SARTELL, Minn. – After picking up the team's biggest win in recent memory Friday night, the College of Saint Benedict tennis team followed that up with a second straight MIAC win Saturday afternoon.
CSB beat Concordia 8-1 at Sta-Fit in Sartell to improve to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the MIAC.
"(Saturday) was a huge test for us coming off a big win and playing another key MIAC opponent 12 hours later," head coach
Michael Engdahl said. "We did a great job fighting through any adversity and played a complete match."
Saint Benedict started Saturday's match with a sweep of doubles play.
Tessa Rahrick and
Lily Fredericks won 8-5 at No. 1 doubles,
Kayla McIver and
Anne Bowe picked up an 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles and
Mackenzie Schurhamer and
Maria Bedford teamed up to win 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
Rahrick fought hard at No. 1 singles, but the Cobbers (2-3, 0-2) came away with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 win. From there, however, it was all CSB. Fredericks won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, McIver won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and
Grace Lee picked up a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. Bowe won 6-4, 6-0 at No. 5 singles, and Bedford won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
Saturday's match marked the team's final match before spring break. The team heads to San Diego, Calif., to practice and train the first week of March, and returns to action Saturday, March 14, with home matches against both Luther and UW-River Falls.