Game Time...Northwestern College heads to Seward, Neb. for a conference match against Concordia this weekend. First serve on the Bulldogs Tennis Courts is at noon. Northwestern is in fifth place in the current GPAC standings with a 1-2 record, 4-11 overall. Concordia is in seventh place in the GPAC with an 0-2 league record, 9-7 overall.

All-Time...Northwestern holds a narrow 10-9 lead in the all-time series against Concordia, dating back to the 1995 season. The Red Raiders have dropped two straight however, and three of the last five. Last year, Northwestern lost 7-2.

Scouting Reports...

    Concordia Bulldogs: 0-2 (7th), 9-7 overall   Head Coach: Joel Reckewey (4th year)

Concordia opened conference play with back-to-back 5-4 losses to Doane and Midland , setbacks that snapped a four-game win streak where they defeated Hesston, Friends, Bethany and Nebraska Wesleyan. Coach Reckewey, in his fourth season as the head of the women's and men's tennis programs at Concordia, returns five of the six starters in singles play from a 2017 team that went 3-4 in the GPAC (5th place), 9-13 overall. 

Top Players:
    Annie Horn (All-Conference)  9-5 singles
    Miranda Viera-Claudia  7-6 singles
    Katelinn Wurm  7-7 singles

    Horn / Kirsten Wagner: 6-7 doubles
    Viera-Claudia / Wurm: 5-3 doubles

    Northwestern College: 1-2 (GPAC), 4-11 overall  Head Coach: Jeff Guthmiller (13th year)

The Red Raiders lost to Midland 8-1 last time out to fall to 1-2 in GPAC play, 4-11 overall. Jacque Ingram picked up the lone win as she improved to a team-best 11-4 overall. 

    Line-Up:
    Zoe Holscher-1-2 GPAC, 5-10 overall
    Kendra McGinnis- 0-3 GPAC, 6-9 overall
    Jacque Ingram  3-0 GPAC, 11-4 overall
    Kelly Shortenhaus  2-1 GPAC 5-5 overall
    Emma Van Drie  0-3 GPAC 3-9 overall
    Abby Petrick  1-2 GPAC 2-12 overall

    Holscher / Ingram  0-3 GPAC, 4-11 overall
    McGinnis / Van Drie 2-1 GPAC, 6-6 overall
    Shortenhaus / Foster 1-2 GPAC, 4-3 overall