St. Cloud State Tennis Falls 2-4 to Cornerstone University

Wednesday, March 6

Orlando, Fla.

3:00 P.M EST

St. Cloud State

Cornerstone

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

3/6/2024 7:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Huskies have three-match winning streak snapped

Orlando, Fla.- St. Cloud State Tennis (3-3, 1-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) had their three-match winning streak snapped Wednesday evening as they fell 2-4 to Cornerstone University (3-4, 0-0 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference). The Huskies took a 1-0 lead by winning two of the three doubles matches but would come out victorious in only one of the six singles matches.

DOUBLES
SCSU had another strong start as they were able to secure the doubles point. In the No. 1 position, junior Claudia Muñoz Perez (Tarragona, Spain) and freshman Lara-Maria Schaefer (Nuremberg, Germany) were defeated 3-6 Ximena Matamoros and Renata Castillo. Senior Maria Molitor (Delano, Minn.) and sophomore Oriana Grott (Warsaw, Poland) got the Huskies on track as they defeated Jadyn Koenes and Daniela Fernandez 6-3 in the No. 3 spot. In need of a win to clinch the doubles point, the junior duo of Maria Paz Aoki (Marcos Paz, Argentina) and Johana Brower (Sioux Falls, S.D.) gave the Huskies the point with a 6-3 victory in the No. 2 spot. St. Cloud State has won the doubles point in five of their six matches but hold a 3-2 record when the point is secured.

SINGLES
Moving into singles play with a 1-0 lead, St. Cloud State would be defeated in straight sets in four of the six matches as they would lose the match 2-4. Muñoz Perez was the only Husky to capture a victory as she defeated Renata Castillo 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot. In the No. 4 spot, the match between Grott and Jadyn Koenes was deemed incomplete due to the weather. The match was in the third set with Grott trailing 3-4. Schaefer suffered her first singles loss of the season as she was defeated 6(5)-7(7), 3-6 by Hannah De La Vega Sanchez in the No. 5 spot. The freshman still holds a record of 5-1 on the season. In the No. 3 spot, Brower had her four-match winning streak snapped by Sarah Daza as she was defeated 5-7, 3-6. The junior now has a record of 4-2 in singles play.

NOTABLES

Maria Paz Aoki and Johana Brower won their fourth consecutive doubles match and have a record of 5-1 on the season as a duo.
Maria Molitor and Oriana Grott won their second consecutive doubles match as a duo and have a record of 2-0 on the season.
Claudia Muñoz Perez won her fifth straight singles match and has produced a record of 5-1 in singles play this season.

UP NEXT
St. Cloud State will be back in action tomorrow morning at 9:30 A.M. EST as they face off against Spring Arbor (13-5, 4-4 Crossroads League) for their final match in Florida.

Results Cornerstone University 4, St. Cloud State 2
Doubles

Ximena Matamoros & Renata Castillo (CU) def. Claudia Muñoz Perez & Lara-Maria Schaefer (SCSU): 6-3
Maria Paz Aoki & Johana Brower (SCSU) def. Sarah Daza & Hannah De La Vega Sanchez (CU): 6-3
Oriana Grott & Maria Molitor (SCSU) def. Jadyn Koenes & Daniela Fernandez (CU): 6-3

Singles