St. Cloud State Tennis Rallies to Complete 4-3 Comeback in Season Opener against Minnesota Crookston

Friday, January 31

Sartell, Minn.

1:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

Minnesota Crookston

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

St. Cloud State Tennis Rallies to Complete 4-3 Comeback in Season Opener against Minnesota Crookston

1/31/2025 8:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Gibby Chapman seals the win with a three-set victory

Sartell, Minn. – St. Cloud State Tennis (1-0) picked up a 4-3 win in their season opener against Minnesota Crookston Friday afternoon. After trailing 3-1 in the match, the Huskies rallied with three straight singles wins to come away with the victory.

Doubles
St. Cloud State captured the doubles point after winning two of the three matches. Crookston took the first match as they came away with a win at the No. 2 spot. At the No. 3 spot, Oriana Grott and Brooklyn Broadwell picked up a 6-3 victory as each team now held a doubles win. At the No. 1 spot, Johana Brower and Maria Paz Aoki battled against Daniela de Lucas Rivera and Asli Oktay, but would ultimately come away with a 6-4 victory as St. Cloud State would lead 1-0.

Singles
Moving into singles play with a 1-0 lead, Minnesota Crookston won the first three matches in straight sets as they would now lead 3-1. At the No. 5 spot, Lara-Maria Schaefer got the comeback attempt started for the Huskies with a 7(7)-6(1), 6-3 win. Johana Brower kept the momentum rolling for the Huskies as a straight set victory in the No. 2 spot tied the match at 3-3. The deciding point would come down to the No. 6 spot where freshman Gibby Chapman took on Abril Manas Hernandez. Chapman took the first set 6-3, but Manas Hernadez responded with a 6-4 victory in set two. With the match and game on the final, Chapman came up big for the Huskies with a 6-2 victory for her first collegiate victory. The Huskies start the season in the win column with a 4-3 win against Minnesota Crookston.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 24-1 all-time against Minnesota Crookston.
Johana Brower and Maria Paz Aoki are 1-0 this season as a duo.
Oriana Grott and Brooklyn Broadwell also start the season 1-0.
Johana Brower is 1-0 in singles play. With two matches played today, she is three matches away from joining the 100 match club.
Lara-Maria Schaefer is 1-0 on the season in singles play.
Gibby Chapman captured her first career collegiate victory with a three set singles win.

St. Cloud State 4, Minnesota Crookston 3
Doubles

Johana Brower & Maria Paz Aoki def. Daniela de Lucas Rivera & Asli Oktay: 6-4
Kavya Singh & Nadia Cases Mundet def. Lara-Maria Schaefer & Claudia Muñoz Perez: 6-0
Brooklyn Broadwell & Oriana Grott def. Blaike Zander & Abril Manas Hernandez: 6-3

Singles

Daniela de Lucas Rivera def. Claudia Muñoz Perez: 6-2, 6-3
Johana Brower def. Asli Oktay: 7(7)-6(5), 6-4
Nadia Cases Mundet def. Oriana Grott: 7(7)-6(5), 6-4
Blaike Zander def. Brooklyn Broadwell: 6-2, 6-4
Lara-Maria Schaefer def. Kavya Singh: 7(7)-6(1), 6-3
Gibby Chapman def. Abril Manas Hernandez: 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Saturday, February 8 as they take on Bethel in Rodgers, Minn. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Tennis, stay tuned to scsuhuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.