Tennis Teams Fall in Matches at McPherson
McPherson, Kan., (March 10, 2025)- The Missouri Valley College men's and women's tennis teams traveled to McPherson (Kan.) for non-conference matches, Monday afternoon. The men's team fell, 4-3 in matches, while the women's team lost, 5-2.
Men's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Junior Alecson Deschamps (Bluemenau, Brazil)/Sophomore Axel Duclos (Auch, France) lost to Celien Botlan/Oscar Brouwer, 3-6.
No. 2-Sophomore Bodgan Zakharov (Astana, Kazakhstan)/Sophomore Alvaro Ruiz (Barcelona, Spain) lost to Jayson Wasserfuhr/Arthur Nardy, 3-6.
No. 3-Freshman Felix Ortola (Madrid, Spain)/Sophomore David Schlageter (Meerbusch, Germany) lost to Texas Ranger Schmidt/Simon Delgadillo, 6-7.
Singles:
No. 1-Deschamps defeated Nardy, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
No. 2-Ruiz lost to Brouwer, 4-6, 3-6.
No. 3-Sophomore Marc Bueso (Manresa, Spain) lost to Botlan, 4-6, 3-6.
No. 4-Zakharov defeated Wasserfuhr, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 5-Valentin Laser defeated Delgadillo, 6-4, 7-6.
No. 6-Schlageter lost to Balazs Temesvari, 2-6, 4-6.
Women's Results:
Doubles:
No. 1-Senior Renata Olvera (Mexico City, Mexico)/Senior Milene Marciniuk (Curitiba, Brazil) lost to Alexandria Garcia/Vanessa Hoefer, 0-6.
No. 2-Sophomore Queralt Carbo (Barcelona, Spani)/Freshman Karabo Maluleke lost to Laureen Van Drunen/Taimi Nashiku, 1-6.
No. 3-Sophomore Keila Liebenberg (Hartbeespoort, South Africa)/Sophomore Deborah Mhizha (Masvingo, Zimbabwe) lost to Bella Ellerbee/Pia Hinricher, 1-6.
Singles:
No. 1-Marciniuk defeated Vanessa Hofer, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2-Maluleke lost to Garcia, 1-6, 0-6.
No. 3-Mhizha lost to Nashiku, 1-6, 1-6.
No. 4-Carbo defeated Van Drunen, 6-7, 6-2, 7-5.
No. 5-Liebenberg lost to Hinricher, 3-6, 4-6.
No. 6-Olvera lost to Ellerbee.
The men's team falls to 2-2, while the women's team sits at 2-1 on the season.
Up next, the Viking tennis teams will travel to Ottawa (Kan.) for matches against Ottawa (Kan.), Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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