By: Kieran Lang, Communications and Marketing Assistant

Sioux Falls, S.D. - Minnesota Crookston won 4-0 over the University of Mary in the first quarterfinal match of the NSIC Women's Tennis Tournament.  It goes down as the first NSIC Tournament win in the program's history for the Golden Eagles.  

UMC earned the doubles point to start off the day, with Nadia Cases Mundet (Jr., Barcelona, Spain) and Kavya Singh (Sr., Agra, India) winning 6-2, Ariadna Solis Guals (Jr., Santpedor, Spain) and Asli Oktay (So., Istanbul, Turkey) falling 6-4, and Daniela de Lucas Rivera (Jr., Madrid, Spain) and Terez Drasilova (Fr., Naples, Fla.) winning an extremely intense match 7-6 in extra sets.

In singles, de Lucas Rivera dominated both sets with 6-0 wins, Oktay won set one 6-2 and slammed the door shut on the Marauders by winning the second set 6-1, Cases Mundet lost set one 7-5 and did not need to finish her second set, Drasilova fell 6-2 in set one and did not need to finish set two, Solis Guals won 6-3 and did not need to play a second set, Singh cruised to a win in two sets, taking the first 6-1 and the second 6-0.

The Golden Eagles will now head to the Semi-Finals against the Augustana University Vikings. That match will take place tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. as the Golden Eagles seek their first NSIC Championship appearance in program history.

Singles competition

1. De Lucas Rivera, Dan (UMC) def. Natalia Jorge Magarz (UMARY) 6-0, 6-0

2. Oktay, Asli (UMC) def. Elizabete Lekse (UMARY) 6-2, 6-1

3. Cases Mundet, Nadia (UMC) vs. Josie Sueflohn (UMARY) 5-7, unfinished

4. Drasilova, Terez (UMC) vs. Anna Sueflohn (UMARY) 2-6, 0-1, unfinished

5. Solis Guals, Ariadna (UMC) vs. Maja Panganiban (UMARY) 6-3, 0-1, unfinished

6. SIngh, Kavya (UMC) def. Brooke Mulholland (UMARY) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. De Lucas Rivera, Dan/Drasilova, Terez (UMC) def. Natalia Jorge Magarz/Elizabete Lekse (UMARY) 7-6 (7-4)

2. Anna Sueflohn/Josie Sueflohn (UMARY) def. Oktay, Asli/Solis Guals, Ariadna (UMC) 6-4

3. Cases Mundet, Nadia/SIngh, Kavya (UMC) def. Maja Panganiban/Brooke Mulholland (UMARY) 6-2

Match Notes

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,6,2)