – The St. Olaf College women's tennis team closed out its Spring Break trip with a 6-3 win over National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) foe Warner University, while the men's team fell 9-0 to the Royals, on Wednesday afternoon at the USTA National Campus.
WOMEN'S RECAP
St. Olaf (6-5) used a doubles sweep to get out to a lead and sealed the win by getting victories at three of the top-four singles spots to down Warner (12-2). Sophomore
Olha Zubarieva, senior
Allie Prokosch, and sophomore
Fiona O'Flaherty were all victorious in both singles and doubles for the Oles.
Prokosch and Zubarieva ran their winning streak to 10 matches with an 8-0 victory at No. 1 doubles to highlight the doubles sweep. Their 10-match winning streak is the longest by a St. Olaf doubles tandem since Erin McDonald and Margaret Zimmermann won their first 14 matches of the 2016-17 season.
First year
Alexandra Berns and junior
Anna Secor picked up an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles, while O'Flaherty and sophomore
Sarah Clark were victorious by an 8-5 margin at No. 3 doubles in their first match as a pairing this season.
In singles, Zubarieva and O'Flaherty each earned their ninth victories of the season – the most on the team – with straight-set wins at No. 1 and No. 4 singles. Prokosch added a victory in one of the three singles matches to go to a super tiebreaker by rolling in the decider for a 6-3, 3-6, 10-2 victory.
St. Olaf returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play against Carleton College at home on Wednesday, April 5 at 4 p.m. at Carlson Courts.
MEN'S RECAP
Warner (9-5) proved to be too much for St. Olaf (4-10), as the Royals swept their way to the win. First year
Bogdan Vizoli and senior
Henry Smith pushed their opponents at No. 1 doubles before falling by an 8-6 margin.
The Royals lost just one set in the six singles matches, as junior
Max Loesch claimed the opening set of his match at No. 6 singles before going down by a 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 score line.
St. Olaf is off until hosting Carleton College in its return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play on Wednesday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m. at Carlson Courts.
