Sept. 13, 2014 Schedule | Folllow @MSUBearsTennis
SPRINGFIELD - The Missouri State women's tennis team completed its first day of play at the Drury Fall Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
The Bears faced off against Drury University, Washington University (MO) and Northwest Missouri State in the first day of exhibition play Saturday. MSU played singles matches against each school, with each match being played in one set and up to eight games.
Sophomore Mackenzie Rozell went 3-0 in singles matchups Saturday to lead the Bears. She was the lone MSU tennis player to pick up a victory in the Bears' first pairing against Drury University, an 8-5 win.
In their second matchup Saturday, MSU split with Washington University (MO). Junior Miranda Poile earned her first victory of the day in an 8-3 victory, Rozell picked up her second win and sophomore Ekaterina Donetskova didn't drop a game in her match for her first victory on Saturday.
MSU capped the day off by winning four of its six matches against Northwest Missouri State. Poile and Rozell each won their matches 8-4, Donetskova earned an 8-2 decision and freshman Abbey Belote completed the Bears' lineup with an 8-4 victory to finish her day at 1-2.
The Bears return to play in the final day of the Drury Fall Tournament with doubles matches beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
First Match vs. Drury University
Ali (DU) def. Turudija (MSU), 8-4
Monsch (DU) def. Molina (MSU), 8-1
Kozel (DU) def. Poile (MSU), 8-5
Rozell (MSU) def. Halicka (DU), 8-5
Mueller (DU) def. Donetskova (MSU), 8-0
Zambrano (DU) def. Belote (MSU), 8-2 Second Match vs. Washington University
Silverberg (WU) def. Turudija (MSU), 8-4
Ho (WU) def. Molina (MSU), 8-3
Poile (MSU) def. Newstadt (WU), 8-3
Rozell (MSU) def. Griffith (WU), 8-2
Donetskova (MSU) def. Lee (WU), 8-0
Gunter (WU) def. Belote (MSU), 8-3 Second Match vs. Northwest Missouri State
Quesada (NMSU) def. Turudija (MSU), 8-3
Rivas (NMSU) def. Molina (MSU), 8-7 (8)
Poile (MSU) def. Kolen (NMSU), 8-4
Rozell (MSU) def. Jaquet (NMSU), 8-4
Donetskova (MSU) def. Hull (NMSU), 8-2
Belote (MSU) def. Krager (NMSU), 8-4
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