Minnetonka, Minn. --- The Minnesota State women’s tennis team fell to Augustana 5-0 Sunday morning in the second round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament.

With the loss the Mavericks fell to 11-9 on the season, while the Vikings improved to 19-2.

MSU opened the dual losing all three of the doubles matches. The pairing of senior Hailey Robb and freshman Kelly Lechowski put forth the best effort in the No. 3 doubles match as they lost 8-6 to the pairing of Heather Sullivan and Jenna Helleberg.

Augustana went on to win the first two completed singles matches to secure the 5-0 win. Senior Brandi Dohmen fell to Katie Jesperson in the No. 1 singles match 6-0, 6-1, while sophomore Shealyn Bakke dropped the No. 4 singles match to Hannah Gebauer 6-1, 6-1.

The Mavericks will learn their postseason fate Tuesday, at 8:30 p.m., at the NCAA Selection Show. The top four teams of each region advance to the NCAA Tournament.

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