NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's tennis team recorded a 6-1 victory over Wartburg College and a 5-2 win against Northwestern College in non-conference play on Saturday at Tostrud Center.

Playing indoors on campus, St. Olaf (3-2) went 4-2 on the day in doubles and 9-3 in singles to defeat Wartburg (12-4) and Northwestern (6-4). The two wins gave the Oles a three-match winning streak after a pair of 4-3 losses in the fall.

Senior Alexandra Berns, first year Dana Keesler, and junior Charlotte Sloane all went 2-0 in singles on the day, while Berns and classmate Emma Clift won both of their doubles matches. Berns remained undefeated on the season in singles (5-0) and doubles with Clift (5-0).

St. Olaf will get back to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play by taking on the College of Saint Benedict at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 at Sta-Fit in Sartell.

St. Olaf 6, Wartburg 1 | Box Score

St. Olaf started the morning by defeating Wartburg for the third consecutive season as the Oles won two of the three doubles matches and six of the six singles matches. In doubles, Berns and Clift posted a 6-2 victory atop the lineup, while the tandem of Keesler and junior Elliana Loesch registered a 6-3 win at the second spot.

Berns wasted little time in putting the first singles point on the board with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 singles and Keesler followed with a 6-2-1 win at No. 4 singles to make the score 3-0. After the Knights won a super tiebreak at No. 3 singles, Clift finished off a tight 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 win at No. 2 singles for the clinching fourth point.

Sloane gave the Oles another point with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph at No. 5 singles before first year Norah Brusco came back for a 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6) win at No. 6 singles in the final match on court.

St. Olaf 5, Northwestern 2 | Box Score

Later in the afternoon, St. Olaf again claimed the doubles point and won a majority of the singles match to top Northwestern for the second season in a row. The pairs of Berns and Clift and sophomores Haley Swanson and Lidia Bach recorded victories at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, with Berns and Clift losing just one game in their fifth consecutive victory.

In singles, the Oles got wins from Berns, Keesler, Sloane, and sophomore Evelyn Smiley to complete the victory. Keesler and Sloane lost just four games apiece in their matches at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively, with Keesler improving to 4-1 on the season and Sloane stretching her winning streak to three matches.

In the lone singles match to go to a super tiebreak, Berns came back from a set down to claim a 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-4) victory a No. 1 singles. Smiley cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles for her second win in as many singles matches this season.