So far, so good.
The University of Minnesota Duluth defeated the University of Minnesota Crookston 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the Duluth Indoor Sports Center to hike its 2019 overall record to a perfect 4-0.
The Bulldogs lost just four games during the entire Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match as sophomores
Natalie Cahill (No. 2),
Isabel Thiner (No. 4) and
Arielle Emerson (No. 5) and freshman
Sarah Will (No. 6) all posted 6-0, 6-0 triumphs in singles while the doubles tandems of juniors
Megan Anderson and
Elsa Erickson (No. 1), Thiner and sophomore
Ally Tiedemann (No. 2) and Emerson and Will each won by 6-0 margins. Erickson (6-1 and 6-1 at No. 1) and Tiedemann (6-1 and 6-1 at No. 3) were the Bulldogs' other two singles victors.
Cahill is now 12-1 in singles for her career and has reeled off eight straight victories going back to last March. She and Thiner are both off to 4-0 singles starts this season while rookie
Sophie Lynch, who sat out Saturday's clash with the Golden Eagles, is 3-0 in the year.
UMD will be in Sartell, Minn., next Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 16-17) to take on NSIC rivals Winona State University and Upper Iowa University.
