Tennis Beats Harding
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Griffs win first round of NCAA Central Regional; play No. 1 UCO on Saturday.
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Winner Missouri Western MWSU (18-5)
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Harding HU (17-6)
Winner
Missouri Western MWSU
(18-5)
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Final
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Harding HU
(17-6)

Match Recap: Tennis |

Griffons take revenge over Harding in Regional return

EDMOND, Ok. — A return to the NCAA Tournament and revenge for one of the more hotly-contested matches of the season? Sounds like Griffon Tennis hit a two-for-one special with its 4-0 win over Harding on Friday at the Edmond Center Courts.

Missouri Western (18-5) made quite the splash in the first round of the Central Regional with a sweep over No. 4 Harding (17-6) 55 days after the Bison beat Griffon Tennis, 4-3, on March 12. The Griffs dominated early with two 6-1 victories in doubles play. On top of that, no matches in singles action saw more than two sets. 

Anya Chavez was deadlocked with Grace Dodd at 3-3 in No. 1 singles when Dodd had to retire from the match, giving MWSU its second point of the day. Nicole Donnelly notched her team's third point with a decisive two-set sweep of Allison Carppenter in No. 6 singles. Anaís Peralta Criado brought everything full circle with a clean 6-3, 6-2 match-clinching win over Lindy Carptenter in No. 4 singles. 

The Griffs were already up one set in No. 3 and No. 5 singles when the match ended. This is the Griffons' first sweep over Harding all-time and their 10th sweep of the season.

Doubles
No. 1: Allison Carpenter / Grace Dodd (HU) vs. Anya Chavez / Isabella MacGibbon (MWSU) 4-3 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 2: Esther Güemes / Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) vs. Romane Britt / Lindy Carpenter (HU) 6-1
No. 3: Ioanna Lathouri / Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) def. Emily Carpenter / Allison Jenkins (HU) 6-1
 
Singles
No. 1: Anya Chavez (MWSU) vs. Grace Dodd (HU) 3-3 (Dodd retired)
No. 2: Lina Romero (HU) vs. Esther Güemes (MWSU) 6-4, 3-0 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 3: Isabella MacGibbon vs. Romane Britt (HU) 6-4, 5-0 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 4: Anaís Peralta Criado (MWSU) def. Lindy Carpenter (HU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Claudia Iglesias (MWSU) vs. Emily Carpenter (HU) 7-6 (7-5 tiebreaker) 2-1 (DIDN'T FINISH)
No. 6: Nicole Donnelly (MWSU) def. Allison Carpenter (HU) 6-3, 6-1

UP NEXT 

Missouri Western meets No. 1 Central Oklahoma (20-1) for the third time this season on Saturday at 10 a.m. on the Bronchos' home court. Central Oklahoma has swept MWSU twice since April 9, including in the MIAA Championship. They're currently riding a 14-match winning streak are No. 4 in the nation.
 
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