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Women's Tennis tops Gusties for title
5/3/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
St. Thomas women's tennis won all three doubles matches and pulled out an historic 5-2 victory over Gustavus in Sunday's MIAC playoff finals match in St. Peter.
It's the Tommies' first victory over Gustavus in nearly two dozen matches dating back 20-plus seasons. It avenged a 6-3 loss to the Gusties eight days ago in St. Paul.
This is only the second conference championship for women's tennis, and first since UST won the 1991 regular-season crown.
St. Thomas (18-2) advances to the NCAA playoffs for the seventh time in program history but first since 2003. UST will learn its first-round assignment on Monday.
Jenna Zimmerman won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5 singles and Kara Lefsrud won a three-set decision at No. 4 to give St. Thomas the clinching points. Those players went 2-0 on the day.
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St. Thomas 5, Gustavus 1
#1) Kara Lefsrud & Bridget Noack (UST) def. Laurel Krebsbach & Sid Dirks (GAC) 8-3
#2) Jenna Czarnecki & Shelby Henderson (UST) def. Mikayla Schultz & Lizzy Stanczyk (GAC) 8-6
#3) Caitlyn Bakke & Jenna Zimmerman (UST) def. Ally Baker & Katie Aney (GAC) 8-3
#1) Michaela Schultz (UST) def. Shelby Henderson (GAC) 6-2, 6-4
#2) Bridget Noack (UST) vs Laurel Krebsbach (GAC) 4-6, 6-2, 0-2 unfinished
#3) Lizzy Stancyzk (GAC) def. Caitlyn Bakke (GAC) 6-0, 2-6, 6-2
#4) Kara Lefsrud (UST) def. Sid Dirks (GAC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
#5) Jenna Zimmerman (UST) def. Katie Aney (GAC) 6-3, 6-2
#6) Paige Becher (UST) def. Ally Baker (GAC) 6-7(3), 6-4, 1-2 unfinished
Order if Finish, Singles: 5, 1, 3, 4
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