DULUTH, Minn. – For the first time this season, the Yellowjacket women's tennis team didn't have to travel hours to get a match in. Instead, they just went across the river, taking on Twin Ports rival St. Scholastica at the Duluth Indoor Sports Complex (DISC).
 
The DISC will be familiar to the Yellowjackets after the weekend, as they will be three for three straight days, beginning with Friday's matchup with the Saints.
 
Unfortunately for the Yellowjackets it was all Saints Friday, as St. Scholastica swept the Yellowjackets 9-0.
 
The duo of Brooke Wilfong (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) and Katie Jonas played a tight match at No. 3 doubles, but Taylor Vyskocil and Chloe Hasbargen outlasted them to get the win.
 
In singles play, Giulia Araujo de Barros dropped her opening set, 3-6 to Katie Bartels at No. 5 singles. She came roaring back in the second set to take it 6-0 and force the tiebreaker. The two traded points throughout, but Bartels got the necessary service break, winning the tiebreaker 11-9 to take the match.
 
Match Notes

• Maya Haupt (Nuertingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg/Hoelderlin Gymnasium Nuertingen) teamed up with Andreina Tejada (Quito, Ecuador/Isaac Newton) at No. 1 doubles and were within striking distance at 6-5, but the formidable Yellowjacket duo fell to Anna Ritchie and Julia Maier after the Saints took the final two games.
• Haupt and Tejada played at No. 1 singles and No. 2 singles, respectively, but they fell by identical scores of 2-6, 1-6.
• Claudia Curtis (Lake Mills, Wis./Lake Mills) and Jessi Kukowski (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown) teamed up at No. 2 doubles, and played singles at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots respectively.

Next up for the Yellowjackets is a match against UW-Stevens Point. The first serve is set for noon Saturday at DISC.
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