Box Score EDMOND, Ok. — Griffon Tennis won its fourth match in a row this Saturday, avenging its April 12 loss to Washburn with a 4-3 final that gives Missouri Western a shot at its first-ever MIAA Championship.
Knotted a 3-3 with only No. 4 singles to go,
Anaís Peralta Criado sent the Griffons to the MIAA Championship with a three-set win, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The All-MIAA second teamer defeated Lara Schmid, who defeated
Ioanna Lathouri in No. 5 singles back on April 12 when Washburn beat MWSU, 5-2.
The Ichabods (14-11, 7-1 MIAA) took the early doubles point with wins in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Washburn also won the doubles point back on MWSU's senior day. The Griffs (17-4, 6-2 MIAA) responded with emphatic wins in No. 1 and No. 5 singles.
This is the Griffons' third win all-time against the Ichabods. Washburn was up 30-2 in the series before Saturday with MWSU's last win coming in 2016. Sunday's match will be Missouri Western's first team appearance in the MIAA Tournament Championship.
Doubles
No. 1: Isabella Martensson/ Lara Schmid (WU) vs.
Anya Chavez /
Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 5-5 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 2: Maja Jung / Kinsey Fields (WU) def.
Esther Güemes /
Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) 6-3
No. 3: Marta Torres / Svea Crohn (WU) def.
Ioanna Lathouri /
Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1: Anya Chavez (MWSU) def. Marta Torres (WU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 2: Svea Crohn (WU) def.
Esther Güemes (MWSU) 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
No. 3: Maja Jung (WU) def.
Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4: Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) def. Lara Schmid (WU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
No. 5: Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) def. Isabella Martensson (WU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6: Nicole Donnelly (MWSU) Cadence Lynn (WU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5 tiebreaker)
NEXT UP: MIAA CHAMPIONSHIP
The No. 1 seed Central Oklahoma Bronchos (19-1, 8-0) stand in No. 3 Missouri Western's way for the Griffons' first MIAA Championship. The No. 4-nationally ranked Bronchos are winners of 13-straight matches, including a 7-0 sweep of the Griffs on April 9 in St. Joseph and most previously a 4-0 sweep of Northwest Missouri State in the semifinals. Since their first bout with UCO, No. 51 Missouri Western is 5-1 with their only loss in that span occurring against now-defeated Washburn.
Sunday's championship clash for the conference title is set for 10 a.m.
