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2/12/2017 9:47:00 PM | Tennis
Senior Cassidy Spearman finished the weekend 5-0, earning 50th career doubles win, as Mizzou picked up its fifth win of the season.
KANSAS CITY – Mizzou Tennis (5-2) dismantled UMKC (1-3), 4-0, Sunday evening. Senior Cassidy Spearman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) finished off a phenomenal weekend with two more victories, including her 50th career doubles win, giving her a perfect 5-0 record this weekend. Freshman Tate Schroeder (Centennial, Colo.) continued her winning ways, notching a pair of wins in Sunday night's match, pushing her singles record to 5-1.
Spearman was unstoppable all weekend, winning three doubles and two singles matches to finish the weekend a perfect 5-0. On Sunday, she and her partner senior Bea Machado Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) improved their record as a doubles pairing to 3-0 by winning the No. 2 match, 6-3. The victory improves Spearman's team best doubles record to 5-1 this season. She went on to win her singles match by default to increase her overall record in duals this year to 7-2.
Freshman Claire Sullivan (Memphis, Tenn.) came out of the gates on fire and dominated her match from start to finish earning a 6-1, 6-0 victory at the No. 6 position. The triumph was Sullivan's first career singles win in dual play and the fifth win overall of her freshman campaign.
Schroeder won the No. 1 doubles match 6-1 with her partner junior Brianna Lashway (Bradenton, Fla.). The victory improves Schroeder's overall dual record to 8-3 this spring. In singles play, Schroeder continued her dominance, earning her team-leading fifth singles win in dual action, taking the No. 4 match 6-4, 6-1. Her victory clinched the match for Mizzou at 4-0.
Mizzou will have a few days to rest up before heading out to Minneapolis for three matches over the span of two days. The Tigers first take on Minnesota on Friday at 2 p.m. C.T.
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Match-by-Match Results
Doubles:
No. 1 Brianna Lashway/Tate Schroeder (MIZ) def. Melinda Johnson/Yana Grechkina (UMKC), 6-1
No. 2 Bea Machado Santos/Cassidy Spearman (MIZ) def. Aliona Ladutska/Marina Albert (UMKC), 6-3
No. 3 Mackenzy Middlebrooks/Amina Ismail (MIZ) vs. Mariam Kurasbediani/Thanushree Vale (UMKC), 5-2, unfinished.
Singles:
No. 1 Bea Machado Santos (MIZ) vs. Aliona Ladutska (UMKC), 7-5, 4-1, unfinished.
No. 2 Brianna Lashway (MIZ) vs. Melinda Johnson (UMKC), 6-1, 6-5, unfinished.
No. 3 Cassidy Spearman (MIZ) def. Marina Albert (UMKC), 2-1, retired.
No. 4 Tate Schroeder (MIZ) def. Yana Grechkina (UMKC), 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ) vs. Mariam Kurasbediani (UMKC), 6-1, 4-4, unfinished.
No. 6 Claire Sullivan (MIZ) def. Thanushree Vale (UMKC), 6-1, 6-0
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