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@MizzouTennis Splits Sunday Doubleheader
3/10/2019 11:04:00 PM | Tennis
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou tennis team split a pair of matches on Sunday, with a 4-0 win over UMKC and a 4-1 loss to Florida at the Mizzou Tennis Complex. The Tigers went to 11-5 overall and 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference with the two matches, while the Gators improved to 6-5 and 3-1, and UMKC dropped to 3-7 on the season.
FLORIDA 4, MIZZOU 1
Florida took a 1-0 advantage with wins in two of the three doubles matches. The Tigers started this with a 6-3 win at No. 3 action, where sophomore Marta Oliveira (Lisbon, Portugal) and freshman Lisa Fukutoku (Tokyo, Japan) downed Anastasia Kharitonov and Marlee Zein. But the Gators No. 2 team of Ida Jarlskog and Tsveta Dimitrova defeated junior Gabrielle Golden (Bradenton, Fla.) and sophomore Taylor Gruber (Spicewood, Texas), and Victoria Emma and McCartney Kessler earned a 6-4 victory over junior Mackenzy Middlebrooks (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and sophomore Ellie Wright (Gainesville, Fla.) at No. 1 doubles.
The Gators used wins at No. 2 and 1 singles to build a 3-0 advantage, as Nash lost to No. 44 Kessler, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2, and Middlebrooks fell to No. 12 Jarlskog, 7-5, 6-4 at No. 1.
Wright pulled one back for the Tigers with a win at No. 4 action, with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 victory over Marlee Zein. However, Dimitrova defeated Gruber, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 5 singles to clinch the Florida win.
Fukutoku seemed poised to knock off No. 52 Victoria Emma but the match ended with her leading 7-6, 6-7, 5-2.
MIZZOU 4, UMKC 0
Convincing wins at No. 1 and 3 doubles gave the Tigers an early 1-0 edge over the visiting Kangaroos. Oliveira and Fukutoku notched their second doubles victory of the day after a 6-3 defeat of Riddhi Thanushree Vale and Katie Fries at No. 3. Then at No. 1, Middlebrooks and Wright dispatched Yana Grechkina and Michela Xibilia, 6-2.
Mizzou went up 2-0 when Fukutoku, up 6-2, won by retirement over Grechkina at No. 3 singles. After a tight first set, Middlebrooks breezed through her second to post a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Xibilia at No. 1 action for a 3-0 Tiger lead.
The Tigers then clinched the win when Gruber downed Sharma, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 4 singles.
UP NEXT
Missouri travels to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on Arkansas on Friday, March 15 at 3 p.m. CT.
RESULTS
Florida 4, Mizzou 1
Doubles
1. Victoria Emma/McCartney Kessler (UF) vs. Mackenzy Middlebrooks/Ellie Wright (MIZ), 6-4V
2. Ida Jarlskog/Tsveta Dimitrova (UF) def. Gabrielle Goldin/Taylor Gruber (MIZ), 6-3
3. Marta Oliveira/Lisa Fukutoku (MIZ) def. Anastasia Kharitonov/Marlee Zein (UF), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,2,1
Singles
1. #12 Ida Jarlskog (UF) def. #97 Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ), 7-5, 6-4
2. #44 McCartney Kessler (UF) def. Serena Nash (MIZ), 6-3, 6-2
3. Lisa Fukutoku (MIZ) vs. #52 Victoria Emma (UF), 7-6, 6-7, 5-2 unfinished
4. Ellie Wright (MIZ) def. Marlee Zein (UF), 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
5. Tsveta Dimitrova (UF) def. Taylor Gruber (MIZ), 6-1, 6-4
6. Sydney Berlin (UF) vs. Vivien Abraham (MIZ), 4-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2,1,4,5
Mizzou 4, UMKC 0
Doubles
1. Mackenzy Middlebrooks/Ellie Wright (MIZ) def. Yana Grechkina/Michela Xibilia (UMKC), 6-2
2. Vivien Abraham/Taylor Gruber (MIZ) vs. Riddhi Sharma/Grace Ball (UMKC), 4-3, unfinished
3. Marta Oliveira/Lisa Fukutoku (MIZ) def. Thanushree Vale/Katie Fries (UMKC), 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1
Singles
1. #97 Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MIZ) def. Michela Xibilia (UMKC), 7-5, 6-0
2. Katie Fries (UMKC) vs. Serena Nash (MIZ), 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
3. Lisa Fukutoku (MIZ) def. Yana Grechkina (MIZ), 6-2, retirement
4. Taylor Gruber (MIZ) def. Riddhi Sharma (UMKC), 7-5, 6-3
5. Vivien Abraham (MIZ) vs. Grace Ball (UMKC), 5-2, unfinished
6. Marta Oliveira (MIZ) vs. Thanushree Vale (UMKC), no result
Order of finish: 3,1,4
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