QUINCY, Ill. – The Missouri Baptist University women's tennis team opened up the regular season this weekend at the Quincy University Invitational.
Despite competitive matches in each bracket, the wins were hard to come by for the Spartans.
Laura Baracaldo picked up the lone singles win for MBU going 1-2 on the weekend. The Bogotá, Colombia junior pushed through some pain in the Singles Bracket E losing her first match 6-3, 6-2 to Yashleen Keterpal from University of St. Francis (Ill.). Baracaldo rebounded in her second match beating Kori Obert of Quincy, 6-2, 6-3, before a lower leg injury forced her to bow out of her third match down one set (6-2) to none.
The Spartans other win on the day came in the Doubles Bracket C where Baracaldo and
Maddie Feick dropped their first match 6-1, won by default, and finished the with a 6-1 win.
In Singles Bracket A,
Nina Vasiljkovic started her day dropping two sets, 6-0, 6-1, against Odette Beagrie of University of Missouri-St. Louis. She then received a bye and fell in three very competitive sets to Allie Brown of Truman State (TSU), 6-3, 5-7, 8-10.
Faith Griese competed in Singles Bracket B dropping both of her matches. Anna Domingo (UMSL) grabbed a 6-4, 6-1 win over Griese, while Juliana Vidal from Quincy won 6-2, 6-0.
Feick competed in the Singles Bracket F and went to a third set in her lone match falling short against Michelle Roberts (USF), 4-6, 6-2, 4-10.
In Doubles Bracket A, Vasilijkovic and Griese went 0-2, losing their first match 6-2, and their second match 6-3.
The Spartan women will be back in action Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Noon in a scrimmage at NCAA DII Maryville University.
