Tennis team travels to Minneapolis where their season ended
Mark Warner
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Sports
UMD's tennis team recently took to the court for the season-ending Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) tournament at the Baseline Tennis club in Minneapolis, with less than spectacular results.
Carrying the day for the Dogs was Kelly Rosengren, who took home a conference title from the fifth-singles slot. The senior ended her career with two easy victories to claim the championship. In her first match, the second-seeded Rosengren defeated Faith Atherton of Upper Iowa 6-0, 6-1 to easily advance to the championship round. There, she beat the top-seeded Kristie Eull, of St. Cloud State, 6-3, 6-3 to claim the Bulldogs' only individual championship.
Elsewhere, only two other UMD representatives were able to win multiple matches. In the fourth-singles tournament, Katie Bolf captured the consolation championship. Bolf, the third seed, lost her first match 2-6, 1-6 before recovering to never lose a set the rest of the day. After easily winning her second and third matches, Bolf defeated Jessica DesLauriers of Northern State 6-1, 6-2 to finish her rookie season with a consolation championship.
The doubles pairing of Rose Phippen and Bolf also won twice before being eliminated by consecutive losses. After sweeping their first match 8-0, the pair beat the third-seeded team from Upper Iowa 8-6. Unfortunately, Phippen and Bolf had no more upsets left in the bag and lost consecutively to the first and second-seed teams to finish the day 2-2 and in fourth place.
Rosengren and Stephanie Keller, the team's only seniors, played their last matches on Saturday. While Rosengren captured the fifth-singles title, Keller went 1-4 playing third singles and second doubles.
Carrying the day for the Dogs was Kelly Rosengren, who took home a conference title from the fifth-singles slot. The senior ended her career with two easy victories to claim the championship. In her first match, the second-seeded Rosengren defeated Faith Atherton of Upper Iowa 6-0, 6-1 to easily advance to the championship round. There, she beat the top-seeded Kristie Eull, of St. Cloud State, 6-3, 6-3 to claim the Bulldogs' only individual championship.
Elsewhere, only two other UMD representatives were able to win multiple matches. In the fourth-singles tournament, Katie Bolf captured the consolation championship. Bolf, the third seed, lost her first match 2-6, 1-6 before recovering to never lose a set the rest of the day. After easily winning her second and third matches, Bolf defeated Jessica DesLauriers of Northern State 6-1, 6-2 to finish her rookie season with a consolation championship.
The doubles pairing of Rose Phippen and Bolf also won twice before being eliminated by consecutive losses. After sweeping their first match 8-0, the pair beat the third-seeded team from Upper Iowa 8-6. Unfortunately, Phippen and Bolf had no more upsets left in the bag and lost consecutively to the first and second-seed teams to finish the day 2-2 and in fourth place.
Rosengren and Stephanie Keller, the team's only seniors, played their last matches on Saturday. While Rosengren captured the fifth-singles title, Keller went 1-4 playing third singles and second doubles.
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