Box Score The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs traveled up to Virginia and went up against Gustavus Adolphus College in their second non-conference match of the season. It was another tough matchup for the Dogs as the team won one of their three doubles matches and one of their six singles matches.
Doubles
In today's match we saw
Shay Callaway paired up with
Mallory Lithun again for the No. 1 position. The duo won their match 6-2 and have a 1-2 doubles record.
In the No. 2 position was the pairing of
Isabel Resler and
Abby Johnson. The pair had a close match but lost 5-7. They have a doubles record of 0-1.
The final in pairing in doubles play was occupied by
Amanda Hanowski and
Olivia Honsey. The two Bulldogs had played well in the past two match ups, but lost their doubles match today, 0-6. Hanowski and Honsey have a 2-1 doubles record.
Singles
Shay Callaway continued to play in the No. 1 position today and won her sets 6-2 and 6-0. Callaway's singles record is now 3-5.
Mallory Lithun came back into the No. 2 position on the lineup after missing the last two matches. Lithun lost her sets 2-6 and 4-6 and has a singles record of 0-3.
Isabel Resler filled in the No. 3 position. She lost a close first set 5-7 and had to default her second set due to injury. Resler's singles record is now 1-7.
Laura Palmer played in the No. 4 position today. Palmer lost her sets 0-6 and 2-6. Palmer has a singles record of 0-4
In the No. 5 position was
Amanda Hanowski. Hanowski's result was the same as Palmer's, 0-6 and 2-6. Hanowski has an 0-8 singles record.
In the final position was
Olivia Honsey. Honsey lost both of her sets 1-6 and has a singles record of 5-3.
Final
The Bulldogs lost their match 1-6 to Gustavus Adolphus.
After the team's loss, Head Coach
Jessica Worden had some strong words to say about the team and what the future holds.
"Today was some of our best tennis this season. Doubles came out strong and smart the entire set! Singles continued to get better as the match went on. It was great to see everyone win more games the second set. Next week, we plan to work on updating our individual and team goals prior to a restful and recovering spring break."
The team fought hard and had fun as
Allison Jondahl and
Mallory Lithun told us.
"Today we came out with the goal of having fun, and we all had a blast! Everyone played amazing, and I'm proud of the way we played despite the end score!!" said Jondahl.
"It was fun to play a non-conference team today! The ladies came out and fought in all of the matches, and we are ready to prepare for more battles in March!" said Lithun.
The Bulldogs have a long break as they don't play again until March 19
th. The team will travel to Winona to take on Winona State University.
