Box Score WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Missouri Western Tennis took down No. 33 Midwestern State to notch their first win against a ranked team this season, winning 4-1 against the Mustangs with two singles games not finishing as the Griffons took the fourth point to end the match.
The win marks the Griffons' first win over a ranked team since April 30, 2022, when they took down No. 54 Washburn 4-3 in the MIAA tournament. The Griffons fell in the doubles matches before snagging four-straight-singles matches to take the win.
DOUBLES
Anya Chavez and
Cristina Granero Boj fell in the No. 1 singles match to No. 38 Amelia Lawson and Sydney Williams 6-2.
Isabella MacGibbon and
Anais Peralta Criado took the No. 2 doubles match over Alice DiMatteo and Kanaha Furutani 6-3.
Ariella Curci and
Lucia Casas Blas fell in the No. 3 match to Emilija Visic and Skylar Minns 6-4, giving the Mustangs the doubles point.
SINGLES
The No. 1 singles match wasn't finished, but Chavez and Lawson were in a third set. with Chavez winning the first set 6-4 and Lawson winning the second 6-4. MacGibbon won the No. 2 singles match over Hannah Yip 6-4, 7-5. Granero Boj took the No. 3 singles match over DiMatteo 6-4, 7-6. Casas Blas took down Visic in the No. 4 singles match 6-1, 7-5. The No. 5 singles match didn't finish, with Criado falling to Minns in the first set, 6-2 and then taking the second set 7-6. The No. 6 match saw
Nicole Donnelly take down Williams 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
NOTABLES
- The Griffons still are yet to drop a singles match against Division II opposition.
- This match marks the first of four-straight matches against ranked teams.
- The two unfinished matches were both in the third set, with both games being within one point of each other.
UP NEXT
The Griffons head to Arlington, Texas, to take on No. 42 Dallas Baptist (14-2) on Thursday. First serve is set at 11 a.m.
