KEARNEY, Ne. – Griffon Tennis took it to No. 43 Nebraska-Kearney on Sunday at Harmon Park to solidify a 6-1 victory that cements Missouri Western as the No. 3 seed in the MIAA Tournament.
Despite
Anya Chavez and
Isabella MacGibbon losing to the No. 48-ranked team of Melisa Becerra and Jazmin Zamorano 7-6 (8-6 tiebreaker), No. 57 Missouri Western (15-4, 6-2 MIAA) logged the doubles win early on with the No. 3 and No. 2 matches finishing first. Chavez bounced back with a three-set win over Becerra later on in No. 1 singles while
Esther Güemes also went the distance in No. 2 singles to hand Narinda Ranaivo just her second conference defeat of the season.
Anaís Peralta Criado clinched a three-set win in her No. 4 singles match vs. Alexis Bernthal. In No. 5 singles,
Ioanna Lathouri logged her fourth win of the season with a two-set sweep of Clare Piachy while
Claudia Iglesias swept Masha Hatouka.
Doubles
No. 1: Melisa Becerra / Jazmin Zamorano (UNK) def.
Anya Chavez /
Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 7-6 (8-6 tiebreaker)
No. 2: Esther Güemes /
Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. Alexis Bernthal / Narinda Ranaivo (UNK) 6-4
No. 3: Ioanna Lathouri /
Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) def. Pranathi Gannavaram / Clare Plachy (UNK) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: Anya Chavez (MWSU) def. Melisa Becerra (UNK) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
No. 2: Esther Güemes (MWSU) def. Narinda Ranaivo (UNK) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3: Jazmin Zamorano (UNK) def.
Isabella MacGibbon 6-0, 7-5
No. 4: Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) def. Alexis Bernthal (UNK) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
No. 5: Ioanna Lathouri (MWSU) def. Clare Plachy (UNK) 6-0, 6-2
No. 6: Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. Masha Htaouka (UNK) 6-0, 6-3
NEXT UP
Missouri Western loads up for this week's MIAA Tournament in Edmond, Oklahoma. The No. 3 Griffons take on the No. 6 Newman Jets this Friday at 10 a.m. The Jets (14-10, 3-5) are winners of their last two but lost 7-0 to MWSU back on March 25 in Wichita, Kansas.
MIAA BRACKET
*All of Friday's matches are set for 10 a.m.
No. 1 Central Oklahoma vs. No. 8 Northeastern State
No. 2 Wasburn vs. No. 7 Emporia State
No. 3 Missouri Western vs. No. 6 Newman
No. 4 Northwest Missouri State vs. No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney
