Box Score The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs played their second of two matches this weekend in Bismarck, N.D. against the University of Mary today. The Dogs had another tough matchup as they went up against a 3-0 Mary team. The Bulldogs won one of their three doubles matches and one of their six singles matches.
Doubles
Shay Callaway and
Isabel Resler continued to play together in the No. 1 position today. The pairing lost their match 1-6 and they have a doubles record of 3-2.
In the No. 2 position was
Abby Johnson and
Laura Palmer again. Johnson and Palmer dropped their match 0-6 and they have a doubles record of 0-2.
Amanda Hanowski and
Olivia Honsey played together again in the No. 3 position and they are now 2-0 after winning their match 6-2.
Singles
Shay Callaway played in the No. 1 position today and she lost her sets 1-6 and 4-6. Callaway's singles record is now 2-4.
Isabel Resler followed Callaway and she lost her sets 1-6 and 0-6. Resler's singles record is now 1-6.
Abby Johnson played in the No. 3 position. Johnson lost her sets 2-6 and 1-6, and she now has a singles record of 4-3.
Following Johnson was
Laura Palmer in the No. 4 position. Palmer dropped both of her sets 0-6 and she has a singles record of 0-3.
Amanda Hanowski played in the No. 5 position and she lost her sets 2-6 and 1-6. Hanowski continues to fight while looking for her first singles win as she has an 0-7 record.
Olivia Honsey played in the No. 6 position and she is now leading the team in singles wins after winning her match in a tiebreaker set. Her set scores were 4-6, 7-5, and 10-4, and she has a 5-2 singles record.
Final
It was an uphill battle for the Dogs that they couldn't overcome as they lost to the University of Mary 1-6 and have an overall record of 2-5.
After losing the match to Mary, Head Coach
Jessica Worden continued to commend the teams play on the court.
"Today was a tough match against Mary. They are always strong in doubles but our new combination at three doubles with Olivia and Amanda remains undefeated. Olivia came out strong all weekend! She went undefeated in singles and doubles both days. She also now takes the lead with the most successful singles record for the team."
Coach Worden is also looking forward to the teams future matches.
"I am excited for our non conference match against Gustavus this weekend to be able to play our entire team. We have some great drills this week at practice and I'm looking forward to being stronger in our next conference match up."
We also heard from team captain,
Isabel Resler, and her teammate,
Shay Callaway.
"I'm so proud of everyone today. UMary is always a tough match and playing them on day two of the weekend was tough. But everyone came out fighting and was ready to give it there all!" said Resler.
"This weekend we all came to play and never gave up. That's proven by four third-set matches yesterday and our grind today. Excited to get back home and go right back to work at practice! #börk ," said Callaway.
The Dogs will head up to Virigina, MINN. next weekend to take on Gustavus Adolphus in a non-conference match up. After that the team will have a three week break before heading to Winona for the next set of conference matches.
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