The Kohawks gained the early advantage by taking two of the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. Coe secured wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, while the Wildcats' duo of Liliana Holmberg and Melanie Gravdahl earned St. Catherine's doubles victory with a strong 6-2 result at the No. 3 spot.
In singles play, the Kohawks won five matches to secure the team victory. Ryanna Steinhaus delivered the Wildcats' lone singles point with a dramatic three-set win at No. 5 singles. After taking the opening-set tiebreak 7-6 (7-4), Steinhaus dropped a tightly contested second-set tiebreak before regrouping to win the deciding match tiebreak 10-7.
Faith Simon pushed hard at No. 1 singles before falling 6-2, 6-3, while Ashley King battled through a three-set match at No. 4 singles that ultimately went to a 10-point match tiebreak.
With the result, Coe improved to 9-2 overall, while St. Catherine moved to 5-2 on the season.
The Wildcats will face Carleton College on Saturday at Lifetime Tennis Center in Bloomington, Minnesota at 2:30 pm.Â