Box Score NORTHFIELD, Minn. - In the Saints' second-straight appearance in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), they faced the Carleton College Knights in Northfield at the Pat Lamb Tennis Courts. The No. 2-seeded Knights and No. 3 Saints had their first-ever playoff meeting this afternoon. The two teams would battle, but the match would end in the Knights' favor with a 5-1 defeat.

Doubles
The Knights would capture all three points at doubles, Jonas Abeleda (Sydney, Australia/St Aloysius' College) and Eamon Gerrard-Stace (Brisbane, Au./) had the closest match, falling 8-6.

The pairing of Dane Patten (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) and Harper Dircks (Hopkins, Minn./) fell 8-1 and in No. 3 doubles Jack Onkka (Thief River Falls, Minn./) and Alex Daignault lost 8-4.

Singles
With the Knights three points ahead, they would only need two more points to officially claim the match. 

Patten, the freshman would play in No. 2 singles and dropped his match 6-0, 6-2 before Gerrard-Stace was able to claim the lone point for St. Scholastica, winning his No. 3 match by scores 7-5, 6-2

The Knights would put things away when they earned a victory in the No. 4 spot over Carter Anderson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS), who was defeated 6-3, 6-3.

Abeleda (No. 1), Reece Patten (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) (No. 5), and Dircks (No. 6) would all see their matches end early.

Gustavus beat Macalester 5-0 in their contest, so the Gusties and Knights will face off tomorrow in the Championship.

End of Season
The Saints finished their season with 11 wins and 10 losses but made history in the MIAC as they qualified for their second consecutive appearance and were ranked their highest seed at No. 3. Fortunately, they will have to say goodbye to only one senior this year in Anderson and will return a strong starting lineup for the 2024-24 season.

For further updates and news about the St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams, keep posted at www.csssaints.com