​MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Catherine University tennis team fell to Coe College Kohawks, 6-1, on Friday evening at the Baseline Tennis Center.

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.