On paper, the 2009-10 Huskies women’s basketball team has all the tools to live up to its preseason No. 1 ranking. The starting lineup alone features 445 games of combined collegiate experience, including two 1,000-point scorers, point guard Sarah Stream and GLIAC preseason player of the year Katie Wysocky. Head coach John Barnes, who earned GLIAC coach of the year honors last year is making sure his team knows that preseason polls are just that, and there are 27 regular season games, a GLIAC tournament and an NCAA tournament between the preseason No. 1 and the postseason No. 1.

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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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The women’s volleyball team took a weekend in Duluth for tournament competition with the Bulldogs, St. Cloud, the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Bemidji State and a Duluth alumni team. With a format of two or three games competition, team scores remained unkempt.

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The women’s tennis Huskies return to action this weekend when they travel to Duluth, Minn., to face the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs on Saturday and the St. Scholastica Saints on Sunday. After defeating the Bulldogs 8-1 back on Feb. 15, the Huskies (13-6) will be looking for a repeat performance on Saturday.

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The Michigan Tech women’s volleyball team took to the court in Marquette, Mich. for the start of their short spring season this past Saturday. With the loss of the “twins,” Christa and Jen Jung and Kelly Jorgenson, the young Michigan Tech team used their two games to experiment.

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The Michigan Tech women’s volleyball team took to the court in Marquette, Mich., for the start of their short spring season this past Saturday. With the loss of the “twins,” Christa and Jen Jung and Kelly Jorgenson, the young Michigan Tech team used their two games to experiment.

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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.

Houghton, MI – For the second straight night, the Michigan Tech Huskies took an early first period lead before the No. 15 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs evened the game at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena en route to a 2-2 tie on Saturday night. With the tie, the Huskies set a new school record with seven ties.

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The men’s tennis Huskies jumped on the St. Scholastica Saints early and often as they cruised to a 9-0 win on Saturday in Duluth, Minn. Each Huskies player earned a pair of wins in the victory.

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