Box Score

The College of Saint Benedict Blazer tennis team (4-2 MIAC, 8-4 overall) routed Hamline University (0-6 MIAC, 4-10 overall) 8-1 on Friday afternoon in St. Joseph, MN. 

The Blazers got off to a fast start against the Pipers, sweeping each doubles contest. Senior Rachel Tiegs (Rochester, MN, Lourdes) and sophomore Lauren Jones (Ogden, UT, Saint Joseph Catholic) defeated Kelsey Eatherton and Nora McGraw 8-3 at #1, junior Kylie Huether (Sioux Falls, SD , Washington) and sophomore Alyson Brandell (Elk River, MN, Elk River) beat Anna Yarbrough and Emily Workcuff 8-1 at #2, and at #3, after being down 2-5, sophomore Megan Seipel (New London, MN, New London-Spicer) and senior Katie Rudnitski (Gilman, MN, Foley) rallied back to edge Kristen Kiemele and Nicole Krier 8-5. 

Saint Benedict went on to control the remainder of the conference battle, winning five of the six singles matches. After Rudnitski slipped against Kiemele 2-6, 6-3, 8-10 at #3, Tiegs and Huether both handles their respective contests at #1 and #2, winning 6-3, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 respectively. Junir Elissa Husby (Duluth, MN, Marshall), Jones and Brandell rounded out the match by prevailing over the Piper at #4, #5 and #6.

CSB continues conference play against rival St. Olaf on Saturday, April 17th at 1 pm in Northfield, MN.