April 18, 2019-In their last competition before the MIAA Tournament, both the Emporia State men's and women's tennis teams were edged by Newman on Thursday afternoon in Wichita.
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Shannen Meyer and Viktoria Mackova picked up the only win in doubles with a 6-3 victory at #3 as the Hornets trailed 1-0 going to singles play where four of the six matches went to a third set tiebreaker.
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Cyrielle Peyroche won 6-4, 6-3 at #3 singles while Jessica Purdy and Mackova each picked up wins in tiebreakers. Purdy won 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 at #1 while Mackova won 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 at #2 singles. Those were not enough though as Silvana Caceres and Meyer each dropped third set tiebreakers. Caceres fell 5-7, 7-5, 10-6 at #5 and Meyer lost 6-1, 5-7, 10-4 at #6. Karen Santiago played up at #4 singles and lost 6-1, 6-3.
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The Hornet men lost at #2 and #3 doubles to drop the doubles point and with rain moving in the #1 match was left unfinished with ESU trailing 4-3.
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Emporia State won the top three singles matches with Charles Gortzounian winning 7-6, 6-3 at #1, while Gerard Pont and Taylor Nelson each won in three sets. Pont won 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at #2 as Nelson picked up a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win at #3 singles. Lukas Winkler lost 6-0, 6-1 at #4 singles and Luis Maia fell 6-4, 6-3 at #6. Andy Graf was trailing 6-3, 3-6, 3-2 when he retired as Newman earned the 4-3 win.
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The Emporia State women earned the sixth seed at the MIAA Tournament and will take on third seeded Northwest Missouri on Thursday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m. at the OKC Tennis Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Hornet men got the fourth and final spot in the tournament and will play top seeded Southwest Baptist at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 27 in Oklahoma City.
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