{"id":72455,"date":"2023-04-07T07:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=72455"},"modified":"2023-04-07T07:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:54:22","slug":"griffons-beat-tiger-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=72455","title":{"rendered":"Griffons beat Tiger tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ST. JOSEPH, Mo. &#8211; Fort Hays State fell 7-0 to Missouri Western on Thursday afternoon (Apr. 6) in MIAA play. The Griffons swept all nine matches contested on the day. The No. 37 ranked Griffons improved to 11-4 overall, 4-2 in the MIAA, while FHSU moved to 6-11 overall, 0-7 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The No. 1 team of&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/e1fdc34a-ee78-4d84-afe0-b5fb8977c016?elinkdata=209174\">Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/cb401303-2a8c-466c-ab12-9aca00e03159?elinkdata=209174\">Maria Paz Diaz<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;were the only Tiger doubles team to win a game within doubles competition, falling 6-1 in their contest. The other two matches went in favor of the Griffons 6-0 as they secure the first team point of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/0a3a4271-d71f-445d-b405-df43716d999c?elinkdata=209174\">Maria Paz Diaz<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(No. 4) came the closest to forcing a tiebreak set in her singles match, falling 7-5 in the second set after dropping the opening set 6-2.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/ef610c43-2508-4491-ac64-606be0827210?elinkdata=209174\">Stefany Stemmer<\/a><\/dfn>took six games off her opponent at the No. 1 position, falling 6-4, 6-2.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/8973854f-10ad-442d-a42c-4c6a87330d67?elinkdata=209174\">Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(No. 6) won five games within her match, a 6-2, 6-3 loss.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/bf561f5e-1dbe-4ff0-b187-0f8bb1eab7e4?elinkdata=209174\">Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(No. 2) took three games in her match and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/ecdbbd63-ebcc-43d2-bc80-0c468ddd03e2?elinkdata=209174\">Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(No. 3) took one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/6240cb6c-e0c5-4a47-8c22-13f0e47fdb8f?elinkdata=209174\">Heidi Lubbers<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"http:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/services\/go.ashx\/7a76608a-0ff1-4415-9d14-bed223755e6e?elinkdata=209174\">Hope Lubbers<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;played exhibition contests aside from the official scoring matches. They won their doubles match and Hope took her singles match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tigers continue their road trip with non-conference action at Truman in Kirksville, Mo. on Friday (Apr. 7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION ST. JOSEPH, Mo. &#8211; Fort Hays State fell 7-0 to Missouri Western on Thursday afternoon (Apr. 6) in MIAA play. 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