University of St. Thomas Athletics
Sunday, March 19
Bloomington, Minn. (Life Time 98th Street)
11:00 a.m. Central
3
vs
4
Kansas City
Photo by: Wesley Dean
Final point eludes Women's Tennis again in 4-3 loss
3/19/2023 4:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Bloomington, Minn. -- Another day, another close battle, but Tommie Women's Tennis found itself on the wrong end of the final score as Kansas City pulled out a 4-3 victory in a Sunday's Summit League match.
Three singles matches went to three sets, and the Roos won two of those three to claim the team victory.
For the second time in three days, and fifth time this season St. Thomas dropped a 4-3 score. Coach Lois Arterberry saw good signs by her Tommies despite dropping to 1-9 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
"This weekend, we were competitive," Arterberry said. ".Last year we lost 6-1 (to Oral Roberts) and 7-0 to KC, so it shows we are competing. We have shown improvement over the last year, we're continuing to build.
"Marthe did a really good job getting two singles wins this weekend. We are seeing each player competing in their own way. We have to look at the positives and just have to push forward and find ways to pull out some of the remaining matches."
Marthe Degeorges improved to 6-3 on the winter/spring season at first singles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. The six wins tied the Tommies' D-I era dul-meet season win total for singles set in 2022 by Jannah ElNemr.
Olivia Paradise won at No. 4 singles, and she also triumphed at No. 2 doubles with Shrichandrakala Tentu. ElNemr and Naisha Srivastav won a close battle at No. 3 doubles help the Purple claim the doubles point.
Next Up
St. Thomas heads to California for four non-conference matches this week starting Monday at Cal-State Northridge
Did You Know?
Kansas City 4, St. Thomas 3
Doubles
No. 1: Xibilia-Baroja KC def. Nicole Snezhko-Monterey Knewtson ST, 6-0
No. 2: Olivia Paradise-Shrichandrakala Tentu ST def. Miley-Cardona KC, 7-5
No. 3: Jannah ElNemr-Naisha Srivastav ST def. Kresovic-Timofeyeva KC, 6-4
Singles
No. 1: Marthe Degeorges ST def. Xibilia KC, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Chrobak KC def. ElNemr ST, 7-5, 6-3
No. 3: Baroja KC def. Tentu ST, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Paradise ST def. Miley KC, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 5: Cardona KC def. Srivastav, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
No. 6: Timofeyeva KC def. Snezhko ST 2-6, 7-6, 6-3
Kansas City 5-8, 2-0 Summit... St. Thomas 1-9, 0-3 Summit
Three singles matches went to three sets, and the Roos won two of those three to claim the team victory.
For the second time in three days, and fifth time this season St. Thomas dropped a 4-3 score. Coach Lois Arterberry saw good signs by her Tommies despite dropping to 1-9 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
"This weekend, we were competitive," Arterberry said. ".Last year we lost 6-1 (to Oral Roberts) and 7-0 to KC, so it shows we are competing. We have shown improvement over the last year, we're continuing to build.
"Marthe did a really good job getting two singles wins this weekend. We are seeing each player competing in their own way. We have to look at the positives and just have to push forward and find ways to pull out some of the remaining matches."
Marthe Degeorges improved to 6-3 on the winter/spring season at first singles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. The six wins tied the Tommies' D-I era dul-meet season win total for singles set in 2022 by Jannah ElNemr.
Olivia Paradise won at No. 4 singles, and she also triumphed at No. 2 doubles with Shrichandrakala Tentu. ElNemr and Naisha Srivastav won a close battle at No. 3 doubles help the Purple claim the doubles point.
Next Up
St. Thomas heads to California for four non-conference matches this week starting Monday at Cal-State Northridge
Did You Know?
- Last season, the Toms lost 6-1 to Oral Roberts and 7-0 to Kansas City. They played both of those programs to 4-3 losses this weekend.
- Six of the Toms' last 11 matches dating back to last season have resulted in 4-3 losses.
- Paradise improved to 48 career wins in dual-meet play for the Tommies in singles and doubles, all since 2019.
Kansas City 4, St. Thomas 3
Doubles
No. 1: Xibilia-Baroja KC def. Nicole Snezhko-Monterey Knewtson ST, 6-0
No. 2: Olivia Paradise-Shrichandrakala Tentu ST def. Miley-Cardona KC, 7-5
No. 3: Jannah ElNemr-Naisha Srivastav ST def. Kresovic-Timofeyeva KC, 6-4
Singles
No. 1: Marthe Degeorges ST def. Xibilia KC, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Chrobak KC def. ElNemr ST, 7-5, 6-3
No. 3: Baroja KC def. Tentu ST, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Paradise ST def. Miley KC, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 5: Cardona KC def. Srivastav, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
No. 6: Timofeyeva KC def. Snezhko ST 2-6, 7-6, 6-3
Kansas City 5-8, 2-0 Summit... St. Thomas 1-9, 0-3 Summit
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
Michela Xibilia / 0 [KCR]
32
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Catherine Chrobak / 0 [KCR]
76
53
#3 Singles Match
12
Laura Munoz-Baroja / 0 [KCR]
66
44
#4 Singles Match
123
Kate Miley / 0 [KCR]
602
366
#5 Singles Match
123
Joanna Cardona / 0 [KCR]
616
463
#6 Singles Match
123
Ana Timofeyeva / 0 [KCR]
276
663
Players Mentioned
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