O'FALLON, Ill. - McKendree women's tennis had big win over Ouachita Baptist getting its first doubles point of the spring at the St. Clair Tennis Club this past Saturday.
The match started off with the pairs of Emmy Zsigmond, Ivana Milkova and Lena Greefs and Keira Greefs getting 6-4 and 6-3 wins in the doubles competition to secure the point for McKendree.
In the singles matches the Bearcats continued its reign only dropping one match to the Tigers.
Doubles Competition:
Natalia Zamora/ Alice Kubler (OBU) def. Kristina Bogomazova/ Alessia Baiardi (MKU) 7-6
Emmy Zsigmond/ Ivana Milkova (MKU) def. Anastasia Myachina/ Marlee Bledsoe (OBU) 6-4
Lena Greefs/ Keira Greefs (MKU) def. Ruxandra Tolescu/ Karli Gay (OBU) 6-3
Singles Competition:
Lena Greefs (MKU) def. Natalia Zamora (OBU) 6-2, 6-2
Kristina Bogomazova (MKU) def. Alice Kubler (OBU) 6-0, 7-6
Anastasia Myachina (OBU) def. Alessia Baiardi (MKU) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
Ivana Milkova (MKU) def. Ruxandra Tolescu (OBU) 6-3, 6-2
Keira Greefs (MKU) def. Marlee Bledsoe (OBU) 6-3, 3-6 (10-7 TB)
Emmy Zsigmond (MKU) def. Karli Gay (OBU) 6-1,6-4
Coach Chance Joost Said It
"The girls really competed well, and we got our first doubles point of the spring, which I think we've been building towards. I've been really pleased how much everyone continues to improve on a match-to-match basis".
Next Up
McKendree will take a quick trip over to Liberty, Missouri for a match against William Jewell at Clayview Country Club. The match is set to start at 12:00 p.m.
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