Monday, September 7, 2009

Luther Starts off season with wins over UW-La Crosse and Wartburg

Sept. 6, 2009

The Luther College women's tennis team started the 2009 campaign with 6-3 victories over UW-La Crosse and Wartburg this afternoon in Waverly.

In the La Crosse match, the Norse swept doubles play and entered singles competition up 3-0. Victories by Fran Fairfield at #3, Elise Allen at #4 and Brynne Zinnecker at #5 secured the first team win of the year.

Box score

Luther took two of three doubles matches and four of six singles matches in the Wartburg match en route to its first conference win. Elise Allen at #2, Meghan Williams at #4, Cassandra Chalhoub at #5 and Katy Lindstrom at #6, all posted straight set victories.

Box score

The Norse will return to action this weekend when they will host both UW-Eau Claire and Cornell on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Eau Claire match will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the match with Cornell will start at 3:00 p.m.

On Sunday, Luther hosts Coe College at 2:00 p.m.

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