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@MizzouTennis Shuts Out Memphis 4-0
2/18/2017 12:42:00 PM | Tennis
Bea Machado Santos, Tate Schroeder and Amina Ismail go 2-0 to give Mizzou its third straight win.
MINNEAPOLIS – After winning five out of 10 matches against Memphis players in the fall season, Mizzou (7-2) left no doubt in a dominant performance in dual action, winning 4-0 on Saturday morning. Mizzou continued its trend of phenomenal doubles play and solid singles play as the squad secured its third straight victory.
The doubles pairing of seniors Cassidy Spearman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Bea Machado Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) won its fifth straight doubles match at No. 2 and junior Amina Ismail (Maineville, Ohio), with her partner freshman Tate Schroeder (Centennial, Colo.), took the No. 3 match to win the doubles point for Mizzou. Mizzou has now won the doubles point in each of its last seven matches.
Singles play was dominant as Mizzou put together a series of strong performances. Santos won the No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-1 for her second singles victory of the spring. Schroeder followed that up with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4, pushing her singles record to 7-1. Mizzou clinched its third straight victory with a win by Ismail at the No. 5 spot. She put together a 6-3, 6-3 win to increase her overall win total to 23 this year.
Mizzou will close out its 10-match road trip against South Dakota at 6 p.m. Saturday in Minneapolis.
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Game-by-Game Results:
Doubles:
No. 1 Brianna Lashway/Clare Raley (MIZ) vs. Anki Wind/Katherine Cao (MEM) 4-3, unfinished.
No. 2 Bea Machado Santos/Cassidy Spearman (MIZ) def. Hanna Sohn/Josephine Cao (MEM), 6-2
No. 3 Tate Schroeder/Amina Ismail (MIZ) def. Gabrielle Paul/Marta Morga (MEM), 6-1
Singles:
No. 1 Brianna Lashway (MIZ) vs. Anki Wind (MEM), 7-5, 2-4, unfinished.
No. 2 Bea Machado Santos def. Hanna Sohn (MEM), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Cassidy Spearman (MIZ) vs. Marta Morga (MEM), 6-2, 5-4, unfinished.
No. 4 Tate Schroeder (MIZ) def. Gabrielle Paul (MEM), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Amina Ismail (MIZ) def. Katherine Cao (MEM), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Josephine Cao (MEM) vs. Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ), 4-6, 3-3, unfinished.
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