pickeNo. 16 Northwestern defeated No. 37 Minnesota, 5-2, on Saturday, stopping Minnesota's school-record 10-match winning streak. Minnesota falls to 14-4 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten.
Minnesota picked up two wins in singles. Junior Tammy Wang won her 13th straight match, one short of the school record. She defeated Marine Piriou at the No. 5 singles position, 6-7, 7-6, default. Senior Kim Simonsen won her eighth straight singles match, defeating Colleen Cheng at the No. 3 position, 6-1, 7-5.
Singles
No. 1 Katherine Nasser (N) def. Nora Sauska (M) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
No. 2 Shannon Duffy (N) def. Sandra Olsen (M) 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 Kim Simonsen (M) def. Colleen Cheng (N) 6-1, 7-5
No. 4 Lia Jackson (N) def. Michaela Havelkova (M) 6- 2, 6-1
No. 5 Tammy Wang (M) def. Marine Piriou (N) 6-7, 7-6, default
No. 6 Jennifer Lutgert (N) def. Jennifer Howard (M) 7-6, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 Nasser/Cheng (N) def. Olsen/Sauska (M) 8-6
No. 2 Jackson/Piriou (N) def. Simonsen/Wang (M) 8-4
No. 3 Duffy/Leigh Weinraub (N) def. Havelkova/Howard (M) 8-3