What Lies Ahead:  The Minnesota State women's tennis team, ranked #5 in the last fall's latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional poll travels to Grand Forks, N.D., Saturday to face Minnesota, Crookston at 9 a.m., before returning to the Swanson Tennis Center on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, to host MSU Moorhead Sunday at 1 p.m.

What Just Happened:  The Minnesota State women’s tennis team downed Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference rival Southwest Minnesota State, 5-4, Sunday morning in a thrilling tennis match.
    Freshman Brandi Dohmen secured the Maverick victory with a 3-6, 6-2, 14-12 victory at the #3 singles flight.  In the super-tiebreaker, Dohmen fended off five match points before capitalizing on her first and only match point to earn the win.
    Freshman Kathryn Gavin earned a 7-5, 6-2 victory at the #2 flight, while senior Cassandra Anderson won 6-3, 6-4 at the #5 spot.  Junior Heather Jensen earned a 6-3, 6-2 win at the #6 position to round out the Maverick victories in singles.
    Southwest Minnesota State won two of the three doubles matches with MSU’s lone victory coming at the #3 flight sophomore Tegan Bakke joined with Anderson to earn an 8-3 win at the #3 flight.

What's Next:  Minnesota State has three matches next weekend as it opens on Feb. 27 against Upper Iowa at 9 a.m., in St. Peter.  The Mavericks also play Gustavus on the 27th at 6:30 p.m.  The weekend closes with an 11 a.m. dual against Augustana on Feb. 28 at the Mankato Tennis Center.

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