Box Score 1 SUPERIOR, Wis. – The St. Olaf College women's tennis team claimed a 5-2 win over UW-Superior before losing 7-0 to the University of Minnesota Duluth on Saturday at Yellowjacket Tennis Complex and Superior High School.
In its lone two dual matches of the fall, St. Olaf (1-0) picked up the doubles point and four singles victories to top UW-Superior (2-3) before being blanked by NCAA Division II Minnesota Duluth (1-0). A complete box score for the match against the Bulldogs is not available as of 4 p.m. on Sunday.
With its fall schedule complete, St. Olaf will be back in action against the College of St. Scholastica on Friday, Feb. 19 at West Hills Tennis & Pickleball Center in Owatonna.
St. Olaf 5, UW-Superior 2 | Box Score
St. Olaf got wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles as well as No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles to defeat UW-Superior to start the day. Senior
Elliana Loesch, sophomore
Norah Brusco, and senior
Charlotte Sloane all posted wins in both singles and doubles for the Oles.
Loesch and sophomore
Dana Keesler recorded a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles while Brusco and Sloane did not lose a game at No. 3 doubles to give St. Olaf the doubles point. The Yellowjackets logged a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles that did not factor into the scoring.
First year
Alexandra Prisecaru debuted at No. 1 singles in her first collegiate dual match and came away with a 6-2, 6-3 win atop the lineup for one of St. Olaf's four singles points. Sloane and Loesch added straight-set victories at No. 4 and No. 6 singles, while Brusco battled to a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles.
Minnesota Duluth 7, St. Olaf 0
Later in the day, St. Olaf was swept by Division II Minnesota Duluth to close out a 1-1 day. The Bulldogs won all three doubles matches and did not lose a set in singles.
Loesch and Keesler played the closest of the three doubles matches but fell by a 7-5 margin at the No. 2 spot. Prisecaru was defeated in two tight 6-4 sets at No. 1 singles in the closest of the six singles matches.