Saturday, February 8
East Lansing, Mich.
1 PM (MT)
Montana
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at
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Michigan State
Photo by: Derek Johnson
Griz fall to Michigan State 7-0
2/8/2020 4:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Montana women's tennis team opened its two-match trip to Midwest with a competitive 7-0 loss to Michigan State on the Spartans home courts in East Lansing.
The Griz (1-4) had a tiebreaker opportunity to win the doubles point and had tiebreaker chances to pick up singles wins, with Bianca Bostrom forcing a third set superbreaker on court five, but were kept out of the win column. Michigan State improves to 5-3 with the win.
"Doubles is showing consistent fight. In singles, we are competing and putting ourselves in a great position to win matches," said head coach Steve Ascher. "These matches against power-five teams is a great way to build and stretch ourselves."
Defending Big Sky Player of the Week Lauren Dunlap and her doubles partner Alex Walker won their second-straight match as a pair, beating MSU's Memje/Stephens pair 7-5 on court three.
Meanwhile, Julia Ronney and Olivia Oosterbaan were on the verge of clinching the doubles point on court one but were tripped up 7-6 (9) in the tiebreaker, giving the point to the home team.
In singles, freshman Maria Goheen dropped a close first set 5-7 and forced a tiebreaker in the second before falling 6-7 (3) on court three. Similarly, Dunlap also forced a tiebreaker in the second set, falling 1-6, 6-7 (3) on court four.
The Griz now turn their attention to Xavier University for a neutral court dual in East Lansing on Sunday afternoon.
The Griz (1-4) had a tiebreaker opportunity to win the doubles point and had tiebreaker chances to pick up singles wins, with Bianca Bostrom forcing a third set superbreaker on court five, but were kept out of the win column. Michigan State improves to 5-3 with the win.
"Doubles is showing consistent fight. In singles, we are competing and putting ourselves in a great position to win matches," said head coach Steve Ascher. "These matches against power-five teams is a great way to build and stretch ourselves."
Defending Big Sky Player of the Week Lauren Dunlap and her doubles partner Alex Walker won their second-straight match as a pair, beating MSU's Memje/Stephens pair 7-5 on court three.
Meanwhile, Julia Ronney and Olivia Oosterbaan were on the verge of clinching the doubles point on court one but were tripped up 7-6 (9) in the tiebreaker, giving the point to the home team.
In singles, freshman Maria Goheen dropped a close first set 5-7 and forced a tiebreaker in the second before falling 6-7 (3) on court three. Similarly, Dunlap also forced a tiebreaker in the second set, falling 1-6, 6-7 (3) on court four.
The Griz now turn their attention to Xavier University for a neutral court dual in East Lansing on Sunday afternoon.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
22
Mary Lewis / 0 [MICH-ST]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
24
Samantha Memije / 0 [MICH-ST]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
56
Lauren Lemonds / 0 [MICH-ST]
77
#4 Singles Match
12
16
Nicole Stephens / 0 [MICH-ST]
67
#5 Singles Match
123
665
Jennifer Timotin / 0 [MICH-ST]
4710
#6 Singles Match
12
21
Maja Pietrowicz / 0 [MICH-ST]
66
Order of Finish:
1,6,4,2,5,3
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