First MIAC loss for Women's Tennis

St. Thomas women's tennis lost two third-set tie-breakers and two other tight matches and fell 6-3 to Gustavus Saturday at the St. Paul Academy courts.

UST will finish in second place in the conference regular-season standings. The Tommies (16-2 overall, 9-1 MIAC) will play host to third-seed Carleton in the conference playoff semifinals next Friday at 4:30 at the SPA courts.

Kara Lefsrud won in both singles and doubles, joining Bridget Noack at first doubles. Caitlin Bakke had a hard-fought win at third singles.

Gustavus 6, UST 3

Doubles:

#1) Kara Lefsrud & Bridget Noack (UST) def. Laurel Krebsbach & Sid Dirks (GAC) 8-3

#2) Michaela Schulz & Lizzy Stanczyk (GAC) def. Jenna Czarnecki & Shelby Henderson (UST) 8-4

#3) Katie Aney & Ally Baker (GAC) def. Caitlyn Bakke & Jenna Zimmerman (UST) 8-6

Singles:

#1) Michaela Schulz (GAC) def. Shelby Henderson (UST) 6-0, 6-2

#2) Laurel Krebsbach (GAC) def. Bridget Noack (UST) 7-5, 6-4

#3) Caitlyn Bakke (UST) def. Lizzy Stanczyk (GAC) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 13-11

#4) Kara Lefsrud (UST) def. Sid Dirks (GAC) 6-1, 6-4

#5) Katie Aney (GAC) def. Jenna Zimmerman (UST) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7

#6) Ally Baker (GAC) def. Paige Becher (UST) 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-7

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Players Mentioned

Caitlin Bakke

Paige Becher

Jenna Czarnecki

Shelby Henderson

Kara Lefsrud

Bridget Noack

Jenna Zimmerman

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