Mustangs Blank (RV) Bulldogs

KEARNEY, Neb. – The Mustangs kept rolling with a 7-0 win over McPherson in Kearney, Neb. yesterday, picking up two of the three doubles matches before running the table in singles play.

Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall and Kailee Bailey and Jil Exelmans locked up the doubles point for Morningside with a 6-4 win each, giving the Mustangs the upper hand headed to singles play.

In singles play, Marshall's 6-2, 6-1 was the first in the books. Jensen followed with a 6-0, 6-4 victory at no. 1, and Heinrich sealed the match with a 6-1, 6-3 win at no. 2 singles.

Bailey followed with a win over a former Great Plains Athletic Conference opponent, as she won the no. 5 match 7-6 with a 7-1 tiebreaker, 7-5. Kreibich added a 7-5, 6-3 win at no. 4, and Exelmans won 6-4, 6-4 to complete the shutout.

The Mustangs head to Des Moines on Feb. 16, where they'll play William Woods and Grand View.

Doubles

1. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall def. Bella Ellerbee/Taimi Nashiku 6-4

2. Vanessa Hofer/Laureen Van Drunen def. Lara Heinrich/Helene Kreibich 6-3

3. Kailee Bailey/Jil Exelmans def. Eva Lesteluhu/Maria Luisa de Lama 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles

1. Line Jensen def. Vanessa Hofer 6-0, 6-4

2. Lara Heinrich def. Taimi Nashiku 6-1, 6-3

3. Brooke Marshall def. Bella Ellerbee 6-2, 6-1

4. Helene Kreibich def. Laureen Van Drunen 7-5, 6-3

5. Kailee Bailey def. Maria Luisa de Lama 7-6 (7-1), 7-5

6. Jil Exelmans def. Eva Lesteluhu 6-4, 6-4

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