Mustangs take two in Des Moines

DES MOINES, IOWA – The Mustangs picked up a pair of wins today in Des Moines, beating a shorthanded Grand View team 6-1 and sweeping Truman State 7-0.

Morningside swept doubles in the day's opener, as Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall won 6-0 and Emma Dahlhoff and Ellie Peterson won 6-2. Sophia Guntren and Lidia Suarez picked up a victory via forfeit.

In singles, Dahlhoff won the no. 6 match via forfeit, Addison Meyers won 6-0, 6-0; and Peterson won 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the match. Guntren added a 6-0, 6-0 victory and Stefany Simplicio won 6-3, 6-2 to round out Morningside's scoring.

The Mustangs' sweep of Truman State started with a Jensen-Marshall 6-1 victory. Guntren and Suarez secured the doubles point with a 6-2 win, but Bailey and Simplicio added another 6-2 victory for good measure.

Jensen kept the ball rolling for Morningside with a 6-3, 6-2 singles victory; Bailey added a 6-0, 6-3 win; and Marshall clinched for the Mustangs with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

Simplicio won her no. 4 match 6-3, 6-4; Guntren won 6-2, 6-2; and Suarez finished off the sweep 6-1, 6-2.

Morningside's varsity crew is back on the courts on Saturday competing against Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. at the First Serve Tennis Center.

Grand View

Doubles

1. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall def. Melanie Ortega/Jayah Kent 6-0

2. Emma Dahlhoff/Ellie Peterson def. Elizaveta Ordinteva/Reese Casey 6-2

3. Sophia Guntren/Lidia Suarez def. Forfeit

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles

1. Melanie Ortega def. Kailee Bailey 6-4, 1-6, 10-8

2. Stefany Simplicio def. Elizaveta Ordinteva 6-3, 6-2

3. Sophia Guntren def. Jayah Kent 6-0, 6-0

4. Ellie Peterson def. Reese Casey 6-0, 6-1

5. Addison Meyers def. Chloe Hobscheidt 6-0, 6-0

6. Emma Dahlhoff def. Forfeit

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

Truman State

Doubles

1. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall def. Sydney Dial/Nayana Malangi 6-1

2. Kailee Bailey/Stefany Simplicio def. Finley Laforge/Mary Grace Seymore 6-2

3. Sophia Guntren/Lidia Suarez def. Himari Maruyama/Abbi Worster 6-2

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles

1. Line Jensen def. Sydney Dial 6-3, 6-2

2. Brooke Marshall def. Nayana Malangi 6-2, 6-1

3. Kailee Bailey def. Finley Laforge 6-0, 6-3

4. Stefany Simplicio def. Mary Grace Seymore 6-3, 6-4

5. Sophia Guntren def. Himari Maruyama 6-2, 6-2

6. Lidia Suarez def. Abbi Worster 6-1, 6-2

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