FRIDLEY, Minn. – The University of Northwestern women's tennis team officially won a share of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championship for the first time on Tuesday with a 9-0 sweep of the University of Minnesota Morris at Lifetime Fitness. The Eagles share the league title with the College of St. Scholastica and based on a coin flip, will receive the top seed in this weekend's UMAC Tournament.

Meet Results

Northwestern took all three doubles matches in dominant fashion. Eagles head coach Matt Swigart switched up his doubles lineup slightly, with Megan Johnson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) and Karen Moe (Fargo, N.D./Fargo South ) teaming up in a No. 1 doubles win over the Cougars' Abby Fragodt and Kayla Kraemer by an 8-2 account. Kelly Johnson (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) paired with Amber Gallaway (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) played together in the No. 2 doubles match and were good for an 8-2 victory of their own over Christina Mollan and Kayla Hegna. Rachel Bostrom (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake) and Courtney Lawlor (Stoughton, Wis./Stoughton) then followed suit in the No. 3 doubles match, winning 8-1 versus Emma Zapchenck and Natasha Gindorff.

Megan Johnson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) started singles play with a No. 1 victory over Fragodt, 6-1, 6-3 while Moe was victorious over Mollan 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 2 singles match. Lawlor was the only other UNW player to get a full two-set match in as she defeated Zapchenck 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. Kelly Johnson (Annandale, Minn./Annandale), Bostrom and Gallaway all played eight-game pro set matches, winning 8-5, 8-3, and 8-0.

Megan Johnson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) broke two program records on Tuesday, becoming the program's all-time winningest player in both singles and doubles matches. Johnson's new marks of 46 singles wins and 45 doubles victories are tops in Northwestern's 17-year run in sponsoring women's tennis. 

Now 17-6 on the year and 9-1 in UMAC play, Northwestern will look ahead to the conference tournament, which will start with the Eagles facing No. 4 seed Martin Luther College at 6 p.m. on Friday night. The winner of Friday's match will advance to a 12 noon championship contest on Saturday, with all four tournament contests being played at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis.