Women
second, men third at MIAA Tournament
April 19, 2002
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Ñ The Washburn University men's and women's tennis finished third and second respectively in the 2002 MIAA Tournament at Cooper Tennis Center in Springfield, which concluded Friday night.
Sophomore Holly Munro (Topeka-Highland Park) captured a No. 5 singles crown over Jessica McKinney of Truman State 6-2, 6-3, while senior Aisha Butt (Clay Center) and sophomore Erin Underwood (Topeka-Washburn Rural) topped Rosa Tapia and Adriana Hernandez of Northwest Missouri State 8-4 to win the No. 1 doubles title.
Butt made the finals at No. 1 singles, as did Caitlin Day at No. 3 and Linsday Sullivan at No. 4 singles. Day (Topeka-Topeka West), who was the top seed at No. 3, had to withdraw from the finals after suffering from severe flu symptoms.
Defending No. 1 singles champion Fernando Sierra fell to Southwest Baptist's Adras Bori, SBU 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Desmond Tan and Nathan Hurd also made the finals at Nos. 4 and 5 singles respectively.
The finish concludes the season for both squads, as the Lady Blues fail to make the Midwest Region Tournament for the first time in five seasons. Washburn hosted womenÕs regionals each of the last four seasons. Northwest Missouri State repeated as team titlest in both men's and women's action.
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES
Northwest Missouri State 62, Washburn 49, Truman State 38, Missouri Southern 17, Southwest Baptist 17, Missouri Western 16, Emporia State 8
Singles second day results
No. 1 Championship — Rosa Tapia, NWMSU def. Aisha Butt 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2 Erin Underwood def. Ashley Sims, SBU 9-7. Third Place match — Underwood def. Mendy Burnett, MSSC 8-5.
No. 3 Championship — Brielyn Toler, SBU def. Caitlin Day default.
No. 4 Championship — Sara Lipira, NWMSU def. Lindsay Sullivan 6-2, 6-1.
No. 5 Championship — Holly Munro vs. Jessica McKinney, TSU 6-2, 6-3.
No. 6 Chris Castillo def. Elizabeth Beeson, MWSC 8-5; Third Place match — Castillo def. Kerri Murphy, MSSC 8-4.
doubles second day results
No. 1 Butt-Underwood def. Posch-Burnett, MSSC 8-4; Championship — Butt-Underwood def. Tapia-Hernandez, NWMSU 8-4.
No. 2 Batchelor-Beeson, MWSC def. Day-Castillo 8-5; Anderson-Toler, SBU def. Day-Castillo 8-6.
No. 3 Heiner-Berger, NWMSU def. Munro-Sullivan 9-8; Munro-Sullivan def. Bledsoe-Hickel, SBU 8-1. Third Place match — Munro-Sullivan def. Ristic-Redmond, MWSC 8-1.
MEN'S TEAM SCORES
Northwest Missouri State 69, Southwest Baptist 64, Washburn 35, Truman State 28, Missouri-Rolla 7, Emporia State 4
Second day singles results
No. 1 Fernando Sierra def. Erich Podzinski, TSU 6-1, 6-3. Championship — Adras Bori, SBU def. Sierra 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 2 Michal Zamiatala, NWMSU def. Rafeal Valdez 6-3, 6-3; Kellen Bombardier, ESU def. Valdez 8-6.
No. 3 Michael Boeckelmann, UMR def. Steve Roundtree 8-3.
No. 4 Desmond Tan def. Quy Wesley, ESU 6-2, 6-1. Championship — J.J. Mulwanda, NWMSU def. Tan 6-4, 6-1.
No. 5 Nathan Hurd def. Chris Larson, TSU 6-4, 6-1. Championship — Chris Lawson, TSU def. Hurd 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
No. 6 Zach Kieth, NWMSU def. Brandon Dunstan def. 6-3, 6-1; Dunstan def. Aissam Laannaya, ESU 8-3. Third Place match— Dunstan def. Lynch, UMR 8-6.
Second day doubles results
No. 1 No. 1 Sierra-Roundtree def. Podzinski-Smith, TSU 8-2. Championship — Eori-Nortje, SBU def. Sierra-Roundtree 8-3.
No. 2 Bori-Ehrlich, SBU def. Valdez-Tan 8-4. Valdez-Tan def. Schmidt-Bombardier, ESU 8-1. Third Place match — Valdez-Tan def. Rees-Babb, TSU 8-1.
No. 3 Sanchez-Mulwanda, NWMSU def. Hurd-Will Heidebrecht; Hurd-Heidebrecht
def. Lopez-Burke, UMR 8-4. Third Place match — Paden-Martin,
SBU def. Hurd-Heidebrecht 8-3.