April 2, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tennis Lions go 1-1 at NSU Invitational
Lions drop Northwest Missouri, fall to
Midwestern State
The Missouri Southern women’s tennis
team improved to 7-6 overall and defeated conference opponent
Northwest Missouri State on Friday at the Northeastern State
Invitational in Tahlequah, Okla.
Southern opened play on Friday by suffering
a 5-0 defeat at the hands of No. 32-ranked Midwestern State
(Texas), but bounced back with a 5-3 victory over Northwest
Missouri. The Lions took two of the three doubles matches from
the Bearcats and came away winners at Nos. 3-5 singles. Senior
Kim McMunn’s 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles cemented
the victory in the four-hour dual with NWMSU.
Action continues on Saturday at the
Invitational as the Lions meet Rockhurst in an 8:30 a.m. match.
Listed below are complete results from
Friday’s action in Tahlequah:
Midwestern State 5, Missouri Southern 0
DOUBLES
No. 1-Arlegard/Beukes, Midwestern, def.
Sheryl Posch/Lacey McMunn, MSSU, 8-2
No. 2-Muller/Wuthrich, Midwestern, def.
Barb Gombosi/Kim McMunn, MSSU, 8-3
No. 3-Hays/VanReenen, Midwestern, def.
Kristen Meschede/Amy Stredney, MSSU, 8-2
SINGLES
No. 1-Arlegard, Midwestern, def. Posch,
MSSU, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5-Hays, Midwestern, def. Meschede,
MSSU, 6-2, 6-4
Missouri Southern 5, Northwest Missouri
State 3
DOUBLES
No. 1-Tapia/Lindsey, NWMSU, def. Posch/L.
McMunn, 8-3
No. 2-Gombosi/K. McMunn, MSSU, def.
Lipira/Herner, NWMSU, 8-2
No. 3-Meschede/Stredney, MSSU, def.
Pendrak/Cartier, NWMSU, 8-5
SINGLES
No. 1-Tapia, NWMSU, def. Posch, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2-Lindsey, NWMSU, def. L. McMunn, 6-1,
6-0
No. 3-Gombosi, MSSU, def. Lipira, NWMSU,
2-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4-K. McMunn, MSSU, def. Herner, NWMSU,
7-6, 3-6, 6-4
No. 5-Meschede, MSSU, def. Pendrak, NWMSU,
6-1, 3-6, 6-0