| Box Score 2 The Red Raiders went 1-1 over the weekend on their trip to Central Iowa. Northwestern (3-4) beat Simpson College (5-8) on Friday and fell to Central College (10-8) on Saturday. 

Northwestern (8) vs. Simpson (1):

Singles competition
1.   Emily King (SIM) def. Jacque Ingram (NWC), 6-4, 6-1
2.  Zoe Holscher (NWC) def. Sierra Griffith (SIM), 6-1, 6-0
3.  Kendra McGinnis (NWC) def. Megan Grubb (SIM), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
4.  Emma Van Drie (NWC) def. Danielle Bates (SIM), 6-2, 6-0
5.  Liz Foster (NWC) def. Sarah Barry (SIM), 6-2, 6-2
6. Abby Petrick (NWC) def. Larin Miller (SIM), 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Ingram/Holscher (NWC) def. King/Griffith (SIM), 8-4
2. McGinnis/Van Drie (NWC) def. Grubb/Barry (SIM), 8-5
3. Petrick/Foster (NWC) def. Kathryn Hays/Bates (SIM), 8-2

Northwestern (0) vs Central (9):

1. Jenna Stewart (CEN) def. Jacque Ingram (NWC) 4-6, 6-5 (10-8)
2. Kirsten Jordan (CEN) def. Zoe Holscher (NWC) 1-6, 6-4 (10-7)
3. Maddie Hartley (CEN) def. Kendra McGinnis (NWC) 3-6, 7-5 (10-2)
4. Bronwyn Metcalf (CEN) def. Emma Van Drie (NWC) 6-4, 4-6 (10-5
5. Kate Larson (CEN) def. Liz Foster (NWC) 6-3, 6-2
6. Sami Thompson (CEN) def. Abby Petrick (NWC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Stewart / Metcalf (CEN) def. Ingram/Holscher (NWC) 8-6
2. Jordan / Hartley (CEN) def. McGinnis/Van Drie (NWC) 8-6
3. Schirm / Larson (CEN) def. Petrick/Foster (NWC) 8-2
 

"The numbers don't always reflect the details in the battle," commented head coach Jamie De Jong. "When we played Simpson on Friday, we were just a bit stronger and pretty easily took 8 of the 9 matches.  Saturday however, we matched up against Central, who proved to be much more competitive.  Both of our 1 (Ingram and Holscher)  and 2 (McGinnis and VanDrie) doubles teams had a great battle but both lost 6-8.   When we matched up for singles, 4 of the 6 matches ended up in tie breakers, of which we lost all of them.  It really could have gone either way but the Dutch pulled out on top for the 9-0 win.  My girls would really love to have that battle back.  Although it was a good experience, it was a disappointing loss for them.  This coming Saturday, March 30, we begin our GPAC play with Mount Marty College in Yankton, SD.  We have a week to prepare and hopefully the Raiders can bring home a win."