St. Cloud State Tennis Hosts Minnesota Duluth in Final Home Game of the Season

St. Cloud, Minn.- St. Cloud State Tennis (3-9, 0-6 NSIC) will host Minnesota Duluth on Saturday, April 5 for their final home match of the season at the Sta-Fit Tennis Center. Saturday's match will be played at 12:30 p.m. and serve as Senior Day.

Last Time Out
St. Cloud State traveled to Duluth this past weekend as they faced-off against UMary and MSU Moorhead.

UMary came up with the first win of the day with a 6-1 victory at the No. 1 doubles position, but Oriana Grott and Brooklyn Broadwell captured their own 6-1 win at the No. 3 spot. With each team holding a doubles win, the deciding point would come down to Johana Brower & Gibby Chapman against Maria Estinvil & Anna Sueflohn of UMary. The Marauders came up with a 6-3 victory as they clinched the doubles point.

Moving into singles play trailing 1-0, St. Cloud State would be defeated in the first three matches in straight sets at the No. 5, No. 1, and No. 3 spots as UMary secured the victory. Brower battled back and forth in the No. 2 spot, but was ultimately defeated 6-2, 2-6, 4-6. Lara-Maria Schaefer had her own battle in the No. 4 spot and came out victorious with a third set victory to give the Huskies their first point of the match. Broadwell tacked on her own third set victory in the No. 6 spot to set the final score at 5-2.

St. Cloud State 2, UMary 5
Doubles

Chloe Chong Zhi Jing & Ilona Freitag def Claudia Muñoz Perez & Lara-Maria Schaefer: 6-1
Maria Estinvil & Anna Sueflohn def. Johana Brower & Gibby Chapman: 6-3
Brooklyn Broadwell & Oriana Grott def Valeria Bradley & Luba Moyo: 6-1

Singles

Chloe Chong Zhi Jing def Claudia Muñoz Perez: 6-4, 6-2
Ilona Freitag def Johana Brower: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Maria Estinvil def Oriana Grott: 7-5, 6-2
Lara-Maria Schaefer def Anna Sueflohn: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Valeria Bradley def Gibby Chapman: 6-0, 6-2
Brooklyn Broadwell def Madeline Abbott: 6-3, 5-7, 11-9

The Huskies got off to a strong start in doubles play as Brooklyn Broadwell and Oriana Grott captured a 6-2 win in the No. 3 spot. The Dragons came away with a victory in the No. 1 position as the doubles point came down to the No. 2 spot. In what was a tightly contested match, Gibby Chapman and Johana Brower came away with a 7-5 victory as St. Cloud State secured the doubles point.

Moving into singles play with a 1-0 lead, SCSU would be defeated in the first three singles matches as MSUM now held a 3-1 lead. Lara-Maria Schaefer came up with a big straight set victory in the No. 4 spot as the Huskies now trailed 3-2. In the No. 3 spot, Oriana Grott battled back and forth with Katryna Hansen, but would fall in the third set as the Dragons clinched the match. Broadwell added on a straight set victory to finalize the score at 4-3.

St. Cloud State 3, MSU Moorhead 4
Doubles

Luzmary Diaz & Shaelyn Johnson def Claudia Muñoz Perez & Lara-Maria Schaefer: 6-4
Johana Brower and Gibby Chapman def Sophia Felderman & Tiannah Gu: 7-5
Brooklyn Broadwell & Oriana Grott def Claire Nemmers & Katryna Hansen: 6-2

Singles

Shaelyn Johnson def Claudia Muñoz Perez: 6-2, 6-2
Luzmary Diaz def Johana Brower: 5-1 F
Katryna Hansen def Oriana Grott: 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Lara-Maria Schaefer def Sophia Felderman: 6-4, 6-4
Tiannah Gu def Gibby Chapman: 6-3, 6-2
Brooklyn Broadwell def Claire Nemmers: 6-3, 6-2

St. Cloud State Season Statistics
Singles

Brooklyn Broadwell: 4-8 overall, 2-4 NSIC, 0-2 No. 4, 1-4 No. 5, 3-2 No. 6, 3 straight set victories, 1 third set victory
Johana Brower: 3-9, 1-5 NSIC, 0-3 No.1, 3-6 No. 2, 3 straight set victories, 1 tiebreaker set won
Gibby Chapman: 6-5, 1-5 NSIC, 1-4 No. 5, 5-1 No. 6, 2 third set victories, 4 straight set victory
Oriana Grott: 4-6, 1-3 NSIC, 3-6 No. 3, 1-0 No. 4, 3 straight set victories, 1 third set victory
Claudia Muñoz Perez: 1-7, 0-6 NSIC, 1-7 No. 1, 1 straight set victory
Maria Paz Aoki: 1-6, 0-2 NSIC, 1-0 No.1, 0-3 No. 2, 0-3 No. 3, 1 straight set victory
Lara-Maria Schaefer: 8-4, 3-3 NSIC, 6-3 No. 4, 1-1 No. 5, 1-0 No. 6, 7 straight set victories, 1 third set victory 2 tiebreaker sets won

Doubles Teams

Brooklyn Broadwell & Oriana Grott: 7-0, 2-0 NSIC, 7-0 No. 3
Johana Brower & Maria Paz Aoki: 2-8, 0-4 NSIC, 2-8 No. 1
Claudia Muñoz Perez & Lara-Maria Schaefer: 3-5, 3-3 NSIC, 0-2 No. 1, 3-3 No. 2
Brooklyn Broadwell & Gibby Chapman: 3-2, 3-1 NSIC, 3-2 No. 3
Lara-Maria Schaefer & Gibby Chapman: 4-0, 0-0 NSIC, 4-0 No. 2
Johana Brower & Gibby Chapman: 1-1, 1-1 NSIC, 1-1 No. 2

