After being dealt its first loss of the 2019 season -- a 5-2 decision to Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference rival Winona State University -- on Saturday night, the University of Minnesota Duluth bounced back by toppling Upper Iowa University by that same score one day later in another league match at the Sta-Fit Tennis Center in Sartell, Minn.

The Bulldogs are now 5-1 overall and 3-1 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play.

Both sophomore Natalie Cahill (No. 3) and freshman Ally Tiedemann (No. 5) went 2-0 in singles over the weekend while rookie Sophie Lynch (No. 4) and sophomore Isabel Thiner (No. 6) delivered singles victories against Upper Iowa. Cahill and Lynch also joined forces to win both of their doubles matches (No. 2) and Thiner and Lynch (No. 3) were winners in the triumph over Upper Iowa.

Cahill stayed perfect in singles this season at 6-0 while Tiedemann and Thiner own 5-1 marks. The Bulldogs as a team have gone 26-10 in singles thus far.

UMD will remain on the road for a trio of matches this weekend against non-conference foe Gustavus Adolphus College (Sat.) and NSIC colleagues Southwest Minnesota State University (Sat.) and Minnesota State University-Mankato (Sun.) in St. Peter, Minn.