University of St. Thomas Athletics
St. Catherine
Women's Tennis advances in playoffs, hits 15 wins
5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
No. 3-seed St. Thomas scored a 5-0 win over No. 6-seed St. Catherine Tuesday at the U of M Gopher Baseline courts in Minneapolis.
Taylor McLeod and Catherine Lindsay each won in doubles and singles to help get the five clinching points. This is the fifth consecutive season that the Tommies (15-3) have reached or surpassed 15 wins.
The Toms will face No. 2-seed Carleton in this Thursday's semifinals in Northfield. UST lost 6-3 to Carleton two days ago.
It was the 20th victory in a row for UST in matches played indoors at the Baseline facility.
St. Thomas 5, SCU 0
Doubles
1d. T.McLeod/P.McLeod ST def Wiedmeier/Sporer, 8-5
2d. Zimmerman/Bakke ST def Dorr/Graham, 8-3
3d. Lindsay/Benoy ST def Eckstrom/Knoll, 8-2
Singles
1s Jenna Zimmerman ST vs Alisha Wiedmeier SCU, 6-3, 5-2 DNF
2s Taylor McLeod ST def Julia Sporer, 6-2, 6-2
3s Caitlin Bakke ST vs Bri Dorr SCU, 6-1, 3-4 DNF
4s Paige McLeod ST vs Leah Obert SCU, 6-5 DNF
5s Catherine Lindsay ST def Maddy Knoll, 6-0, 6-1
6s Sarah Benoy ST vs Ella Graham SCU, 6-1, 5-3 DNF
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