Doubles Individuals

Brooklyn Broadwell: 10-2, 5-1 NSIC, 10-2 No. 3
Johana Brower: 3-9, 1-5 NSIC, 2-8 No. 1, 1-1 No. 2
Oriana Grott: 7-0, 2-0 NSIC, 7-0 No. 3
Claudia Muñoz Perez: 3-5, 3-3 NSIC, 0-2 No. 1, 3-3 No. 2
Maria Paz Aoki: 2-8, 0-4 NSIC, 2-8 No. 1
Lara-Maria Schaefer: 7-5, 3-3 NSIC, 0-2 No. 1, 7-3 No. 2
Gibby Chapman: 8-3, 4-2 NSIC, 5-1 No. 2, 3-2 No. 3

Double Trouble
Following a 2-0 doubles weekend, Brooklyn Broadwell won her 8th and 9th consecutive doubles matches which is tied for the second longest doubles winning streak by an individual since 2008. Broadwell is now tied with Kristie Eull (2009), Tanya Halloran (2009), Kayla Lenz (2009), Samantha Boushek (2010, Jacquelyn Doll (2010), and Katie Kotschevar (2011) who all held a nine-match doubles winning streak. Kelly Freese (2008) holds the longest streak with 10 consecutive doubles matches won. Broadwell's 10 doubles wins on the year are also the most by any player in a single season since 2019.

Senior Day
Saturday's match against Minnesota Duluth will serve as Senior Day for the Huskies. Seniors Johana Brower, Claudia Muñoz Perez, and Maria Paz Aoki will be honored along with hitting partner Tomiwa Ajayi. Brower, Muñoz Perez, and Paz Aoki have all played over 100 career matches for St. Cloud State. Brower has played 119 career matches while earning Academic All-NSIC honors in 2024. In her sophomore year, Brower tallied a 12 match singles winning streak. Only six other players have had a streak of 12+ games. Muñoz Perez has played in 119 career matches while earning NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence in 2023 and 2024. She also received the Myles Brand award this year and earned CSC Academic All-District honors in 2024. In 2022, Muñoz Perez earned an NSIC All-Conference Singles Selection after going 15-3. Paz Aoki has played in 120 career matches.

Series History
Saturday's match against Minnesota Duluth will be the 76^th meeting between the programs with St. Cloud State holding a 57-18 record. The Huskies have won two of the past three against the Bulldogs including last year's meeting.

St. Cloud State captured the doubles point with a sweep of all three matches. In the No. 3 spot, Maria Molitor and Oriana Grott gave SCSU their first victory of the day with a 6-2 win over Olivia Honsey and Courtney Eppen. Claudia Muñoz Perez and Brooklyn Broadwell clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win in the No. 2 spot. The duo of Maria Paz Aoki and Johana Brower completed the sweep with a 7-5 victory in the No. 1 spot to give SCSU a 1-0 lead.

Moving into singles play with a 1-0 lead, Grott gave the Huskies their second point with a clean 6-0, 6-0 victory in the No. 4 spot. Brower maintained the winning for SCSU as she cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win in the No. 3 spot to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead. Duluth would take the next two matches in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots to set the score at 3-2. Despite the newly found momentum for the Bulldogs, Molitor put the match clinching point on the board for the Huskies with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Brynne Folden in the No. 6 spot. Broadwell put the cherry on top with a 6-2, 6-3 win in the No. 5 spot as St. Cloud State came out victorious with a 5-2 win, snapping their four-match losing streak.

Results- St. Cloud State 5, Minnesota Duluth 2
Doubles

Maria Paz Aoki & Johana Brower (SCSU) def. Shay Callaway & Abby Johnson (UMD): 7-5
Claudia Muñoz Perez & Brooklyn Broadwell (SCSU) def. Lilly Nelson & Brynne Folden (UMD): 6-3
Maria Molitor & Oriana Grott (SCSU) def. Olivia Honsey & Courtney Eppen (UMD): 6-2

Singles

Shay Callaway (UMD) def. Claudia Muñoz Perez (SCSU): 7(7)-6(4), 6-3
Abby Johnson (UMD) def. Maria Paz Aoki (SCSU): 7(7)-6(2), 6-2
Johana Brower (SCSU) def. Carly Chaney (UMD): 6-1, 6-1
Oriana Grott (SCSU) def. Olivia Honsey (UMD): 6-0, 6-0
Brooklyn Broadwell (SCSU) def. Lilly Nelson (UMD): 6-2, 6-3
Maria Molitor (SCSU) def. Brynne Folden (UMD): 6-2, 6-2

Scouting Minnesota Duluth
The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs come into this match holding a 4-9 record with an 0-6 mark in conference play. The Bulldogs have lost six consecutive matches. Coming into this season, UMD was projected to finish 10th in the NSIC after going 2-10 with a 1-8 conference record.

In singles play, two Bulldogs hold four wins in Carly Chaney and Olivia Honsey. Chaney is 4-9 in the No. 2 spot while Honsey is 4-8 with a 2-1 mark at the No. 6 spot. Those two also have the best record of any UMD doubles duo with a 3-2 mark at the No. 3 spot. Sydney Freidrich and Isabelle Simon also have three doubles wins on the year. They hold a 3-5 record in the No. 2 spot.

Head Coach Jessica Worden enters her 10th season with Minnesota Duluth in the 2025 season. Worden has tallied a 55-77 record during her tenure.

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