St. Cloud State defeats South Dakota Women’s Tennis Team, 7-2

The South Dakota Women's Tennis Team dropped a 7-2 decision to St. Cloud State in North Central Conference action on Saturday morning at the USD tennis courts on the USD campus. The Coyotes fell to 1-3 in the NCC and now sit 16-7 overall. St. Cloud State improved to 17-9 and 2-4 in NCC action.

The Coyotes were led by Amanda Nicol, a junior from East London, South Africa, who won at #1 singles with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 win over SCSU's Kimberly Lindblom. With the win, Nicol improved to 14-4 on the season. The other Coyotes' win was by the #1 doubles squad of Nicol and Maggie Peters of Des Moines, IA, who upped their record to 11-4. Nicol and Peters recorded an 8-4 win over Lindblom and Kelley Severson of the Huskies.

St. Cloud State 7, South Dakota 2

Singles

#1 – Amanda Nicol (14-4, junior, East London, South Africa), USD, over Kimberly Lindblom, SCSU, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

#2 – Dawn Olsen, SCSU def. Maggie Peters (9-9, freshman, West Des Moines, IA), USD, 6-2, 6-0.

#3 – Kelley Severson, SCSU, over Amanda Barton (11-7, sophomore, Aberdeen), USD, 6-2, 6-1.

#4 – Jacquelyn Peterson, SCSU, def. Allie Hoffmann (12-6, freshman, Sioux Falls), USD, 6-0, 6-1.

#5 – Kelly Freese, SCSU, over Rachel Kludt (12-6, senior, Huron), USD, 6-3, 6-0.

#6 – Kristie Eull, SCSU, over Michelle Hogan (12-4, senior, Rapid City), USD, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).

Doubles

#1 – Nicol/Peters (11-4), USD, def. Lindblom/Severson, SCSU, 8-4.

#2 – Olson/Eull, SCSU, over Barton/Kludt (9-5), USD, 8-1.

#3 – Alicia Wegman/Laura Klein, SCSU, over Hoffman/Megan Arend (8-3, Sioux Falls), 8-3.