Mustangs split pair in the Sunflower State
March 14, 2025

Mustangs split pair in the Sunflower State

OTTAWA, KAN. – Morningside’s women’s tennis team split a pair of contests to wrap up this week, falling to Bethel College 4-3 in Newton, Kan. before rebounding with a 5-2 win at Ottawa.

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OTTAWA, KAN. – Morningside's women's tennis team split a pair of contests to wrap up this week, falling to Bethel College 4-3 in Newton, Kan. before rebounding with a 5-2 win at Ottawa.

In the loss to Bethel, Sophia Guntren and Lidia Suarez picked up a win in no. 3 doubles, 6-2. Kailee Bailey won her singles match 6-0, 6-2; Stefany Simplicio won 6-3, 6-4; and Lidia Suarez won 6-4, 7-5.

An early start to the Ottawa match provided no adversity for the Mustangs, as a sweep of doubles was started off with a victory via default for Suarez and Guntren. Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall locked down the doubles point with a 6-2 win, and Bailey and Simplicio got a win 6-1.

Suarez and Gunren both got free passes in singles play, too, with Jensen's 6-2, 6-4 win at no. 1 all that was needed to secure the team's victory. Simplicio added an insurance tally with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at no. 4 singles.

Morningside begins conference play a week from Saturday as Hastings is the opponent to kick off the Great Plains Athletic Conference season at the Mason Family Tennis Complex.

Bethel

Doubles

  1. Daniela Herrera/Daniela Casique def. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall 6-3

  2. Grace Dawes/Patty Huerta def. Kailee Bailey/Stefany Simplicio 6-2

  3. Sophia Guntren/Lidia Suarez def. Kate Rowland/Charis Yager 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles

  1. Daniela Herrera def. Line Jensen 6-4, 6-1

  2. Daniela Casique def. Brooke Marshall 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

  3. Kailee Bailey def. Grace Dawes 6-0, 6-2

  4. Stefany Simplicio def. Jenna Mahoney 6-3, 6-4

  5. Patty Huerta def. Sophia Guntren 6-0, 4-6, 6-0

  6. Lidia Suarez def. Kate Rowland 6-4, 7-5

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

Ottawa

Doubles

  1. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall def. Valeria Rodriguez/Paula Persson 6-2

  2. Kailee Bailey/Stefany Simplicio def. Alejandra Parra/Camryn Medina 6-2

  3. Sophia Guntren/Lidia Suarez won via default

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles

  1. Line Jensen def. Valeria Rodriguez 6-2, 6-4

  2. Paula Persson def. Brooke Marshall 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

  3. Alejandra Parra def. Kailee Bailey 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 12-10

  4. Stefany Simplicio def. Camryn Medina 6-2, 6-3

  5. Sophia Guntren won via default

  6. Lidia Suarez won via default

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