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Women's Tennis
Doubles Sweep Carries Royals to Win in Conference Opener
WINONA, Minn.—Bethel University's women's tennis team continued their strong start to the season with a 6-3 win over Saint Mary's University. The Royals (3-0, 1-0 MIAC) swept the doubles matches to help get the win over the Cardinals (2-4, 0-2 MIAC).
No. 1 doubles team
Maggie Riermann and
Mattie Kidder rolled to an 8-2 win to start the day off for the Royals. The No. 2 (
Mackenzie Novak and Jill Weinzetell) and 3 (
Mattie Lubben and
Sami Hindt) doubles duos each got 8-4 wins in their respective matches.
Mattie Kidder finished her day with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles and
Mackenzie Novak sealed the team triumph for the Royals with her straight set win in the No. 3 singles match.
"We struggled a little bit in singles play today, but the doubles play carried us through," said head coach
Drew Fernelius. "Hopefully we gained some experience this week, we've got a pretty young team."
The team continues conference play Friday, February 16, when they travel to Owatonna to play St. Olaf College at 6:30 p.m.
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