By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
DENVER – Fort Hays State Tennis moved to 5-3 overall for the season after a 7-0 loss at MSU Denver on Sunday (March 10). The Roadrunners won all matches contested, moving to 3-8 overall on the season.
Fiorella Mendez had the most success for the Tigers in singles play at the No. 5 position. After dropping the first set 6-0, she bounced back to blank her opponent by the same score in the second set. Unfortunately, she came up short in the decisive tiebreak set by a score of 10-4.
In other singles matches, Yone Pereiro (No. 2) scored five points within her match, while Grace Unruh (No. 3) and Ines Steeman (No. 6) each scored three points within their matches. Shreethika Vangala scored a pair of points in the first set of her match at the No. 1 position. Bethan Gill (No. 4) was unable to generate any points in her match.
The No. 3 team of Gill and Unruh had the closest doubles match, falling 6-4. The No. 1 team of Mendez and Pereiro and No. 2 team of Vangala and Steeman each fell by scores of 6-1.
Fort Hays State returns to action this coming week at home with a match against Sterling College on Thursday (March 14), set to start at 11 a.m.
Saturday
PUEBLO, Colo. – Fort Hays State Tennis improved to 5-2 overall on the season with a 4-3 win over CSU-Pueblo on Saturday afternoon (March 9). The Tigers defeated the Thunderwolves by the same score they did in the fall portion of the season.
The Tigers won two of the three doubles matches contested. The No. 2 team of Irina Alfonso and Ines Latorre blanked their opponents 6-0, while the No. 3 team of Grace Unruh and Bethan Gill yielded only one point in a 6-1 victory. The No. 1 team of Fiorella Mendezand Yone Pereiro fell 6-2.
With a team point in hand, the Tigers needed to a least split singles matches for a win. They did just that, getting victories at the No. 4, 5, and 6 positions all in straight sets. Unruh won at the No. 4 position 6-1, 6-0, while Gill won by the same scores at the No. 5 position. Mendez blanked her opponent at the No. 6 position 6-0, 6-0. Unruh had the clinching point in the match since her result put the Tigers up 4-0 in matches that were complete.
The Thunderwolves took the final three singles matches to finish. Alfonso generated five points in her match at the No. 1 position, while Latorre was down a set and defaulted out of her match at the No. 2 position. Pereiro generated three points in her match at the No. 3 position.