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WOMEN’S TENNIS UPENDED BY MARYVILLE

ST. LOUIS – [BOX SCOREIn a battle for Conway Road, the Missouri Baptist Women's Tennis squad stumbled in its second match of the 2016 Fall Season and lost to cross-town rival, Maryville (Mo.), 7-2.

The Spartan singles recorded all of the points in the match for the visitors as the No. 1 and No. 2 positions for Missouri Baptist showed its strength.

At No. 1 singles, Thais Castiglioni defeated Kine Kleppe in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. It was the first victory of the season at No. 1 for Castiglioni, after sitting out a redshirt season in the spring of 2016.

Krista Tyson brought home the win at No. 2 singles as well. The junior from Jacksonville, Fla., defeated Lucy Horbatowski in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

Ashley Bonine took her opponent, Lina Kunert to a tiebreak set to decide the match. After winning the first set 7-6, Bonine dropped the next set 6-1 and the tiebreak 10-3.

Missouri Baptist will wrap-up its Fall Season on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Dwight Davis Tennis Center as the team will face the Saint Louis (Mo.) Billikens. 

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Players Mentioned

Thais Castiglioni

Thais Castiglioni

5' 0"
Senior
Krista Tyson

Krista Tyson

5' 7"
Senior
Ashley Bonine

Ashley Bonine

Senior

Players Mentioned

Thais Castiglioni

Thais Castiglioni

5' 0"
Senior
Krista Tyson

Krista Tyson

5' 7"
Senior
Ashley Bonine

Ashley Bonine

Senior