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MARSHALL -- The Southwest Minnesota State University women's tennis team (8-1, 2-0 NSIC) continues Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play this Saturday and Sunday with a pair matches in Owatonna.
SMSU will take on No. 16 Augustana (4-0, 2-0 NSIC) at 1 p.m. on Saturday before facing Sioux Falls (3-0, 2-0 NSIC) at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Both matches will be held at the West Hills Tennis & Fitness Center.
Augustana, which plays Nebraska-Kearney in a non-conference match on Friday night, has won 131 consecutive NSIC matches and has won the past 11 NSIC championships. AU's last loss in NSIC play came during its first season in the conference in 2009.
Series history
vs. Augustana
•SMSU and AU meet for the 31st time with AU leading 25-2.
•AU has won the last 18 matches with SMSU's last win coming in 2002.
•AU won both matches last season, 7-0 in regular season play and 4-0 in the semifinals of the NSIC Tournament.
Series history
vs. Sioux Falls
•SMSU and USF meet for the 17th time with USF leading 12-4.
•SMSU's 5-2 victory last season in Sioux Falls, S.D., snapped a nine-match losing streak in the series.
SMSU notes
•SMSU opened the 2022 conference season last Saturday in Owatonna defeating Bemidji State 4-3 and Minnesota Crookston 6-1.
•Cora Delich won both of her singles matches and was also 2-0 in doubles play.
•Delich and Roz Oye combined for two victories in doubles play.
•Joana Reis Indio and Maja Louisa Harck finished the weekend 2-0 in doubles action.
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