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LWC Women's Tennis closes out regular season with 9-0 win

By Chris Wells

COLUMBIA, KY - No. 3-ranked Lindsey Wilson women's tennis closed out the regular season today with a 9-0 win over Pikeville (KY) on Senior Day at Henry Baughman Tennis Complex.

The Blue Raiders clinched the outright Mid-South Conference regular season title - the program's 12th - and the top-seed in next week's MSC Tournament with today's win.

In her final match at Baughman, Jessica King picked up a pair of wins. She and doubles partner Fiona Curty won 8-1 in the second-seeded match while King posted a 6-0, 6-2 win in singles. King improves to 13-5 in singles this season with her seventh consecutive win.



The Blue Raiders (15-4, 7-0 in the MSC) dropped just one game in the three doubles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead heading into singles.

Alex Shchipakina and Maria Prados Cid remained unbeaten in 11 matches this season with an 8-0 win in the third-seeded match. Henar Munoz and Natalia Kattah improved to 10-2 on the season with their 8-0 win in the top-seeded match.

Shchipakina gave Lindsey Wilson a 4-0 lead in the team match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Mounia Sami in the second-seeded singles match.

King collected the decisive point with a straight-sets win over Thais Bezerra in the third-seeded match.

Munoz and Prados Cid claimed straight-set wins while Kattah and Curty made it a clean sweep with super-set wins.

With the win, Lindsey Wilson closes the regular season with a perfect 13-0 record against NAIA competition. The Blue Raiders enter postseason play having won their last four matches without dropping an individual match.

Chris Wells is Sports Information Director at Lindsey Wilson College


This story was posted on 2016-04-16 04:05:58
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