Creighton University
Illinois State
Women's Tennis Falls in Final Home Match of the Season
4/15/2011 3:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. - In their final match at home for the 2011 season, the women's tennis team fell 6-1 to Illinois State. The Jays (11-8, 1-4) fell in all three doubles matches to the Redbirds (7-9, 3-1) and only took one singles match to three sets.
The Redbirds started off the scoring spree by defeating the Jays in all three doubles. In the No. 3 doubles, Carolina Abello and Heather Nisbet defeated Kelsey Schmidt and Lauren Mastro 8-3. ISU guaranteed themselves the automatic doubles point by winning the No. 2 doubles, with Hannah Esker and Ariane Maack defeating sisters Leesa Cadwallader and Sarah Cadwallader 8-2. The doubles were finished when Aniko Kiss and Phyllis Tigges defeated Anna Kirshenbaum and Analese Snyder 8-1.
Only one singles match went to three sets and it would be the only match the Jays would win. Analese Snyder defeated Abello 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 in the No. 3 singles, the final match of the day to finish. Finishing first was the No. 5 singles, when Hannah Esker defeated Sarah Cadwallader 6-1, 6-0. In the No. 6 singles, Gabriella Phillips outmatched Leesa Cadwallader by identical 6-1, 6-1 scores.
Phyllis Tigges defeated Kelsey Schmidt 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 singles followed by Lauren Mastro falling 6-1, 7-5 to Stefanie Youngberg. To close out singles, Aniko Kiss defeated Anna Kirshenbaum 7-5, 6-3 in No. 1 singles.
The Jays will be in action again next week, traveling to Drake and Northern Iowa. Check into www.gocreighton.com for the latest information on Creighton women's tennis.
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