No. 71 Tennis Splits Doubleheader On Senior Day

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Columbia, MO. - No. 71-ranked University of Missouri tennis finished their last home matches of the season, splitting a doubleheader against No. 38-ranked Kentucky and Lindenwood. The Tigers fell to the Wildcats 4-0 but defeated the Lions 4-0. Mizzou is now 13-14 and 2-13 in Southeastern Conference matches, while Kentucky is 12-12 and 5-10 in SEC play. Lindenwood is 5-8 and 2-3 in conference play.

Match One: Kentucky

Starting the day, the Tigers dropped the doubles points, losing on courts one and three. Junior Andrea Artimedi and senior Inah Canete's match went unfinished on court two, down 5-1.

In singles play, two Tigers went up against ranked players. At No. 1, senior Mary Brumfield fought against the No. 40-ranked singles player Zoe Hammond, losing 7-5 in the first set and 6-1 in the second. Canete, at No. 2, went up against No. 80-ranked Julia Zhu, winning her first set 6-2 and losing the second 6-2. The match went unfinished as they headed into the third. Freshman Korina Roso put up a fight as her first set went into a tiebreak 6-7 (5-7) but won the second 6-2 before the match went unfinished.

Match Two: Lindenwood

Winning the second doubles point of the day, Mizzou started off strong, winning at No. 2 and No. 3. At No. 2, Artimedi and Canete defeated their opponents 6-2, while at No. 3, graduate student Lailaa Bashir and freshman Zoe Lazar won their match 6-0.

Ending the final regular season match at home during singles, the Tigers led in all of their matches, with two going unfinished but winning the first sets in all. Finishing first was freshman Gian Octa , who won both sets 6-1 at No. 4. Following behind was Artimedi at No. 2, who also won her sets 6-1, 6-2. To clinch the overall win, Lazar at No. 3 won 6-1, 6-3.

Head Coach Bianca Turati

It didn't go our way against Kentucky this morning. Our opponents did a better job handling the windy conditions and took better advantage during clutch moments of the matches. We handled business well against Lindenwood to bounce back and we'll get back to work in the next couple of days. We are looking forward to the SEC tournament next week.

UP NEXT

The Tigers will compete in the SEC tournament on Wednesday April, 16 in Auburn, Alabama.

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Full Results: Match One

Missouri 0, Kentucky 4

Doubles

Order of Finish: 1, 3

Singles

Order of Finish: 3, 5, 1

Full Results: Match Two

Missouri 4, Lindenwood 0

Doubles

Order of Finish: 3, 2

Singles

Order of Finish: 4, 3, 2

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