MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University women’s tennis team (7-6, 7-2 NSIC) concludes the regular season this week with a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matches in Sioux Falls, S.D. SMSU will first take on No. 25 ranked Augustana University (12-2, 9-0 NSIC) today at 4 p.m. outdoors at the Huether Tennis Centre. SMSU will then face the University of Sioux Falls (6-4, 6-3 NSIC) on Friday at 12 p.m. inside the Huether Family Match Pointe.

SMSU begins the weekend in third place in the NSIC standings, while AU is in first place, while USF is currently in sixth place. Augustana has won the past 10 NSIC regular season titles and begins the week on a 127-match winning streak in NSIC matches.

Following this week’s matches, SMSU will compete at the eight-team NSIC Tournament on April 23-24 in Sioux Falls.

Series history vs. Augustana

•SMSU and AU meet for the 29th time with AU holding a 23-5 advantage in a series that started in 1980.

•AU has won the last 16 meetings, including 7-0 on Feb. 29, 2020, in St. Peter.

•SMSU has not earned a point in a match since the 2010 season.

•SMSU’s last victory in the series came during the 2002 season.

Series history vs. Sioux Falls

•SMSU and USF match-up for the 16th time with USF leading 12-3.

•USF has won the previous nine matches, including 7-0 last season in Owatonna.

•The last victory for SMSU in the series came during the 2009 season.

SMSU court notes

•SMSU split a pair of NSIC matches last weekend in Owatonna, losting 4-3 to UMary, before rebounding with a 4-3 victory over MSU Moorhead.

•Maegan Flight won both matches last weekend and is now 8-0 in NSIC matches and 9-3 overall while playing No. 1 singles.

•Maja Louisa Harck is 9-4 in singles play, including 9-0 in NSIC matches. She has played a majority at No. 5 singles, but also has victories at No. 3 and No. 4.

•For the season, Flight and Harck both have nine wins in singles play.

•Courtenay Leonard has six wins in singles play, while Cora Delich, Silvia Poulakidas and Gwendolen Sior both have five victories in singles play.

•Harck and Leonard both have a team-high seven victories in doubles play with the duo combining to win five.

•Kennedy Torgerson recorded her first collegiate victory versus Minnesota Crookston on Feb. 21 with a straight set win at No. 6 singles.

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