St. Cloud State women's tennis opens season at Bemidji State on Feb. 3
2/3/2019 3:58:00 PM | Women's Tennis
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The St. Cloud State University women's tennis team opened its 2019 season with a 5-2 loss at Bemidji State University on Sunday, Feb. 3.
At BSU, the Huskies gained a victory at fifth singles with a 6-4, 5-7 (10-8) win by Olivia Fredrickson over BSU's Breann Walsh.
In doubles play, SCSU's Jill Kedrowski and Fernanda Morais Quintino dos Santos scored a 7-5 win at first doubles. At second doubles, the duo of Olivia Fredrickson and Samantha Fitzpatrick added a 6-3 win. See complete match results below.
The Huskies will return to action on Feb. 9 with a pair of matches in Duluth against Minnesota Crookston and a return match against Bemidji State.
The match was also the first for new SCSU tennis coach Berit Merrill, who replaced longtime head coach Jerry Anderson, who passed away in the fall of 2018.
A 2004 graduate of St. Cloud State University, Merrill played tennis for the Huskies from 2001 to 2004. She went on to earn a Master of Science in College Counseling and Student Development from SCSU in 2009 and has worked as an undergraduate academic advisor at the University since 2008.
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Coach Merrill
As a tennis coach, Merrill served as an assistant coach on the women's tennis team at the College of St. Benedict from 2006 to 2013. At the high school level, Merrill coached various high school teams in central Minnesota and served as an assistant tennis coach at nearby St. Cloud Tech High School. She was a tennis instructor for the Bowe Tennis Academy, an academy for dedicated junior and high school tennis athletes in central Minnesota, from 2001 to 2007.
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As an undergraduate at SCSU, Merrill played both number one singles and number one doubles during her playing career which spanned from 2001 to 2004. In four seasons at SCSU, Merrill posted a 73-28 singles record and a 67-22 record in doubles play. She served as a team captain during her college career and earned ITA academic honors along with All-North Central Conference academic honors. She also helped SCSU gain NCAA tournament bids in 2003 and 2004.
"I am thrilled to coach for my alma mater, as well as have the opportunity to coach alongside my college coach Larry Sundby, who I greatly respect," Merrill said.
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A resident of St. Cloud, Minn., Merrill graduated from St. Cloud Technical High School.
Bemidji State 5, St. Cloud State University 2 Feb 03, 2019 at Bemidji, Minn.Â
