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@MizzouTennis Goes 2-1 To Wrap Up Regular Season
4/14/2018 5:55:00 PM | Tennis
Tigers head into SEC Tournament on two-match winning streak
ATHENS, Ga. – The Mizzou Tennis team closed the regular season on a winning note, sweeping a pair of neutral-site matches over Savannah State on Saturday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
The morning began with the final match of the SEC regular season, as No. 8 Georgia posted a 4-0 win over the Tigers. Senior co-captain Amina Ismail (Maineville, Ohio) was just a game away from notching her 11th singles win of the season, and first in conference play, but the Bulldogs (15-5, 10-3) were able to clinch the match with three singles wins before she could finish her match.
With the SEC season in their rearview mirror, the Tigers (13-16, 0-13) were able to continue their success vs. non-conference opponents. All but one of Mizzou's league matches came against an ranked foe, while the Tigers were 13-3 against unranked competition this year.
In the opener vs. Savannah State, freshman Ellie Wright (Gainesville, Fla.) breezed to a 6-0, 6-0 win for her 15th singles win of the year. That opened the floodgates for a Mizzou lineup that won four matches handily; only two of the 10 completed sets in the first match vs. Savannah State went past 6-2.
Things were similar in the nightcap. Both of Mizzou's senior co-captains, Ismail and Clare Raley (Atlanta, Ga.), romped through with 6-0, 6-0 wins. Freshman Ally Noback (Alpharetta, Ga.) joined the fun with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 for her second singles win of the season, and freshman Taylor Gruber (Spicewood, Texas) clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2.
When all was said and done, both Gruber and Raley nabbed a pair of wins on the day, with six of the eight Tigers earning a victory in either match. Seven of Mizzou's eight players enter next week's SEC Tournament on a singles winning streak.
UP NEXT
The Tigers will be the No. 14 seed for the 2018 SEC Women's Tennis Championship, which takes place this coming Wednesday-Sunday, April 18-22. Mizzou begins play Wednesday vs. the No. 11 seed; times and the full bracket will be released Sunday evening.
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MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
No. 8 Georgia 4, Mizzou 0
DOUBLES (order of finish: 3, 1)
No. 7 Elena Christofi/Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. Clare Raley/Marta Oliveira (MIZ) 6-4
No. 17 Mariana Gould/Katarina Jokic (UGA) vs. Serena Nash/Amina Ismail (MIZ) 5-4, suspended
Laura Patterson/Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) def. Mackenzy Middlebrooks/Ellie Wright (MIZ) 6-2
SINGLES (order of finish: 6, 1, 5)
No. 9 Katarina Jokic (UGA) def. Serena Nash (MIZ) 6-0, 6-2
No. 60 Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) vs. Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ) 6-3, 4-1, suspended
No. 82 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) vs. Taylor Gruber (MIZ) 6-2, 5-3, suspended
Elena Christofi (UGA) vs. Amina Ismail (MIZ) 1-6, 5-6, suspended
No. 99 Mariana Gould (UGA) def. Clare Raley (MIZ) 6-2, 6-3
No. 103 Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. Marta Oliveira (MIZ) 6-0, 6-1
Mizzou 4, Savannah State 0 (Match 1)
SINGLES (order of finish: 4, 5, 1, 2)
Serena Nash (MIZ) def. Ekaterina Vorobeva (SSU), 6-1, 6-2
Taylor Gruber (MIZ) def. Sofia Shut'Ko (SSU), 6-1, 6-1
Amina Ismail (MIZ) vs. Muskaan Ranjan (SSU), 7-5, suspended
Ellie Wright (MIZ) def. Sansriti Ranjan (SSU), 6-0, 6-0
Clare Raley (MIZ) def. Rachida El Kateb (SSU), 6-2, 6-1
Ally Noback (MIZ) vs. Shakendra Alston (SSU), 6-3, 1-2, suspended
Mizzou 4, Savannah State 0 (Match 2)
SINGLES (order of finish: 6, 4, 5, 2)
Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ) vs. Ekaterina Vorobeva (SSU), 6-4, 2-0, suspended
Taylor Gruber (MIZ) def. Sofia Shut'Ko (SSU), 6-2, 6-0
Ellie Wright (MIZ) vs. Muskaan Ranjan (SSU), 2-6, 3-0, suspended
Amina Ismail (MIZ) def. Sansriti Ranjan (SSU), 6-0, 6-0
Ally Noback (MIZ) def. Rachida El Kateb (SSU), 6-3, 6-0
Clare Raley (MIZ) def. Shakendra Alston (SSU), 6-0, 6-0
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,1,5
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