Tennis Falls to NCAA Division II McKendree
Lebanon, Ill., (March 22, 2024)- The Missouri Valley College men's and women's tennis teams split contests with McKendree University. The women's team fell to 0-7 in matches, while the men's team also fell 0-7 .
Men's Tennis:
Doubles:
Freshman Sergio Martinez /Senior Francesco Caratti (Novara, Italy ) fell to Senior Leonardo Schmitz Frederico (Tijucas-Santa Cantrina, Brazil) / Sophomore Bendix Schröder (Syke, Germany), 1-6
Freshman Alvaro ruiz / Sophomore Alecson Adriano Deschamps (Blumenau, Brazil) defeated Senior Lorenzo del Biondo (Pescara, Italy) / Junior Seb Holden (Dorking, UK), 6-4
Freshman Ruslan Anunev (Novorossiysk, Russia) / Sophomore Alexis Diaz (Bordeaux, France) fell to Junior Luka Kalenic (Begrade, Serbia) / Sophomore Arhaan Pahwa (Barcelona, Spain) / Sophomore Luka Kalenic (Begradem Serbia), 6-7
Freshman Marc Bueso (Barecelona, Spain) / Freshman David Schalgeter (Meerbusch, Germany) fell to Junior Charlie Sanzo (Bristol, England) / Freshman Mathijs Aalpol (Guadalajara, Mexico), 2-6
Singles:
No.1 Martinez fell to Frederico, 1-6, 3-6
No. 2 Anvnev fell to Holden, 2-6, 1-6
No. 3 Diaz fell to Schröder, 1-6, 4-6
No. 4 Canatti fell to Kalenic 2-6, 3-6
No .5 Deschamps fell to Sanzo, 3-6, 3-6, 8-10
No. 6 Ruiz fell to Valerga, 7-5, 4-6, 9-11
No. 7 Bueso fell to Del Biondo, 6-8
No. 8 David fell to Aalpol, 2-8
Women's Tennis:
Doubles:
Sophomore Claudia Casas (Tarragona, Spain) / Sophomore Renata Martinez (Mexico City, Mexico) fell to Senior Camilla Fonseca (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) / Senior Viola Cipriani (Arezzo, Italy), 0-6
Freshman Hannah Brown (Marshall, Mo.) / Freshman Laura Moreno fell to Senior Sofija Djunisijevic (Cacak, Serbia), 0-6
Junior Tristian Liebenberg (Hartbeespoort, South Africa) / Freshman Deborah Mhizha fell to Senior Maria Vitoria Salomao (Minas Gerais, Brazil) / Junior Pien Ruempol (Wageningen, Netherlands), 0-6
Singles:
No. 1 Martinez fell to Fonseca, 3-6. 2-6
No. 2 Brown fell to Cipriani, 0-6, 1-6
No. 3 Casas fell to Poleksic, 2-6, 1-6
No. 4 Liebenberg fell to Djunisijevic, 0-6, 1-6
No. 5 Moreno fell to Salomao, 2-6, 0-6
No. 6 Mhizha fell to Ruempol, 0-6, 6-1
The men's team drops to 4-5, while the women's team sits at 3-6.
Up next, the Viking tennis teams will compete against Freed-Hardeman University at Indian Foothills Park in Marshall, Mo, Saturday, March 30th.
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