ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Tennis (2-2) wrapped up the first day of the Stoney Creek Hotel Tennis Classic with a 4-0 sweep of Truman State (1-3) on Friday night.
The Griffons made quick work of the Bulldogs in doubles play. Karolina Ström and Joanna Abreu Roman picked up their second doubles victory of the day in a 6-3 win. Doubles pairs Bojana Vuksan/Ciarra Gilmore and Erica Dunn/Mireia Birosta each allowed just one point in convincing 6-1 victories.
Abreu Roman continued momentum for the Griffons in the singles with a 6-0, 6-2 win. Ström picked up her first singles victory of the spring season as well. Mireia Birosta wrapped up the sweep in a 6-2, 6-1 win.
Ciarra Gilmore was also playing well for the Griffons in singles, but her match was counted as unfinished due to the Griffons’ sweep.
The Griffons kicked off the 2019 spring season on Friday morning in a 4-0 loss to Newman in the first match of the Stoney Creek Hotel Tennis Classic.
The Griffons’ doubles duo of Ström and Abreu Roman began their season with a dominating 6-1 win. Newman claimed the other two doubles matches, with the teams of Vuksan/Gilmore and Dunn/Birosta both falling 6-3.
Newman swept the first three singles on the match to earn the 4-0 sweep. Ström finished with an unfinished match, but was in control throughout. Ström won the first set 6-1 and was ahead 5-2 before the Jets’ win stopped play. Abreu Roman lost the first set of her singles match, but was ahead 3-0 in the second set at the stoppage.
MWSU VS. TSU
SINGLES
Karolina Ström (MWSU) def. Maura Dunn (TSU) 6-0, 6-1
Joanna Abreu Roman (MWSU) def. Alex Rogers (TSU) 6-0, 6-2
Mireia Birosta (MWSU) def. Morgan Eby (TSU) 6-2, 6-1
Daniela Alvarado Maldonado (MWSU) vs. Kayla Peterson (TSU) 4-6, 6-2, unfinished
Ciarra Gilmore (MWSU) vs. Finessa Rassel (TSU) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
Erica Dunn (MWSU) vs. Emily Kickham (TSU) 1-0, unfinished
DOUBLES
Abreu Roman/Ström (MWSU) def. Dunn/Rogers (TSU) 6-3
Birosta/Dunn (MWSU) def. Eby/Kickham (TSU) 6-1
Gilmore/Vuksan (MWSU) def. Peterson/Rassel (TSU) 6-1
MWSU VS. NU
SINGLES
Emily Young (NU) def. Mireia Birosta (MWSU) 6-1, 6-3
Isabela Bifano (NU) def. Daniela Alvarado Maldonado (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
Mariana Gaviria (NU) def. Ciarra Gilmore (MWSU) 6-3, 6-1
Karolina Ström (MWSU) vs. Vlada Litvinova (NU) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
Joanna Abreu Roman (MWSU) vs. Liza Gerasimova (NU) 5-7, 3-0, unfinished
Erica Dunn (MWSU) vs. Mirella Calvalcanti (NU) 0-2, unfinished
DOUBLES
Abreu Roman/Ström (MWSU) def. Gerasimova/Litvinova (NU) 6-1
Young/Bilfano (NU) def. Birosta/Dunn (MWSU) 6-3
Calvacanti/Wise (NU) def. Gilmore/Vuksan (MWSU) 6-3
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