The Webster University men’s and women’s tennis teams got their fall seasons started by defeating the Maryville University Saints by identical 7-2 scores.
Both teams are 1-0 on the season. Next up for both squads is a Sept. 20 match against Missouri Baptist University at 2:30 p.m. at the Webster Groves Tennis Center.
Here are the match results:
Men’s Team
Doubles:
1. Juniors Diego Alarcon and Agustin Villalba lost 8-5.
2. Junior Alex Magrath and freshman Josh Papes won 9-7.
3. Junior Josh Sellmeyer and freshman Zach Green won 8-3.
Singles:
1. Alarcon won 6-3, 6-3.
2. Villalba won 6-0, 6-0.
3. Magrath won 6-3, 6-1.
4. Papes lost 3-6, 6-2, 4-6.
5. Sellmeyer won 6-2, 6-1.
6. Junior Wakeel Rahman won 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
Women’s Team
Doubles:
1. Senior Allison Tungate and junior Lindsey Hays won 8-4.
2. Freshmen Kathleen Kennedy and MacKenzie Wilder lost 8-3.
3. Freshman Sandra Gutierrez and senior Kate Coen won 8-2.
Singles:
1. Allison Tungate lost 6-3, 1-6, 0-6.
2. Freshman Marissa Lewis 6-1, 6-1.
3. Hays won 6-0, 6-0.
4. Senior Paige Tungate won 6-4, 6-2.
5. Freshman Lauren Hacker won 6-1, 6-2.
6. Freshman Isabella Espinoza won 6-1, 6-0.