Tennis Teams Sweep Grand View, Split Against John Brown
Marshall, Mo., (April 6, 2024)- The Missouri Valley College men's and women's tennis teams played back-to-back contests this week, taking on Grand View (Iowa) at home and traveling to Siloam Springs, Ark., to play John Brown (Ark.). Both teams swept past Grand View in 7-0 wins, followed by the men's team defeating John Brown, 6-1, while the women's team fell, 4-3 in matches.
Vs. Grand View
Men's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Senior Francesco Caratti (Novara, Italy)/Freshman Sergio Martinez defeated Dylan Ramsey/Enzo Naveda, 6-4.
No. 2-Sophomore Alexis Diaz (Bordeaux, France)/Sophomore Alecson Deschamps (Bluemenau, Brazil) defeated Abbot Haner/Zachary Wallace, 6-2.
No. 3-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez defeated Ramsay, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 2-Freshman Ruslan Anurev (Novorossiysk, Russia) defeated Naveda, 6-3, 6-2.
No. 3-Diaz defeated Haner, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 4-Caratti defeated Wallace, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 5-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
No. 6-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
Women's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Sophomore Claudia Casas (Tarragona, Spain)/Sophomore Renata Martinez (Mexico City, Mexico) lost to Melanie Ortega/Kanishka Gowthaman, 6-7.
No. 2-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
No. 3-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez defeated Ortega, 6-2, 1-6, 10-8.
No. 2-Freshman Hannah Brown (Marshall, Mo.) defeated Gowthaman, 7-6, 2-6, 10-7.
No. 3-Freshman Deborah Mhziha defeated Elizaveta Ordiniteva, 6-0, 6-3.
No. 4-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
No. 5-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
No. 6-Missouri Valley won by forfeit.
Vs. John Brown
Men's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Martinez/Caratti defeated Hudson Dick/Spencer Keeter, 6-2.
No. 2-Deschamps/Freshman Alvaro Ruiz lost to Brady Dick/Negad Ezzat, 3-6.
No. 3-Diaz/Freshman Thomas Desgris (Annecy, France) defeated Carson Thoma/Mason Cary, 6-4.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez lost to Hudson Dick, 2-6, 0-6.
No. 2-Anunev defeated Ezzat, 6-3, 6-3.
No. 3-Diaz defeated Keeter, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 4-Caratti defeated Thoma, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 5-Deschamps defeated Brady Dick, 6-4, 7-5.
No. 6-Freshman Marc Bueso (Barcelon, Spain) defeated Hayes Stark, 6-2, 6-1
Exhibition Match-Desgris defeated Jon Hillock, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8.
Women's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Casas/Martinez lost to Lin Xin Tan/Abigail Woodring, 3-6.
No. 2-Brown/Freshman Laura Moreno lost to Ellie Swan/Erin Kuykendall, 4-6.
No. 3-Mhizha/Junior Tristan Liebenberg (Hartbeespoor, South Africa) defeated Kyla Isaac/Caroline Hillock, 6-0.
Singles:
No. 1-Martinez lost to Tan, 2-6, 2-6.
No. 2-Brown lost to Woodring, 7-6, 1-6, 7-10.
No. 3-Casas defeated Kuykendall, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 4-Liebenberg defeated Hillock, 6-2, 7-6.
No. 5-Moreno lost to Swan, 1-6, 4-6.
No. 6-Mhizha defeated Isaac, 6-3, 6-0.
The men's team improves to 7-5 on the season, while the women's team moves to 5-7.
Up next, the Viking tennis teams host Missouri Baptist in matches at Indian Foothills Park, Thursday at 1 p.m.
About Missouri Valley College
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