Eagles fall to St. Scholastica

By Kristie Bicket

OWATONNA, Minn. (March 28, 2009)—The Northwestern College women's tennis team played its first conference meet against the College of St. Scholastica, resulting in a 0-9 loss.

NWC's No. 1 singles Wendy Miller (Roseville, MN/Saint Joseph High School) (Roseville, Minn./St. Joseph) and No. 3 singles Johanna Alex (San Pedro, Calif./Homeschool) (Crete, Greece/Homeschooled) both took three games off of their opponents, ending with scores of 6-1, 6-2. Rebecca Leland (Bricelyn, Minn./United South Central) (Bricelyn, Minn./United South Central High School) stole two games off her counterpart but took the loss 6-0, 6-2.

Both No.1 doubles team Miller and Leland and No.3 doubles team Amy Norgren (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld) and Erica Abeler (Roseville, MN/Roseville High School) (Roseville, Minn./Roseville High School) won two games, but lost the set 8-2 while the No. 2 doubles team Alex and Dana Smith (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka) (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka High School) took a 8-1 loss.

Northwestern seeks its first conference victory as they will play Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minn. on April 1 at 2 p.m.

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