Saturday, April 12
Missoula, Mont.
2 PM
Montana
vs
Montana State
Photo by: Taylor Decker/ University of Montana
Griz/Cat dual on tap for Saturday in Missoula
4/10/2025 5:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Montana women's tennis team is back home this week looking to add what would be the biggest win of the season to the Grizzly resume as Montana State pays a visit to Missoula on Saturday afternoon. The annual Griz/Cat, "Brawl of the Wild" dual gets underway at 2 p.m. at the Peak Racquet Club south of Missoula off Blue Mountain Road. Â
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At 3-13 on the year and 1-5 in league play, Montana currently sits eighth of nine teams in the Big Sky standings, needing to win-out for a chance at returning to the conference championship tournament in Phoenix at the end of the month.
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The Griz enter the dual looking to snap a seven-match skid, pick up their first home win of the year, and earn their second conference win of the season after beating winless Weber State 6-1 on the road in late February.
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Montana State, meanwhile, comes to Missoula at .500 on the year with a 9-9 overall record and 3-3 in Big Sky play with a 3-7 road record. The Bobcats have gone 2-1 in their last three matches, with a win at Weber State, a narrow loss to second place Idaho in Bozeman and win over Idaho State in Bozeman as well.
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Montana is paced by senior Grace Haugen who leads the team in both singles and doubles wins this season. At No. 1 singles she's built an 8-5 overall record and is 3-3 in league play. In doubles she and her partner, fellow senior Rosie Sterk, are making a strong case for all-conference honors with an 11-4 record as a pair, making them the second-winningest team in the Big Sky.
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The Griz/Cat dual is part of a Montana tennis doubleheader on Saturday, with the men's team facing Eastern Washington at 9 a.m. followed by the women's dual at 2 p.m. Both matches at The Peak are open to the public and free of charge.
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The Griz conclude the regular season on April 20 in Missoula as Eastern Washington (3-11, 1-3 BSC) comes to town for senior day in a match that could determine UM's postseason fate with only the top six of the nine teams in the conference advancing.
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At 3-13 on the year and 1-5 in league play, Montana currently sits eighth of nine teams in the Big Sky standings, needing to win-out for a chance at returning to the conference championship tournament in Phoenix at the end of the month.
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The Griz enter the dual looking to snap a seven-match skid, pick up their first home win of the year, and earn their second conference win of the season after beating winless Weber State 6-1 on the road in late February.
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Montana State, meanwhile, comes to Missoula at .500 on the year with a 9-9 overall record and 3-3 in Big Sky play with a 3-7 road record. The Bobcats have gone 2-1 in their last three matches, with a win at Weber State, a narrow loss to second place Idaho in Bozeman and win over Idaho State in Bozeman as well.
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Montana is paced by senior Grace Haugen who leads the team in both singles and doubles wins this season. At No. 1 singles she's built an 8-5 overall record and is 3-3 in league play. In doubles she and her partner, fellow senior Rosie Sterk, are making a strong case for all-conference honors with an 11-4 record as a pair, making them the second-winningest team in the Big Sky.
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The Griz/Cat dual is part of a Montana tennis doubleheader on Saturday, with the men's team facing Eastern Washington at 9 a.m. followed by the women's dual at 2 p.m. Both matches at The Peak are open to the public and free of charge.
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The Griz conclude the regular season on April 20 in Missoula as Eastern Washington (3-11, 1-3 BSC) comes to town for senior day in a match that could determine UM's postseason fate with only the top six of the nine teams in the conference advancing.
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