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Senior Abby Westrum hits a backhand winner down the line during her singles match vs. Macalester. She won both her singles and doubles matches.
Senior Abby Westrum hits a backhand winner down the line during her singles match vs. Macalester. She won both her singles and doubles matches.

Westrum Leads Cobbers In Season Opener

FARGO, N.D. (02/12/22)---Concordia started the 2022 season by hosting Macalester at Courts Plus in Fargo. Senior Abby Westrum led the Cobbers as she picked up wins in doubles and singles play, but it wasn't enough as Concordia dropped a 6-3 decision to the Scots.

The 6-3 loss is a big improvement over last season when the Cobbers fell 9-0 to Macalester in the Twin Cities.

Westrum, who was 0-1 in singles and 0-3 in doubles play last year, made a bid for Most Improved Player of the Year by starting the season with two wins.

Westrum teamed with fellow Taylor Partington to claim an 8-6 victory at No.3 doubles. She then followed that up with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 win at No.6 singles.

The other victory for the Cobbers on opening day came from first-year player Lizzie Allan at No.5 singles. Allan cruised to an easy 6-0 win in the first set of her first collegiate singles match. She then lost 6-2 in the second set, before regaining her form and recording a 10-5 decision in the super-set tie-breaker.

A second Cobber fist-year player almost recorded a win in her first college singles match. Mary Skorich won the first set at No.4 singles 6-1, but then lost 7-5 in a back-and-forth second set. Skorich fell 10-5 in the super set.

The other tight doubles match for Concordia came from the No.1 tandem of Raquel Egge and Anna Hacker. The pair battled the entire match, but had their serve broken in the end and lost 8-5.

UP NEXT: The Cobbers will stay at home for their first non-conference match of the season. CC will host Northwestern (Minn.) on Friday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Courts Plus in Fargo.

Macalester 6, Concordia-M'head 3
Feb 12, 2022 at Fargo, N.D. (Courts Plus)

Singles competition
1. Amalin Sorajja (MAC) def. Raquel Egge (CC) 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 10-3
2. Amanye Reynolds (MAC) def. Emily Savageau (CC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Meg Ulrich (MAC) def. Anna Hacker (CC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Avery Munster (MAC) def. Mary Skorich (CC) 6-1, 5-7, 10-5
5. Lizzie Allan (CC) def. Talia Chait (MAC) 6-0, 2-6, 10-5
6. Abby Westrum (CC) def. Hannah Lundblad (MAC) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Amanye Reynolds/Meg Ulrich (MAC) def. Raquel Egge/Anna Hacker (CC) 8-5
2. Amalin Sorajja/Avery Munster (MAC) def. Emily Savageau/Mary Skorich (CC) 8-2
3. Abby Westrum/Taylor Partington (CC) def. Talia Chait/Megan Twomey (MAC) 8-6