UND defeats South Dakota for second straight win

W Tennis

Courtesy: Matt Schill, UNDsports.com

UND will have a week off before heading to Oregon and Washington for three matches.

Courtesy: Michelle Hamilton, UND Athletics Media Relations
Release: 02/23/2013

St. Cloud, Minn. - After defeating St. Cloud State on Saturday morning, the North Dakota women's tennis team beat South Dakota by a score of 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Fitness Evolution Tennis Center.

The team won all three of the doubles competitions and earned the doubles point to start the match.

UND also had success on the individual level. Junior Stephanie Petsis (Toronto, Ontario) defeated Milica Pavlovic 6-2, 6-0 in No. 1 singles. Sophomore Callie Ronkowski (Grand Forks, N.D.) beat Michelle Elkin 6-1, 6-2 in No. 2 singles. In No. 3 singles junior Stephanie Biehn (Sherburn, Minn.) defeated Hafsa Laraibi 6-4, 1-7, 7-6 and in senior Megan Sween (Grand Forks, N.D.) beat Nina Barudizic in No. 4 singles.

The team will travel to Portland, Oregon to take on Big Sky Conference competitor Portland State on March 10.

North Dakota 5, South Dakota 2

Singles competition

1. PETSIS, Stephanie (UND_W) def. PAVLOVIC, Milica (USD) 6-2, 6-0

2. RONKOWSKI, Callie (UND_W) def. ELKIN, Michelle (USD) 6-1, 6-2

3. BIEHN, Stephanie (UND_W) def. LARAIBI, Hafsa (USD) 6-4, 1-7, 7-6

4. SWEEN, Megan (UND_W) def. BARUDIZIC, Nina (USD) 6-3, 6-0

5. MAKASHOV, Veronika (USD) def. STEJSKAL, Sarah (UND_W) 10-5

6. REDDY, Yamini (USD) def. LAWRENCE, Mindy (UND_W) 10-3

Doubles competition

1. RONKOWSKI, Callie/BIEHN, Stephanie (UND_W) def. TORTOSA BERNABEU, M/PAVLOVIC, Milica (USD) 8-6

2. PETSIS, Stephanie/STEJSKAL, Sarah (UND_W) def. ELKIN, Michelle/LARAIBI, Hafsa (USD) 8-5

3. SWEEN, Megan/LAWRENCE, Mindy (UND_W) def. MAKASHOV, Veronika/REDDY, Yamini (USD) 8-4

	Contino's late goal lifts UND past Bison in opener Junior Emma Contino scored her first collegiate goal with 6:24 remaining in the second half to lift North Dakota to a 1-0 victory over host North... MORE
	Fall Camp Notebook: Vol. 14 The Fighting Hawks are past the halfway point of fall camp now and just two weeks away from their season opener at Utah (Aug. 31; 6:30 p.m. CT). The... MORE
	Fall Camp Notebook: Vol. 15 The Fighting Hawks took a break from full pads, practicing in just helmets, shoulder pads and shorts on Friday as they continue preparations for Utah... MORE
	Pomeroy added to softball staff GRAND FORKS, N.D.-- University of North Dakota head softball coach Jordan Stevens announced the hiring of Hannah Pomeroy to his coaching staff... MORE
	Fall Camp Notebook: Vol. 13 Steady rainfall in the upper midwest forced the Fighting Hawks inside the High Performance Center for just the second time this fall, but once again... MORE