Women's tennis falls to Missouri Baptist

KANSAS CITY, MO. – The Mustangs suffered their season's first loss at the hands of Missouri Baptist at Kansas City's Northland Racquet Club, falling 5-2 to the Spartans.

Following Missouri Baptist's sweep of doubles play, Morningside got on the board with singles wins from Line Jensen and Sophia Guntren. Jensen won her no. 1 singles match 6-4, 6-2. Guntren lost her opening set 3-6 before picking up a 6-4 set and taking the super tiebreaker 10-2.

The Mustangs travel to Des Moines to play Grand View and Truman State on Thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m.

Doubles

1. Nirva Patel/Yvonne Shannon def. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall 6-0

2. Polina Agapitova/Mariana Azevedo def. Stefany Simplicio/Addison Meyers 6-2

3. Jocelyn Carmody/Mia McIsaac def. Kailee Bailey/Sophia Guntren 6-4

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles

1. Line Jensen def. Nirva Patel 6-4, 6-2

2. Yvonne Shannon def. Brooke Marshall 6-1, 1-6, 6-2

3. Polina Agapitova def. Kailee Bailey 6-0, 6-2

4. Jocelynn Carmody def. Stefany Simplicio 6-3, 6-2

5. Sophia Guntren def. Mariana Azevedo 3-6, 6-4, 10-2

6. Mia McIsaac def. Ellie Peterson 4-6, 6-2, 10-7

Order of Finish: 3,1, 2, 4, 5, 6