VERMILLION, S.D. -- South Dakota women's tennis earned a 5-2 Summit League victory over St. Thomas on Sunday morning inside Huether Family Match Pointe.

The Coyotes (9-7, 2-2 in Summit) claimed the doubles point getting wins from No. 2 and No. 3 and then proceeded to win four of six singles matches to clinch the victory.

This was a match that we had to have and we came out ready to go today," head coach Brett Barnett said. "We were all disappointed with how Friday went and we played a smart determined match today.  We played really smart doubles today with our tactics and positioning and it paid off."

South Dakota senior duo of Grace Chadick and Bea Havlickova got things started with a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles. Selena Bird and Katarina Curcic claimed a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles to earn the full point for the team. Both doubles tandems are now 3-1 in Summit League play. 

The Coyotes received singles victories from Bird, Chadick, Havlickova and Amanda de Oliveira in the win.

Chadick kept things rolling, but had to earn it, with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) win at No. 5 singles for her eighth straight win. She is now 13-3 in the dual season and 20-4 overall on the year. It was her 55th career singles win moving her into a tie for sixth on the Division 1 all-time singles win chart. 

Bird, a junior, opened the singles scoring for South Dakota with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) win at No. 4 singles. Bird now has 10 wins during the dual season and is 2-2 in Summit League play.

Havlickova also evened her league mark at 2-2 with a hard-fought 7-5, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles and de Oliveira claimed a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. 

"Great effort from everyone across the board in singles," Barnett said. "We won this match by how smart we played and kept it together. 

"St Thomas is a good team and we had some moments where things didn't look great but we did an unbelievable job believing in how we were playing and gutted this win out."

South Dakota will play its final road match of the regular season when it travels to Grand Forks on Friday for a test against North Dakota. 

"Huge match on the road Friday against UND," added Barnett. "We know what we're playing for and we have to be ready to compete and play with heart for each other."