GREENVILLE, Ill. – The Webster University women's tennis team was back in action this afternoon when they traveled to Greenville, Illinois, to play a doubleheader. The Gorloks split the doubleheader as they fell to Loras (Iowa) College by a final score of 6-3 and then defeated Greenville (Ill.) University by a final score of 6-3. With the split, the Gorloks improve to 4-2 on the year.
In their first match of the day, the Gorloks got off to a good start as they took two out of three in doubles.
Erin Brezovar and
Bailey Higgins defeated Isabel Schwabe and Lauren Diiulio in #1 doubles by a final score of 8-4.
Maddie Mena and
Kylie Chitwood took #2 doubles as they defeated Sara Backus and Dorothy Deans by a final score of 8-4.
Erin Brezovar carried over her momentum into singles as she was able to score the final point for the Gorloks. She defeated Isabel Schwabe by final scores of 6-3 and 6-1 in #1 singles.
Webster got off to another great start in their second match of the day as they swept doubles.
Erin Brezovar and
Bailey Higgins took #1 doubles over Mireia Birosta and Addison Brannon by a final score of 8-6.
Kylie Chitwood and
Maddie Mena won #2 doubles as they defeated Callie Adkins and Natalie Higashi by a final score of 8-7 (3). Lastly,
Emily Casey and
Bailee Pineda won #3 doubles over Stephanie Kamp and Sarah Brannon by a final score of 8-3.
Webster scored their final three points in singles as they won #3 singles, #4 singles, and #6 singles.
Kylie Chitwood won #3 singles over Stephanie Kamp by final scores of 6-3 and 6-2.
Maddie Mena won #4 singles over Callie Adkins by final scores of 6-7 (5), 6-1, and 14-12.
Bailee Pineda closed out the scoring as she won #6 singles over Sarah Brannon by final scores of 6-0 and 6-1.
The women's tennis team will wrap up their season at the ITA Regional Championships from Friday, September 30
th to Sunday, October 2
nd. The tournament will take place at Washington (Mo.) University in St. Louis, Missouri.