Isabella Espinoza
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Women's Tennis Niel DeVasto Sports Information Director

Women's Tennis Finishes Fourth in SLIAC

The Webster University women's tennis team finished fourth in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, falling to Westminster College, 5-4, on April 26 at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park.

For the Gorloks, it was deju vu as the Gorloks lost to the Blue Jays in Fulton, MO, 5-4, on April 16.  Webster won the #1 doubles behind Marissa Lewis (JR, Owasso, OK/Owasso HS) and Kaylen Kress (SO, Bartlett, IL/Bartlett HS), but lost at #s 2-3 to go down 2-1.

The Gorloks took the #s 1-3 singles, only to lose at s 4-6 to fall in the match. 5-4. Lewis extended her singles winning streak to 11 at 1 with a straight sets win.  Kress won at straight sets at #2 as did Isabella Espinoza (JR, Temecula, CA/Temecula Valley HS) at #3.

Lewis ends the season with the winning streak in hand and was 12-4 in singles and 11-7 in doubles for the year.  In match play, Lewis was 11-3 and 10-6, going 1-1 at both singles and doubles in ITA Tournament play.  Along with partner Kaylen Kress, she won 10 of her final 13 doubles matches on the year.

Kaylen Kress (SO, Bartlett, IL/Bartlett HS) wound up 9-4 in singles play, all at #2, and 10-6 in doubles play, all at #1 as well.  Kress won her last five singles matches in a row and along with Lewis, won 10 of her last 13 doubles matches on the season.

The women's team had to cope with injury this season, losing #3 singles and #2 doubles player Kathleen Kennedy just five matches into the spring schedule.

Complete final season individual and team results can be found HERE.
 
The Gorloks finished the season 5-11 overall.  Webster will lose no seniors from this year's squad, and will return three juniors and a sophomore with considerable playing experience for 2014-15.
 
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