The Lindenwood tennis teams traveled to Southern Indiana University for their spring season openers on Saturday. The women's team came away with a 7-2 victory thanks to five wins in singles and two in doubles while the men grabbed one win in singles in the 8-1 loss.
On the women's side,
Tereza Melicharkova paired up with
Clara Piccamiglio at No. 1 doubles and routed their opponents by a final score of 8-2. The Eagles responded with a win at No. 2 shortly after, but the Lady Lions stamped the doubles portion of the match due to the tandem of
Haya Hamed and
Alexis McCarthy prevailing at No. 3 behind an 8-6 tally.
Piccamiglio carried over her momentum from doubles into singles as she needed three sets to overcome Kymberly Brannon by a final score of 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at No. 4. Following Piccamiglio's lead was
Anna Barbasheva at No. 2 when she took down Kelsey Shipman behind a close 7-5 first set and a comfortable 6-2 second set. As the Lady Lions led the Eagles 4-1, Hamed completed her perfect day when she beat Brenna Wu in straight sets at No. 3.
After the Eagles collected their second victory of the match at No. 1,
Rebeca Aguilar and
Diana Castro crusied through their matches at No. 5 and 6 respectively as they each defeated their opponents in straight sets to seal the victory.
The men started off strong in doubles, but could not escape with a win.
Theo Butaeye and
Corentin Seywart paired up at No. 1 and contested with their opponents to a close 8-5 score.
Filip Bogic and
Antoine Barraud were the closest to win as they fell just short 9-7 at No. 2.
The Eagles clinched the victory through the first three singles matches as they took No. 1, 2, and 3. They also captured the No. 4 match to increase their lead to 7-0. However, the Lions avoided getting swept when Barraud tallied a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ilia Karelin at No. 5.
After the victory, the women improved their overall record to 4-1 for the season while the men fell to 3-3 after the loss. Both teams will travel to Springfield, Mo. next weekend to take on visiting Oklahoma Baptist and host Drury.
