SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Despite a nearly month-long lay-off, the Northern State University tennis squad notched its second straight win on Friday, recording an 8-1 win over Briar Cliff.  The Wolves, who had not played since taking an 8-1 victory over the University of Mary back on Feb. 28, swept the doubles matches and went 5-for-6 in singles matches to seal the win.

After gaining momentum with three big wins in the doubles portion of the competition, the Wolves lost their only singles match of the day when sophomore Abbey Johnson fell just short of a dramatic come-from-behind win at No. 1 singles.  Johnson fell behind early, losing the first set 0-6, but battled back to win the second set 7-5 and force the tiebreaker set.

Johnson again forced extra points in that third set, but ultimately fell 11-9, dropping the set and match.

“Abbey played some of her best tennis of the year,” said head coach Jessie Daw.  “Unfortunately, she fell just short in the subertiebreaker.  Overall, it was a good win for us after our spring break.”

Doubles:
No. 1:  DesLauriers/Lonning (NSU) def. Kachena/H. Phillips, 8-5
No. 2:  Johnsen/Weber (NSU) def. Coleman/Robinson, 8-2
No. 3:  Henderson/Lee (NSU) def. K. Phillips/Hogeboom, 8-0

Singles:
No. 1:  Ronda Kachena (BCU) def. Abbey Johnsen, 0-6, 7-5, 11-9
No. 2:  Mackenzie Weber (NSU) def. Harper Phillips, 6-0, 6-4
No. 3:  Kelsey Lonning (NSU) def. Emily Coleman, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4:  Jessica DesLauriers (NSU) def. Kayla Phillips, 6-1, 6-0
No. 5:  Bridget Henderson (NSU) def. Rachel Robinson, 6-0, 6-0
No. 6:  Amanda Lee (NSU) def. Katie Hogeboom, 6-0, 6-0