At this point in the spring schedule, every win becomes a big one when attempting to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. On Wednesday, the women’s tennis Huskies had a tough dose of that as they dropped three three-set matches en route to a 6-3 loss to the St. Cloud State Huskies, who continued their hot spring run.

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With the spring season coming to a close, the women’s tennis Huskies have one last challenge before the NCAA Tournament pairings are announced. On Wednesday, the Huskies (14-7 overall) will travel to face the always-tough St. Cloud State Huskies. St. Cloud (17-8 overall) is red-hot this spring, having won eight straight matches heading into this matchup.

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Women’s tennis coach Mike Axford suggested that a 3-2 record in Orlando, Fla., was a favorable outcome, but his girls did so much more, going 4-1, including four straight wins after dropping the opening match against Bethel, 9-0. With the wins, the Huskies are now 13-6 overall on the season.

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The women’s tennis Huskies began the spring portion of their 2008-09 schedule off the right way with a win over the Lake Superior State Lakers on Saturday at the Gates Tennis Center, 5-4. Despite falling behind 2-1 after the doubles matches, the Huskies battled hard for the win.
The Huskies (9-5 overall, 5-4 GLIAC) struck first as co-captain Silvia Oliveros and sophomore Nathalia Rondelli made short work of Weronika Lomaka and Gaby Juan-Alladio, 8-3. The duo is now 7-8 on the season.
The Lakers struck back as Erin Wiethoff and Ingrid Pfieger defeated junior Danielle Stoll and freshman Caitlin Hartley, 8-5.
The outcome wasn’t much better for co-captain Samantha Jang-Stewart and sophomore Asel Otunchieva, who fell in a tiebreaker to Carolyn Pumford and Adrienne DiVito, 8-9(4-7).
Oliveros scored her second point of the match in a three-set match against Pflieger, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, at number one singles. Oliveros is now 12-6 on the season.
The Huskies took a brief lead in the match after Rondelli won a marathon match against Lomacka after taking tiebreakers in both sets, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4), at number two singles. Rondelli improved to 10-5 on the year by the end of the weekend.
DiVito evened the match at three apiece at number three singles.
Pumford regained the lead for the Lakers with her win at number six singles.
The Huskies evened the match again after Juan-Alladio was forced to retire against Otunchieva at number four singles, 6-3, 1-6, 1-2. With the win, Otunchieva improved to 9-5 on the year.
Stoll won the match for the Huskies with a three-set thriller at number five singles against Wiethoff, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
On Sunday, the Huskies struck again, cruising to an 8-1 win over the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, thanks to a 3-0 advantage in doubles to start things off right.
Oliveros and Rondelli won easily, 8-1, over Rose Phippen and Katie Bolf.
Hartley and Stoll earned an 8-2 win at number three doubles over Kelly Rosengren and Sara Dezell.
Jang-Stewart and Otunchieva completed the doubles sweep with their 8-5 win over Stephanie Keller and Carrie Dahlman.
Oliveros cruised to a 6-1, 6-0, win over Phippen at number one singles.
Rondelli earned the crucial fifth team point with her 6-0, 6-2, win at number two singles over Dahlman.
Jang-Stewart and Otunchieva both earned wins at numbers three and four singles, respectively, in straight sets. Jang-Stewart over Keller, 6-2, 6-1, and Otunchieva over Bolf, 6-3, 6-2.
Hartley needed a tiebreaker in her third set to earn a4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) win over Dezell in the number six singles slot.
The Bulldogs earned their only point at number five singles.
The Huskies are off until March 6-11 when they’ll compete in Orlando, Fla.

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The Michigan Tech women’s tennis team won two of three matches to finish fifth at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament over the weekend. The Huskies (7-5) lost a heartbreaker, 5-4 to Ashland in the opening round before defeating Saginaw Valley State 5-2 and Ferris State 5-3.

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The women’s tennis Huskies needed a strong performance against the Lake Superior State Lakers to make a statement to the rest of the GLIAC that they can’t be taken lightly, and they did just that, stomping on the Lakers 6-3 on Saturday at the Gates Tennis Center. Even more impressive, they had to do it without co-captain Samantha Jang-Stewart, who was out due to illness.

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Rebounding, a term typically used in basketball, is a reasonable term to be used in explaining the women’s tennis Huskies’ season, especially on Saturdays. This past weekend was another example of this, with the Huskies drubbing the Tiffin Dragons, 9-0, after dropping a disappointing 7-2 match with the Ashland Eagles on Friday.

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Needing a strong showing in their home matches this past weekend, Head Coach Mike Axford got just that from his girls, who cruised over the Findlay Oilers, 8-1, on Friday before playing their most complete match of the season in defeating the Wayne State Warriors, 6-3, on Saturday.

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