St. Cloud State Tennis Sweeps Bemidji State, Wins 7-0

Saturday, February 17

Grand Forks, N.D.

12:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

Bemidji State

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

2/17/2024 8:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Huskies earn first victory of the season

St. Cloud, Minn. – St. Cloud State Tennis (1-2, 1-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) picked up their first victory of the season as they beat Bemidji State (0-2, 0-1 NSIC) 7-0 Saturday afternoon. The Huskies earned the doubles point by winning all three matches and then won all six singles matches to complete the sweep.

DOUBLES
The Huskies had a strong start to the match with three wins in doubles. In the No. 1 spot, the international tandem of junior Claudia Muñoz Perez (Tarragona, Spain) and freshman Lara-Maria Schaefer (Nuremberg, Germany) defeated Kate Taylor and Valesca Rodriguez 6-2 to put the Huskies in prime position to capture the doubles point. Junior Maria Paz Aoki (Marcos Paz, Argentina) and Johana Brower (Sioux Falls, S.D.) clinched the doubles point for the Huskies with a clean 6-0 victory in the No. 2 spot. To put the cherry on top, senior Maria Molitor (Delano, Minn.) and freshman Brooklyn Broadwell (Thief River Falls, Minn.) captured a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 spot as St. Cloud State swept the doubles round. All three doubles pairings have started the year with a record of 2-1.

SINGLES
Needing only three points to win the match, Schaefer put the second point on the board for SCSU with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Isabela Nelson in the No. 6 spot. In the No. 2 spot, sophomore Oriana Grott (Warsaw, Poland) claimed her first victory of the season with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Valesca Rodriguez. Now leading 3-0 in the match, Brower clinched the first victory of the season for the Huskies with a 6-1, 6-1 win in the No. 4 spot. The Huskies continued to stockpile points as Muñoz Perez put the 5^th point on the board with a 6-3, 6-1 victory in the No. 3 spot. Paz Aoki had a thrilling match in the No. 1 spot as she battled back and forth with Kate Taylor. The Argentinian would ultimately come out victorious with a 6-4, 6-7, 10-4 win. Broadwell completed the sweep for the Huskies with a come from behind 3-6, 6-0, 10-5 win in the No. 5 spot.

NOTABLES

Claudia Muñoz Perez and Lara-Maria Schaefer have a 2-1 record in the No. 1 doubles position.
Maria Paz Aoki and Johana Brower have a 2-1 record in the No. 2 doubles position.
Maria Molitor and Brooklyn Broadwell have a 2-1 record in the No. 3 doubles position.
Lara-Maria Schaefer remains undefeated in singles play as she has accumulated a 3-0 record in the No. 6 spot.
Maria Paz Aoki picked up her first victory of the season in singles play and sits at 1-2 in singles play on the year.
Oriana Grott captured her first singles victory of the season and has a 1-1 record in the No. 2 spot.
Johana Brower has a 2-1 record in singles play and a 2-0 record in the No. 4 spot.
Claudia Muñoz Perez has a 2-1 record in singles play and a 2-0 record in the No. 3 spot.
Brooklyn Broadwell has a 2-1 record in the No. 5 singles position.

UP NEXT
St. Cloud State will return home to faceoff against Saint Benedict (0-0) on Friday, February 23 at 4:30 p.m. The match will be played at the Sta-Fit Tennis Center. The match will also serve as the fifth annual Jerry Anderson Legacy Match.

Results St. Cloud State 7, Bemidji State 0
Doubles

Claudia Muñoz Perez & Lara-Maria Schaefer (SCSU) def. Kate Taylor and Isabela Nelson (BSU): 6-2
Maria Paz Aoki & Johana Brower (SCSU) def. Emilia Sand & Ana Lucía Ibáñez (BSU): 6-0
Maria Molitor and Brooklyn Broadwell (SCSU) def. Sophie Groen & Reagan Schwartzer (BSU): 6-2

Singles