ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western tennis team defeated Harding on Friday, 4-3, inside Genesis Health Club. The Griffons improve to 5-2 and they ended the Bisons' six-match winning streak. Harding is now 6-2 and they were selected as the preseason favorite to win the Great American Conference.
Harding won the doubles point, but MWSU's
Claudia Iglesias,
Ioanna Lathouri,
Isabella MacGibbon and
Karolina Ström won the first four singles matches on the day to clinch the victory for the Griffons.
DOUBLES
#1 – Evans/E. Carpener (HU) def.
Ioanna Lathouri/
Anya Chavez (MWSU) 7-6 (4)
#2 – Britt/L. Carpenter (HU) def.
Claudia Iglesias/
Ariella Curci (MWSU) 6-2
#3 –
Isabella MacGibbon/
Karolina Ström (MWSU) def. False/A. Carpenter (HU) 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
#1 –
Ioanna Lathouri (MWSU) def. Evans (HU) 6-2, 6-1
#2 –
Karolina Ström (MWSU) def. E. Carpenter (HU) 6-4, 6-3
#3 –
Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) def. False (HU) 6-4, 6-3
#4 – Britt (HU) def.
Anya Chavez (MWSU) 6-4, 6-4
#5 –
Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. L. Carpenter (HU) 6-1, 6-1
#6 – A. Carpenter (HU) def.
Nicole Donnelly (MWSU) 1-6, 6-3, 10-5
Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6
Missouri Western is off until Saturday, March 27 when they travel to Liberty, Missouri for a match with William Jewell College at 11:00 a.m.
