DULUTH, MINN. –  The University of Northwestern women's tennis team dropped its regular season finale today at St. Scholastica, falling to the Saints by an 8-1 score.  The loss snaps the Eagles four game win streak and breaks their unblemished UMAC record. The 8-1 win was the biggest margin of victory for the Saints against the Eagles since 2013. 
 

UNW began play as their doubles teams dropped all three matches. The no. 2 team of Shawna Spears (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln) and Mafee Rinta (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) found themselves in a tight battle, but ultimately fell just short in an 8-6 defeat.   

Northwestern's singles players battled hard across the board, but were only able to take one of the six matches. Rachel Lukarilla put together a solid performance to come up with a win (6-4, 6-4) at the four position.  At no. 6, Rinta found herself in another close matchup, taking eleven games (7-6, 7-5) in her defeat. 

The Eagles will return to the courts on Tuesday to host a UMAC semi-final matchup against the no. 3 seed, UW-Superior. The championship match will take place at the location of the highest remaining seed on Saturday. All information can be found on the tournament website. Fans can head to unweagles.com to stay up to date with UNW women's tennis.