FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2006

Lions pick up a sweep of Dordt College
 

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Missouri Southern won its third straight match to improve to 4-5 on the season, sweeping Dordt (Iowa) College 9-0 in Bolivar, Mo. Saturday (March 18).

The Lions, 1-1 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and ranked third in the North Central Region in the March 10 Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings, host Northwest Missouri State on Tuesday (March 21). NWMSU is ranked second in the same regional poll and 40th in the nation.

Listed below are complete results from the match with Dordt:
 

Missouri Southern 9, Dordt (Iowa) 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Barb Gombosi/Michelle Hall (MSSU) def. Alanna Dake/Betsy Barr (DC), 8-3
No. 2 - Kristen Meschede/Kim McMunn (MSSU) def. Mel DeYoung/Libby Dykstra (DC), 8-0
No. 3 - Ashton Lawrence/Kasey Adams (MSSU) def. Steph Helmus/Emily Wierengs (DC), 8-3

Singles
No. 1 - Hall (MSSU) def. Dake (DC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 - Gombosi (MSSU) def. Barr (DC), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - Meschede (MSSU) def. Helmus (DC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - McMunn (MSSU) def. DeYoung (DC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 - Lawrence (MSSU) def. Dykstra (DC), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 - Adams (MSSU) def. Wierenga (DC), 6-1, 6-1

MSSU Records:
Kasey Adams: 4-10
Barb Gombosi: 9-9
Michelle Hall: 9-9
Carissa Knoderer: 2-0
Ashton Lawrence: 7-7
Kim McMunn: 4-3
Kristen Meschede: 8-7
x-Erin Fritz: 1-5

Adams/Lawrence: 3-5
Adams/Meschede: 0-1
Gombosi/Hall: 9-4
McMunn/Meschede: 3-5

x-no longer on team.