Huskies Rally from 3-0 Deficit to Beat Cedarville 4-3 in Florida Finale

Friday, March 6

Orlando, Fla.

10:30 A.M. CT

St. Cloud State

Cedarville

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

Huskies Rally from 3-0 Deficit to Beat Cedarville 4-3 in Florida Finale

3/6/2026 3:31:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Huskies take four singles matches

Orlando, FL. – St. Cloud State Tennis (3-6, 1-3 NSIC) produced a come from behind victory as they took down Cedarville 4-3 in their finale match in Florida. SCSU rallied from a 3-0 deficit to secure the victory.

Doubles
Cedarville would secure the doubles point after taking all three matches. The Huskies battled in all three matches, but fell just short with scores of 7-6, 7-5, and 6-4.

Singles
Moving to singles play, the Yellowjackets took a 3-0 lead with straight set wins in the No. 2 and No. 6 spots. Lara-Maria Schaefer put the first point on the board for the Huskies with a 6-2, 6-3 win in the No. 3 spot. Brooklyn Broadwell kept it rolling with a 6-2, 6-2 win in the No. 4 spot to set the score at 3-2. In the No. 5 spot, Gibby Chapman tied up the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win as St. Cloud State was energized with momentum. The match would come down to the No. 1 singles match where Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil took on Diana Ivanikhina. Sánchez Mendivil took the first set 6-3, but would fall 7-5 in the second set. In a back-and-forth battle where the Florida heat was turned up, the freshman came out victorious with a thrilling 13-11 superbreaker win in set three. The Huskies would rally back from a 3-0 deficit to come out victorious with a 4-3 win in their finale match in Florida.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 1-1 all-time against Cedarville.
Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil improved to 6-3 in singles play This was her second third set win.
Lara-Maria Schaefer tallied her seventh win and is now 7-2 with all seven of her wins coming in straight sets.
Brooklyn Broadwell is now 8-1 with all of her wins being in straight sets.
Gibby Chapman improved to 2-7 with her first straight set win.

St. Cloud State 4, Cedarville 3
Doubles (3, 2, 1)

Diana Ivanikhina & Paula Curci Micieli def. Lara-Maria Schaefer & Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil: 7-6
Mariana Philipps & Susu Prince def. Brooklyn Broadwell & Margarita Vinichenko: 7-5
Faith Monson & Grace Mahek def. Gibby Chapman & Hannah Oing: 6-4

Singles (2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 1)

Liliana Ruy Sánchez Mendivil def. Diana Ivanikhina: 6-3, 5-7, 13-11
Mariana Philipps def. Margarita Vinichenko: 6-1, 6-1
Lara-Maria Schaefer def. Paula Curci Micieli: 6-3, 6-3
Brooklyn Broadwell def. Susu Prince: 6-2, 6-2
Gibby Chapman def. Faith Monson: 6-4, 7-5
Jasmine Nordstrom def. Hannah Oing: 6-1, 6-3

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Friday, March 20 as they take on Sioux Falls.

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