The Webster University women's tennis team played one of the few college sporting events in St. Louis on March 1, with a six-inch snowfall on the ground. The Gorloks escaped indoors but still lost to NCAA II Maryville University, 9-0, at Vetta's Concord indoor facility.
Webster was overmatched by the Saints, a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, a program that awards athletic scholarships. Marissa Lewis (SR, Owasso, OK/Owasso HS) and Monica Behrle (Atlanta, GA/East Paulding HS) both suffered their first singles losses of the year.
Lewis, playing at #1 singles, took her counterpart to a tie-breaker set and was finally outlasted, 14-12. Lewis is now 5-1 on the year. Behrle, playing at #2 singles, also took her opponent to a tie-breaker set. Behrle fell, 10-7, in the third set and is now 6-1 on the year.
The Gorloks are 2-2 overall on the year. The team will head to Hilton Head, South Carolina, for spring break on March 7-14. Webster will play five different schools on the trip before opening play in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on March 21 with a match at Blackburn College (IL).
Full results for the Maryville match were:
Maryville University 9, Webster University 0Singles competition
1. Puck Vlaskamp (MARY) def. Marissa Lewis (WUWT) 6-2, 3-6, 14-12
2. Andrea Fandino (MARY) def. Monica Behrle (WUWT) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
3. Bekah Anderson (MARY) def. Kaylen Kress (WUWT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Kathi Tietmann (MARY) def. J. Steffens-Willis (WUWT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Kine Kleppe (MARY) def. Stephanie Lass (WUWT) 6-0, 6-1
6. Makenna Parker (MARY) def. Chelsea Foster (WUWT) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Puck Vlaskamp/Anne Lutz (MARY) def. Marissa Lewis/Kaylen Kress (WUWT) 8-1
2. Kine Kleppe/Bekah Anderson (MARY) def. Monica Behrle/J. Steffens-Willis (WUWT) 8-3
3. Andrea Fandino/Kathi Tietmann (MARY) def. Stephanie Lass/Morgan Rabe (WUWT) 8-1
