WINONA, Minn. — The start of a very busy week didn't go exactly the way Saint Mary's University women's tennis coach Jeff Halberg had hoped.

With four matches scheduled in a five-day span, Halberg was hoping his Cardinals would get off on the right foot Wednesday against cross-town rival Winona State.

The Warriors, however, had other ideas, as Winona State won five of the sixth singles matches — all in straight sets – en route to a 7-2 nonconfernece win over SMU at St. T's Tennis & Sports.

"We ran into a very solid Winona State team," admitted Halberg, whose team dropped its second straight in falling to 4-7 overall. "It wasn't that our players let up or anything, (Winona State) was just relentless and refused to let us into the match."

Angie Beissel (Hastings, Minn.) had a part in both SMU wins, posting a three-set, 7-6 (7), 2-6, 10-8 win at No. 6 singles, then teamed with Jennifer Duffy (Chicago, Ill.) for an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles.

"The key now is to put this match behind us," said Halberg. "Hopefully we can just regroup and come out firing against St. Olaf (on Friday)."

Singles
1. Karen Darveaux (WSU) def. Joni Peterson, 6-1,6-1
2. Karyl Schenk (WSU) def. Amanda Clark, 6-0,6-0
3. Brea Bruggeman (WSU) def. Nicole Hilo, 6-1,6-4
4. Megan Newbauer (WSU) def. Allison Ast, 6-1,6-2
5. Jennifer Wunsch (WSU) def. Cassie Czech, 6-1,6-2
6. Angie Beissel (SMU) def. Katie Katterheinrich, 7-6(7),2-6,10-8

Doubles
1. Darveaux/Bruggeman (WSU) def. Clark/Hilo, 8-2
2. Schenk/Newbauer (WSU) def. Peterson/Czech, 8-5
3. Beissel/Jennifer Duffy (SMU) def. Wunsch/Katterheinrich 8-4