GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Choice Fitness and Therapy) -- The Bemidji State University Tennis Team suffered a 4-1, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference to Minnesota State University Moorhead Friday in Grand Forks, N.D. 

The Beavers narrowly missed out on the matches' doubles point. The team of Zoë Lindgren and Ariadna Simo-Lopez earned a 6-3 win in the No. 1 doubles match to get BSU off on the right foot. But Brooke Mimmack and Breann Walsh were unable to win their No. 2 doubles match falling in a tie breaker (7-6 (7-4)) and Hannah Alme and Lainey Rutkowski dropped the No. 3 doubles match.

Owning a 1-0 lead heading into singles play, the Dragons took the top two singles matches to come within a point of taking the match, 3-0. Lindgren was defeated 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1 singles and Simo-Lopez opened at No. 2 singles with a 6-4 victory in the first set before dropping back-to-back sets, 6-0, 6-2.

Alme continued strong singles play netting a win for the Beavers in the No. 3 slot. She took the first set 6-0, but her opponent, Alexis Konecne, battled back to tie the match with a 7-5 win in the second set. Alme secured her team-high sixth singles victory of 2019 taking the third set, 6-3.

MSU Moorhead finished the match up with a straight-sets victory over Mimmack at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-2.

The Beavers, now 4-5 overall and 1-4 in NSIC play, will be back at it tomorrow when it goes head-to-head with the University of Mary. The neutral-site match is set for an 8:30 a.m. first serve from Choice Fitness and Therapy in Grand Forks, N.D.

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