Tennis Teams Split Home Matches with Missouri Baptist
Marshall, Mo., (April 11, 2024)- The Missouri Valley College men's and women's tennis teams hosted Missouri Baptist in matches at Indian Foothills Park, Thursday, against Missouri Baptist. The men's team finished out a 6-1 victory in matches, while the women's team fell, 5-2.
Men's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Senior Caratti (Novara, Italy)/Freshman Sergio Martinez lost to Luca da Silva Ebenriter/Dragan Omcikus, 4-6.
No. 2-Sophomore Alecson Deschamps (Blumenau, Brazil)/Freshman Alvaro Ruiz defeated Timofey Tokmakov/Arkhip Tokmakov, 6-2.
No. 3-Freshman Thomas Desgris (Annecy, France/Sophomore Alexis Diaz (Bordeaux, France) defeated Youssef Ihab Mokhles/Nicolas Sanchez, 6-1.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez lost to da Silva Ebenriter, 0-6, 3-6.
No. 2-Diaz defeated Omcikus, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 3-Caratti defeated Ihab Mokhles, 6-3, 6-2.
No. 4-Deschamps defeated Arkhip Tokmakov, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 5-Ruiz defeated Timofey Tokmakov, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 6-Freshman Marc Bueso (Barcelona, Spain) defeated Sanchez, 2-6, 6-3, 10-5.
Women's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Sophomore Claudia Casas (Tarragona, Spain)/Sophomore Renata Martinez (Curitiba, Brazil) lost to Camila Gomez/Luana Luersen, 3-6.
No. 2-Freshman Hannah Brown (Marshall, Mo.)/Freshman Laura Moreno lost to Mariana Azevedo/Teodora Iacob, 4-6.
No. 3-Junior Milene Marciniuk(Curitiba, Brazil)/Freshman Deborah Mhizha defeated Jocelynn Carmody/Mia McIsaac, 6-4.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez lost to Gomez, 6-2, 1-6, 6-7.
No. 2-Brown lost to Luersen, 2-6, 6-7.
No. 3-Marciniuk lost to Carmody, 3-6, 2-6.
No. 4-Casas defeated Nina Vasiljkovic, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 5-Moreno lost to McIsaac, 1-6, 2-6.
No. 6-Mhizha defeated Azevedo, 6-2, 6-2.
The win moves the men's team to 8-5 overall, while the women's sits at 5-7.
Up next, the Viking tennis teams will finish the regular season with matches at Baker (Kan.), Saturday at 2 p.m.
About Missouri Valley College
Known for its dynamic, richly diverse, and friendly educational environment, Missouri Valley College offers many opportunities to grow in mind, body, and spirit. Grounded in the liberal arts, undergraduate studies empower students to master interdisciplinary skills needed to succeed in a knowledge-based global society. MVC offers over 30 academic programs, study abroad program, extracurricular activities, and a wide variety of sports. The most popular majors include education and business, criminal justice and exercise science. Above all, Valley is committed to student success. For more information, call (660) 831-4000 or visit www.moval.edu.