KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Abilene Christian's nationally sixth-ranked tennis teams began their Spring Break trip with a pair of convincing victories over Missouri-Kansas City at the Plaza Tennis Center.
ACU's women's team again won by shutout, 7-0, its third straight and ninth of the season to improve to 13-2 overall and 6-2 against NCAA DI competition. UMKC is a member of the 10-team Summit League.
Winners of five of its last seven, ACU's men's team improved to 9-6 overall with a 6-1 win over the 'Roos.
The men began their dual by winning a hard-fought doubles point in which they were forced to come back from a match down.
UMKC's No. 3 pairing of Tomas Patino and Conner Edwards downed
Michael Morris and
Cody McCarty, 8-3. The Wildcats, though, eventually prevailed behind an 8-4 win at No. 1 and 9-7 victory at No. 2.
Hans Hach and
Nick Plum took down Grant Fleming and Cameron Schoenhofer at the No. 1 line to even the series, and then
Alfredo Desiati and Borja Cortes captured the point at No. 2 after beating Gustavo Guerin and Abdul Alawadhi. Cortes and Desiati together improved to 4-1 when competing at No. 2, while Hach's doubles win was his team-leading 12th of the season - all at No. 1.
Hach also continued his winning ways in singles and raised his mark to 12-2 after defeating Fleming at the No. 1 spot, 6-2, 6-2. His win was one of five straight-set triumphs for the Wildcats and was joined by Cortes at No.2, Plum at No. 3, Desiati at No. 4, and McCarty at No. 6.
Cortes has won two straight at No. 2 after starting the spring at No. 4, where he is 4-4 on the year. Plum and Desiati improved their records to 10-3 and 8-6, respectively.
For the ACU women today's win was a clean sweep although
Micah Hermsdorf was pushed to a third set at No. 2 by Laura Bouet before ultimately prevailing, 7-5, 6-3, 10-6.
Hannah Kelley also was challenged at No. 6 by Jillian Yakominich, but still came through with a straight-set win, 6-1, 7-6 (5). Kelley remains undefeated at No. 6 (5-0) and is 7-1 on the season. Hermsdorf - the No. 12 player in DII - is now 13-2 (9-0 at No. 2) and in the midst of a five-match winning streak.
Elsewhere in singles, third-ranked
Julia Mongin at No. 1 defeated Eva Dalvai (UMKC) 7-5, 6-1, to improve to 8-1, and No. 39
Brittney Reed rolled over Amelie Amsallem at No. 3, 6-0, 6-1, for her 13th win.
Laura Mongin and
Emily Conrad kept pace with Hermsdorf and Reed for the team lead in wins with their victories at 4 and 5 singles.
The Wildcats return to action Tuesday with a morning doubleheader at
Northwest Missouri State.
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Abilene Christian 6, UMKC 1
Mar 12, 2012 at Kansas City, Mo. (The Plaza Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Hans Hach (ACUM) def. Grant Fleming (UMKC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Borja Cortes (ACUM) def. Tomas Patino (UMKC) 6-3, 6-3
3.
Nick Plum (ACUM) def. Gustavo Guerin (UMKC) 6-4, 6-4
4.
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) def. Cameron Schoenhofer (UMKC) 6-3, 6-2
5. Abdulrahman Alawadhi (UMKC) def.
Michael Morris (ACUM) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
6.
Cody McCarty (ACUM) def. Conner Edwards (UMKC) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles competition
1.
Hans Hach/
Nick Plum (ACUM) def. Grant Fleming/Cameron Schoenhofer (UMKC) 8-4
2.
Alfredo Desiati/Borja Cortes (ACUM) def. Gustavo Guerin/Abdulrahman Alawadhi (UMKC) 9-7
3. Conner Edwards/Tomas Patino (UMKC) def.
Michael Morris/
Cody McCarty (ACUM) 8-3
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 9-6
UMKC 1-8
Abilene Christian 7, UMKC 0
Mar 12, 2012 at Kansas City, Mo. (Plaza Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Julia Mongin (ACUW) def. Eva Dalvai (UMKC) 7-5, 6-1
2.
Micah Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Laura Bouet (UMKC) 7-5, 6-3, 10-6
3.
Brittney Reed (ACUW) def. Amelie Amsallem (UMKC) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. Suzan Lisenby (UMKC) 6-2, 6-4
5.
Emily Conrad (ACUW) def. Madeline Schulte (UMKC) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Jillian Yakominich (UMKC) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles competition
1.
Laura Mongin/
Julia Mongin (ACUW) def. Laura Bouet/Eva Dalvai (UMKC) 8-4
2.
Brittney Reed/
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Suzan Lisenby/Amelie Amsallem (UMKC) 8-6
3.
Micah Hermsdorf/
Emily Conrad (ACUW) def. Madeline Schulte/Gabriela Pintos (UMKC) 8-0
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 13-2
UMKC 4-7
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,4,6,5,1,2)
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