Women's Tennis at Minnesota

Thursday, September 22

Minneapolis, Minn.

All Day

South Dakota State University

Gopher Invitational

Photo by: Shad Beam

9/25/2016 10:46:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Singles Results Doubles Results

After tough losses and a couple of injuries, the South Dakota State women's tennis team finished the Gopher Invitational with a top-10 finish over the weekend at the Baseline Tennis Courts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"This weekend was a true learning curve for our team. They have seen what other teams are doing and have found a measurement from where we are now, what we need to continue to do and how close we really are," first-year head coach Joey Barnes said. "Many of us had to greet our "friend" as well as write our footnote to a well-fought chapter. I am pleased but not overly joyed."

Singles
Senior Iasmin Rosa finished 11th in Flight A singles after tough competition. After losing to San Jose State, 6-4, 6-7, (10-4) and Minnesota, 6-1, 6-1, Rosa defeated Wisconsin, 6-3, 6-2 to finish strong.

In Flight F, Zorka Sara Sviben placed seventh, losing to Northern Iowa, 6-2, 6-0, and North Dakota, 6-3, 4-6, 6-10.

Other finishes: Molly Crum finished 16th in Flight B, Morgan Brower placed 14th in Flight C and Maria Velazco lost in the consolation round of Flight D.

Doubles
Rosa and partner Brower went 4-3 over the weekend. The duo defeated Iowa, 6-2, and South Dakota, 6-3, fell to Minnesota, 6-3, before beating Eastern Michigan, 6-4. The duo then defeated Wisconsin, 6-3, but lost to Iowa State, 6-3. On the final day of competition, they lost 6-2 to Minnesota.
Laura Romero and Sviben partnered for two days, finishing 0-4. Emilly Van Dijk and Isabella Chela went 1-3 the first two days before switching partners.

Velazco and Van Dijk recorded a 2-1 mark wile Chela and Crum went 0-3.

Up Next
The women's team travels to the Bluejay Invite in Omaha, Nebraska, Oct. 13-17 to finish the fall season.