Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Takes Care of Vikings, Knights

Notables:
  • The last three Saints wins have been by a 9-0 margin.
  • Six of the Saints' nine victories have been in sweeps.


DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's tennis team got back on track in the UMAC as they swept both the Vikings of Bethany Lutheran and the Martin Luther Knights on Saturday afternoon.

CSS 9, Bethany Lutheran 0

The first action of the day took place in Mankato where in singles competition, Madeleine Scanlan (St. Albans, England /Loreto College) took care of the No. 1 singles match with a 6-1, 6-1 win. Daniela Rojas (Monterrey, Mexico /Universidad Tecmilenio) would follow that up with a 6-2, 6-2 win in No. 2 singles. Miki Samz (Savage, Minn. /Burnsville HS) and Sarah Coryell (Golden Valley, Minn. /Armstrong HS) took care of their singles matches with 6-0, 6-1 victories as Alexia Brascugli (Eveleth, Minn. /Eveleth-Gilbert HS) and Halle Nystrom (Fargo, N.D. /Fargo North HS) rounded out the singles with their own win, both by scores of 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles CSS would continue to dominate the Vikings as the Rojas/Scanlan and Katie Kingston (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS)/Samz teams would both win by a score of 8-2 with the team of Brascguli/Olivia Bretting (Ashland, Wis. /Ashland HS ) finishing off the sweep with a 8-0 victory.

CSS 9, Martin Luther 0
The Saints then traveled the short distance to New Ulm to take on Martin Luther where their success continued.

In singles, Scanlan and Brascguli would take care of their matches again with 6-2, 6-1 victories as Rojas would come away with the 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 2s. Samz, Coryell, and Nystrom would finish up the rest of the Knights in convincing fashion.

In doubles, the teams of Scanlan/Rojas and Kingston/Samz both won their matches by scores of 8-3 with the Brascguli/Bretting team winning the last match 8-5 to complete the Saints' second sweep of the day.

CSS' record improves to 9-7 overall and 4-1 in the conference.

Up next will be a trip to Eau Claire, Wisconsin as the Saints will take on the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire on Sunday, April 19.
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Players Mentioned

Olivia  Bretting

Olivia Bretting

Sophomore
Katie  Kingston

Katie Kingston

Junior
Halle  Nystrom

Halle Nystrom

Junior
Miki  Samz

Miki Samz

Sophomore
Madeleine  Scanlan

Madeleine Scanlan

Sophomore
Alexia  Brascugli

Alexia Brascugli

Freshman
Daniela  Rojas

Daniela Rojas

Freshman
Sarah  Coryell

Sarah Coryell

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Olivia  Bretting

Olivia Bretting

Sophomore
Katie  Kingston

Katie Kingston

Junior
Halle  Nystrom

Halle Nystrom

Junior
Miki  Samz

Miki Samz

Sophomore
Madeleine  Scanlan

Madeleine Scanlan

Sophomore
Alexia  Brascugli

Alexia Brascugli

Freshman
Daniela  Rojas

Daniela Rojas

Freshman
Sarah  Coryell

Sarah Coryell

Freshman