Match Summary | GameDay Preview

WINONA, Minn. — When Saint Mary's University women's tennis coach Jeff Halberg says that Sunday's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against Macalester could have gone either way — it was anything but an understatement.

Four of the six singles matches went into a third-set tiebreaker, and another had a first-set tiebreaker that was decided by a 14-12 decision.

A match just couldn't get much closer.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, it was the Scots who left the Winona Tennis Center with smiles on their faces, as Macalester outlasted the Cardinals 5-4.

“What an incredible match,” said Halberg. “There were so many close matches that went right down to the wire. This was definitely a match that could have gone either way.

“The ladies battled so hard all day — it was an awesome effort all the way around.”

Macalester jumped out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles competition, with Bailey Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and sister McKennah Edwards accounting for SMU's lone win, posting an 8-5 victory at No. 1 doubles.

And the fun was just beginning.

McKennah Edwards collected a “ho-hum” 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles, while Bailey Edwards — who, along with Abby Voigt (Burnsville, Minn.), was playing her final collegiate home match — outlasted Macalester's Katelyn Glenna 5-7, 7-5, 10-7 at No. 1 singles.

Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) added a 3-6, 6-4, 14-12 marathon win at No. 5 singles, but that would be it for the Cardinals, as Killian Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Rachel Luetmer (Loretto, Minn.) each fell in three sets — Edwards 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 10-7 at No. 3 and Luetmer 7-6, 6-7 (4-7), 12-10 at No. 6 — and Voigt came up empty at No. 4, losing 7-6 (14-12), 6-2.

The Cardinals (3-6 MIAC, 11-10 overall), close out their conference schedule next Saturday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a conference match against St. Catherine, scheduled for noon.