The Gustavus women’s tennis team claimed a convincing 8-1 win over #18 University of Redlands in Redlands, California on Thursday afternoon. Coach Jon Carlson’s squad won five of the six singles matches and all three doubles matches. The Gusties are now 15-2 on the season.
Gustavus will wrap up its spring break trip to Southern California with a match against #19 Williams College (Mass.) on Friday, April 1 at 9:00 am (PST). The Gusties have had a very successful spring trip with wins over #10 Pomona-Pitzer (9-0), #11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-2) and #18 Redlands (8-1), while losing to #3 Washington and Lee (2-7).
Match Results
Doubles
1. Tara Houlihan/Lyndsey Palen (GA) defeated Erin Hiranaga/Jenna Umeno (UR) 8-3
2. Lauren Hom/Kara Smiley (GA) defeated Sandra Montez/Tatiana Steinberg (UR) 8-5
3. Marla Menne/Jenni White (GA) defeated Lauren Matsushita/Tania Talaid (UR) 8-5
Singles
1. Sandra Montez (UR) defeated Tara Houlihan (GA) 6-3, 7-5
2. Kara Smiley (GA) defeated Tatiana Steinberg (UR) 6-2, 6-1
3. Lauren Hom (GA) defeated Erin iranaga (UR) 6-0, 6-2
4. Lyndsey Palen (GA) defeated Lauren Matsushita (UR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Jaime Gaard (GA) defeated Molly Shih (UR) 7-6 (2), 6-0
6. Marla Menne (GA) defeated Jenna Umeno (UR) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-6