Mustangs Secure Season-Record 19th Win in 6-1 Rout of Concordia
March 30, 2026

Mustangs Secure Season-Record 19th Win in 6-1 Rout of Concordia

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside set the tone early in yesterday’s Great Plains Athletic Conference home women’s tennis opener, taking the doubles point en route to a 6-1 win over Concordia as the now no. 17 Mustangs moved to 2-0 in the league.

Box Score

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside set the tone early in yesterday's Great Plains Athletic Conference home women's tennis opener, taking the doubles point en route to a 6-1 win over Concordia as the now no. 17 Mustangs moved to 2-0 in the league.

Kailee Bailey and Stefany Simplicio were first in the book in doubles play, working quickly to claim a 6-0 win over last year's GPAC Tournament Champions. Lara Heinrich and Helene Kreibich followed with a 6-2 win, while Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall fell in an extremely competitive no. 1 match, 7-6 with a 7-3 tiebreaker.

Bailey worked quickly in singles play, too, dominating the no. 5 match with a 6-1, 6-1 win. Jensen followed, getting a 6-1, 6-2 victory in the no. 1 position, and Marshall secured the win for Morningside with a 6-3, 6-1 exclamation point, setting a new record for team wins in a season at 19.

Heinrich fought hard for a 6-3, 7-6 win, capping it with a 7-0 tiebreaker and Kreibich came from behind to win 7-6 with a 7-2 tiebreaker, 6-1. 

Jil Exelmans' no. 6 match was the final one on the court. Exelmans fell behind 6-4 in the opening set, but came back with a 6-3 win before she fell behind in the super tiebreaker, 10-3.

Morningside's match at Hastings, originally scheduled for this Thursday, has been postponed until April 16. The Mustangs' next match is now scheduled for April 8, when the Mustangs travel to College of Saint Mary for a 12:30 p.m. start.

 

DOUBLES

  1. Ishane Derman/Mariana Molano def. Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall 7-6 (7-3)

  2. Lara Heinrich/Helene Kreibich def. Chakira Derman/Alana Lopez Pagan 6-2

  3. Kailee Bailey/Stefany Simplicio def. Nina Milic/Alexa Richert 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

SINGLES

  1. Line Jensen def. Mariana Molano 6-1, 6-2

  2. Lara Heinrich def. Chakira Derman 6-3, 7-6 (7-0)

  3. Brooke Marshall def. Ishane Derman 6-3, 6-1

  4. Helene Kreibich def. Alana Lopez Pagan 7-6 (7-2), 6-1

  5. Kailee Bailey def. Alexa Richert 6-1, 6-1

  6. Nina Millic def. Jil Exelmans 6-4, 3-6, 10-3

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