Huskies Drop Conference Opener with 5-2 Loss to Bemidji State

Saturday, February 14

Duluth, MN.

5:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

Bemidji State

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

Huskies Drop Conference Opener with 5-2 Loss to Bemidji State

2/15/2026 4:11:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

SCSU drops to 0-3

Duluth, MN. – St. Cloud State Tennis (0-3, 0-1 NSIC) were defeated in their conference opener Saturday evening as they fell 5-2 to Bemidji State. The Huskies dropped the doubles point and then came away with two singles victories.

Doubles
Bemidji State would take the first doubles match in the No. 2 spot by score of 6-3. St. Cloud State would respond with a 6-3 win of their own in the No. 1 spot as Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil and Lara-Maria Schaefer came out victorious. The Beavers would again come away with a 6-3 win, this time in the No. 3 spot to take the point.

Singles
Moving into singles play, BSU opened with a win in the No. 6 spot. Sánchez Mendivil put the first point on the board for SCSU with a 6-3, 6-3 straight set win in the No. 1 spot. The Beavers extended their lead to 3-1 following a straight set win in the No. 5 spot. Schaefer kept the Huskies alive with her own straight set win to set the score at 3-2. The remaining two matches would both go into a third set as Margarita Vinichenko and Gibby Chapman went back-and-forth against BSU in long matches. Bemidji State would ultimately come away with wins in both matches to finalize the score at 5-2.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 46-9 all-time against Bemidji State.
Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil & Lara-Maria Schaefer improved to 2-1 in doubles play as a duo.
Both Sánchez Mendivil and Schaefer moved to 2-1 in singles with their second straight set victories

St. Cloud State 2, Bemidji State 5
Doubles (2, 1, 3)

Lara-Maria Schaefer & Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil def.Mia Leshem & Marla Davis: 6-3
Paula Garcia & Lauren Rutten def. Gibby Chapman & Brooklyn Broadwell: 6-3
Valesca Rodriguez & Ana Lucia Ibanez def. Margarita Vinichenko & Hannah Oing: 6-3

Singles

Lilian Ruy Sánchez Mendivil def. Mia Leshem: 6-3,6-3
Paula Garcia def. Margarita Vinichenko: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Lara-Maria Schaefer def. Marla Davis: 7-5, 6-1
Ana Lucia Ibanez def. Gibby Chapman: 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
Lauren Rutten def. Brooklyn Broadwell: 6-3, 6-3
Valesca Rodriguez def. Hannah Oing: 6-0, 6-1

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action tomorrow as they take on Minnesota Duluth.

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