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

Fort Hays State Tennis played its final home match of the spring on Wednesday (April 17), falling to No. 29 ranked Nebraska-Kearney by a score of 7-0. The Tigers fought hard, but the Lopers were too much to overcome with two nationally ranked and five regionally ranked individuals. UNK moved to 14-4 overall and 5-1 in the MIAA, while FHSU is now 6-11 overall and 0-6 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU celebrated Senior Day prior to the match as Fiorella Mendez<\/a><\/dfn> is the lone graduating senior on the squad this year. Over four years at FHSU, Mendez has collected over 50 wins in singles and doubles action combined and she had a thrilling singles match on Wednesday against Loper opponent Alexis Bernthal. Heidi Lubbers<\/a><\/dfn> also likely played her final home match with sister Hope in exhibition doubles as she plans to focus on her educational goals in her upcoming senior year of 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendez fell in the first set of her singles match with Bernthal 6-1, but battled back for a 6-4 second set win to force a third-set tiebreak. Mendez battled Bernthal throughout the tiebreak forcing a win-by-two situation, but unfortunately Bernthal, a regionally ranked player, won the tiebreak 12-10. Mendez was the only Tiger to take her match to three sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nebraska-Kearney’s top five singles players were all regionally ranked, but the Tigers still put up a valiant fight. At No. 1 singles, Shreethika Vangala<\/a><\/dfn> had a few set point opportunities against regionally ranked Melisa Becerra, but ultimately Becerra rallied to win the opening set 7-5 and went on to win 6-1 in the second. Irina Alfonso<\/a><\/dfn> fell to No. 31 nationally ranked Fabiana Gamboa at No. 2 singles 6-2, 6-0. Yone Pereiro<\/a><\/dfn> fell to No. 29 nationally ranked Jazmin Zamorano at No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-2. Ines Latorre<\/a><\/dfn> fell to a regionally ranked Loper in the No. 4 match 6-1, 6-1, and Grace Unruh<\/a><\/dfn> fell in her No. 6 match 6-1, 6-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In doubles play, the No. 2 team of Alfonso and Latorre and the No. 3 team of Pereiro and Unruh each fell by scores of 6-3. UNK’s No. 45 nationally ranked doubles pair of Becerra and Narindra Ranaivo won the No. 1 match over Mendez and Vangala 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In exhibition play, the Lubbers twins fell 6-0 in doubles action. In singles exhibition, Bethan Gill<\/a><\/dfn> and Ines Steeman<\/a><\/dfn> each came up short by scores of 6-2 and 6-0 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State goes on the road for its final four matches of the season. They play a pair of non-conference matches this weekend (April 20-21) in Arkadelphia, Arkansas at Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State, neighboring Great American Conference schools that are right across the street from each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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