{"id":71312,"date":"2023-02-20T08:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=71312"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:24:58","slug":"tennis-falls-at-di-omaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=71312","title":{"rendered":"Tennis falls at DI Omaha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OMAHA, Neb. – Fort Hays State tennis dropped to 3-3 overall after a road loss to Division I Omaha Saturday afternoon (Feb. 18). It was the first match of the 2023 calendar year for the Tigers and the eighth match of the year for the Mavericks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mavericks jumped out to an early advantage after winning all three doubles matches, but the No. 2 doubles pairing of Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn> and Stefany Stemmer<\/a><\/dfn> were able to push their opponents to a tiebreaking third set, falling 7-5. Fort Hays was outscored 6-2 at both the No.1 and No. 3 slots in doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Paz Diaz<\/a><\/dfn> and Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn> battled all afternoon, winning five games each in their singles matches. Both Tigers fell by scores of 6-2 and 6-3. After a 6-0 set back in the first set, Unruh notched four games in set two before falling 6-4 to Keegan VanPelt in the No. 4 singles match. Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn> (No. 1) and Stemmer (No. 2) both were able to produce points in their singles contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers will be in action again on Thursday (Mar. 2) when they travel to Hastings, Neb. to take on Hastings College. The match is set to begin at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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