SPRINGFIELD, MO. – The No. 35 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis women's tennis team is headed to its first GLVC Tournament championship after defeating No. 28 ranked Bellarmine, 5-0, in Saturday's semifinals.
The Tritons advance to the program's first league title match and will face No. 18 Drury on Sunday at Noon.
UMSL swept doubles to jump out to a 3-0 lead and sealed the match with singles wins at No. 4 (
Annie Hays) and No. 6 (
Janet Auclair). Hays and Auclair also teamed to win No. 3 doubles.
The Tritons improve to 14-4 overall and also avenged a regular season 6-3 loss to Bellarmine with the win.
#35 Missouri-St. Louis 5, #28 Bellarmine University 0
Apr 21, 2018 at Springfield, MO (Cooper Tennis Complex)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Jennifer Skonieczny (BU) vs. #67 Salome Bleuler (UMSL) 4-6, 6-3, 3-1, unfinished |
| 2. Maggie Walroth (BU) vs. Marina Prediger (UMSL) 7-5, 2-6, unfinished |
| 3. Ashley Jonathan (BU) vs. Kristine Lindal (UMSL) 4-6, 2-3, unfinished |
| 4. Annie Hays (UMSL) def. Marissa Kovach (BU) 6-4, 6-2 |
| 5. Mairin Cotter (BU) vs. Leticia Lunge (UMSL) 7-5, 3-3, unfinished |
| 6. Janet Auclair (UMSL) def. Aubrey Smith (BU) 6-4, 7-5 |
| Match Notes |
| Missouri-St. Louis 14-4; National ranking #35; Regional ranking #4 |
| Bellarmine University 21-3; National ranking #28; Regional ranking #3 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,6) |
| GLVC Semifinals (2018) |
| #1 East (Bellarmine) |
| #2 West (UMSL) |
