Box Score After a long three week break the Bulldogs Tennis team took on the Winona State Warriors today. This was the first of two matches this weekend and the Bulldogs had a tough fight against the Warriors. The team won one of their three doubles matches and one of their six singles matches.

Doubles
Shay Callaway and Mallory Lithun continued to play together at the No. 1 doubles position. The duo won their match in a tiebreaker with set scores of 7-6 and 8-6. The Callaway/Lithun pairing have a 2-2 doubles record.

In the No. 2 position was the pairing of Isabel Resler and Abby Johnson. The pair lost their match 3-6 and have a doubles record of 0-2.

The final pairing in doubles play was occupied by Amanda Hanowski and Olivia Honsey. The pairing lost their match 3-6 and have a record of 2-2.

Singles
Shay Callaway played in the No. 1 position and lost her sets with scores of 2-6 and 3-6. Callaway now has a singles record of 3-6.

In the No. 2 position was Mallory Lithun and she lost her sets 5-7 and 2-6. Lithun now holds an 0-4 singles record.

Captain Isabel Resler played in the No. 3 position and lost her sets 0-6 and 1-6. Resler now holds a singles record of 1-8.

At the No. 4 position was Abby Johnson. Johnson lost her match after going to a tiebreaker. Her set scores were 2-6, 6-4, and 2-10. Johnson now has a singles record of 4-4.

Laura Palmer followed in the No. 5 position and she won her match after going to a tiebreaker as well. Her set scores were 2-6, 7-6, and 7-5. Palmer obtained her first win and now holds a singles record of 1-4.

Olivia Honsey continues to be the anchor in the singles lineup today and she lost both of her sets 2-6. Honsey continues to lead the team with a 5-4 singles record.

Final
The Bulldog lost their match 1-6 to Winona State and hold an overall record of 2-7.

After the team's lost, Head Coach Jessica Worden had some positive words to say about the teams performance after it's three week break.

"Today our doubles teams came out firing! It was great to see them start out strong and battle the entire way through. One Doubles pulled out a phenomenal tiebreaker win!"

Coach Worden also provided some words on Laura Palmer's play on the court.

"Laura battled so incredibly hard today on court! She was hustling every single ball down and playing smart!  She was the first one on and the last one off the court in singles today, and never once did she give up on the ball. I admire her great work and tenacity and the ability to pull out a win!"

Freshman Morgan Lueck also shared her thoughts on the team's performance from today's match.

"I think that everyone played amazing!! We had an incredible first match. Our doubles came out super strong and singles finished out the same way!! Overall, it was still a great start to the weekend!"

Despite the loss, junior Laura Palmer loved the team's work ethic in their matches.

"Even with the long drive to Winona, we were able to come out with great energy on the courts and the team was very supportive of each other. It was a great first day of matches and I'm looking forward to playing tomorrow!"

The Bulldogs will stay in Winona as they go up against Upper Iowa tomorrow (March 20th) at 1:45pm.