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Jill Van den Dungen
5
Winner Southwest Baptist SBUWT (5-1)
0
Colorado Mesa CMU-W (8-8)
Winner
Southwest Baptist SBUWT
(5-1)
5
Final
0
Colorado Mesa CMU-W
(8-8)
4
Winner Southwest Baptist SBU (6-1)
3
Midwestern State MSU (8-4)
Winner
Southwest Baptist SBU
(6-1)
4
Final
3
Midwestern State MSU
(8-4)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Spencer Greathouse, Director of Athletics Media Relations

Women's Tennis Downs Colorado Mesa and Midwestern State

Wichita Falls, Tex. – The Women's Tennis team continued competition in Texas Saturday, taking on Colorado Mesa and #15 ranked Midwestern State. The Bearcats defeated Colorado Mesa 5-0, and defeated nationally ranked Midwestern State 4-3. Their record now sits at 6-1 on the year.
 
Match One
SBU took on Colorado Mesa in the morning match. Dona Abohabaga and Constanca Crespo won their doubles match on court 2, 6-1. Jill Van den Dungen and Catarina Zheng followed with a 6-3 victory on court 1 to seal the doubles point. Diana Cabrera and Sarah Brown also won 7-5 on court 3, completing the doubles sweep.
 
Dona Abohabaga continued her dominate play, defeating her opponent 6-1 6-0 on court 2. Constanca Crespo downed her opponent by the same score, 6-1 6-0 on court 3, giving SBU a 3-0 lead. Diana Cabrera clinched the match for the Bearcats with her 6-1 6-2 win on court 4. Jill Van den Dungen went on to defeat her opponent 3-6 6-2 7-6 on court 1, but the match was called after that, ending 5-0 in favor of SBU.
 
Match Two
Later in the afternoon SBU played against #15 ranked Midwestern State. Diana Cabrera and Sarah Brown won the first doubles match 6-1 on court 3, but the Mustangs won on court 2. The deciding match was won by Jill Van den Dungen and Catarina Zheng 7-6 on court 1, boosting SBU to a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
 
MSU evened the score at 1-1 with a victory on court 3. Jill Van den Dungen helped SBU to a 2-1 lead with a 7-6 6-4 victory over the #43 player in the country on court 1. Dona Abohabaga then won on court 2, 7-6 6-4. Catarina Zheng clinched the match in a tough match on court 5, defeating her opponent 2-6 6-3 6-3. The Mustangs picked up two more points on courts 4 and 6, to make the final score 4-3 in favor of the Bearcats.
 
The Bearcats wrap up their tournament in Texas with a match against Cameron University on Sunday, March 8 at 10:00 AM.
 
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