Box Score BEMIDJI, Minn. - The Bemidji State University
tennis team finished a two match weekend at home with a hard fought
loss on Sunday against the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons
by a score of 9-0. The Beavers play improved overall as there were a
total of four match that were decided by tiebreakers on the day but all
went the Dragons way.
The action began on the
doubles side where MSUM got the three point sweep despite tough
competition from the No. 3 doubles team of Julie Kapsner (Pierz, Minn.) and Amy Erickson
(Roseau, Minn.) who took the MSUM pair of Heather Buesing and Maria
Cederberg to a tiebreaker that favored the Dragons 1-7 to take the
match by a score of 8-9.
Singles action saw a
lot of close matches that didn’t go the Beavers way as they took
three different positions to tiebreakers but failed to take a point
form the Dragons. The No. 2 singles match saw Kali Welu
(Detroit Lakes, Minn.) win the first set of her match against the
Dragons Rose Milless 7-6 on a 7-0 tiebreaker, however Milless fought
back to win the second set 4-6, and also defeated Welu on the third set
tiebreaker 5-10. Freshman Shelia Hoberg (Bismarck
N.D.) took her opponent to a tiebreaker as well as she won her first
set 6-4 over Ellie Matheson but couldn’t come away with a point
as Matheson took the second set 3-6 and the tiebreaker 3-7. The No. 4
singles match was just as exciting as Kapsner came back from a 1-6
first set loss to force a tiebreaker by winning the second set 7-5 but
Claudia Irina proved too much as she took the tiebreaker 3-10.
The
loss was the first of NSIC play for the Beavers and puts their record
at 0-3 (0-1; NSIC). The Dragons record improves to 3-4 (2-0; NSIC) on
the season. The Beavers will look for their first victory of the season
when they host the University of Mary Marauders on March 18th at 1:00
p.m. in the Gillett Recreation and Fitness Center.
Tennis Match Results
Minnesota State University Moorhead 9, Bemidji State University 0
Mar 04, 2007 at Bemidji, Minn.
Singles competition:
1. Taborsky, Ashley (MSUM) def. Lexcen, Kristen (BSU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Milless, Rose (MSUM) def. Welu, Kali (BSU) 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
3. Matheson, Elie (MSUM) def. Hoberg, Shelia (BSU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-3
4. Irina, Claudia (MSUM) def. Kapsner, Julie (BSU) 6-1, 5-7, 10-3
5. Benz, Laura (MSUM) def. Erickson, Amy (BSU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Helgeson, Beth (MSUM) def. Mapes, Erin (BSU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition:
1. Milless, Rose/Quast, Miranda (MSUM) def. Welu, Kali/Hoberg, Shelia (BSU) 8-4
2. Matheson, Elie/Taborsky, Ashley (MSUM) def. Lexcen, Kristen/Mapes, Erin (BSU) 8-3
3. Buesing, Heather/Cederberg, Maria (MSUM) def. Erickson, Amy/Kapsner, Julie (BSU) 9-8, 7-1
Notes:
Bemidji State University 0-3 (0-1; NSIC)
Minnesota State Moorhead 3-4 (2-0; NSIC)
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