Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 FREMONT, NEB. – A young University of Sioux Falls Women's Tennis Team had an outstanding opening to the 2018 season by sweeping to a pair of nonconference wins on the road on Saturday, The Cougars defeated Midland University, 5-4, Saturday morning and registered a 6-3 decision over College of St. Mary's in the afternoon in matches played at Fremont, Neb.

"I am exceptionally pleased with our effort today," said USF Women's Tennis Head Coach Kevin Grebin, who is now 44-44 all-time in USF's DII era. "We worked through some things early and played really solid tennis. During the course of the day, we lost some tough tie-breakers but the experience will bode well for this team. It was a great start to the season," he said.

In her first collegiate matches at USF, Chloe Jefferies stepped up as a solid #1 in singles. In both her singles matches, she recorded 6-0, 6-0 verdicts, winning 24 straight games. Also having a big day for USF was freshman Joelle Thorfinnson, who finished 2-0 on the day with a pair of straight set victories at #5 singles. At #6 singles, the Cougars' senior Cortney McCans also finished 2-0 with straight set victories in both matches.  

On the day, USF was 7-5 in singles competition and 4-2 in doubles. The #3 team of freshman Rachel Klatt and sophomore Kelsie Sanders finished 2-0 in a solid day for that tandem. The #1 doubles team of Jefferies and Quandt finished 1-1 while the #2 doubles squad of freshmen Lexi Miller and Joelle Thorfinson was also 1-1. 

Next USF will open the NSIC season by hosting Minnesota State at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 and Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. It will be the start of a six-match home stand.

USF 5 Midland 4
Singles
#1 Chloe Jefferies (USF, 1-0) def. Gretchen Cooper (Midland), 6-0, 6-0
#2 Annie Allmand (Midland) over Megan Quandt (USF, 0-1), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
#3 Sarah Wood (Midland) def. Lexi Miller (USF, 0-1), 4-6, 6-2, 12-10 (11-9)
#4 Christin Villarreal (Midland) over Kelsie Sanders (USF, 0-1), 3-6, 6-3, 11-9
#5 Joelle Thorfinnson (USF, 1-0) def. Danielle Martin (Midland), 6-4, 6-3
#6 Cortney McCans (USF, 1-0) over Carolyn Howton (Midland), 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
#1 Jefferies/Quandt (USF, 1-0) def. Cooper/Wood (Midland), 8-6
#2 Allmand/Villarreal, (Midland) def. Miller/Thorfinnson (USF, 0-1), 9-7
#3 Sanders/Klatt (USF, 1-0) def. Miller, Alyson/Watts, Anna (Midland) 9-7
USF 6 College of Saint Mary's 3
Singles
#1 Chloe Jefferies (USF, 2-0) def. Christina Ternent, (CSM), 6-0, 6-0
#2 Katie Golka (CSM) over Megan Quandt (USF, 0-2), 6-4, 6-2
#3 Allyah Rayyan (CSM) def. Lexi Miller (USF, 0-2), 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
#4 Kelsie Sanders (USF, 1-1) over Bria Menagh (CSM), 6-1, 6-3
#5 Joelle Thorfinnson (USF, 2-0), def. Adriana Olague (CSM), 6-1, 6-4)
#6 Courtney McCans (USF, 2-0), over Carly Bindl (CSM), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
#1 Golka/Tennant (CSM) def. Jefferies/Quandt (USF, 1-1), 9-7
#2 Miller/Thorfinnson (USF, 1-1) over Rayyan/Adriana Cepeda (Midland), 8-4
#3 Sanders/Klatt (USF, 2-0) def. Menagh/Newman (Midland), 8-2