FHSU Athletics
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Fort Hays State Tennis moved to 9-2 overall on the season by rolling past Truman State University 7-0 on Friday (Mar. 21). The Tigers went 3-0 on their road journey for the week, which included stops in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri. The Tigers kept their win streak going, now at eight-straight matches.
The Tigers quickly notched their first team point with a pair of 6-1 wins in doubles. The No. 2 team of Grace Unruh and Janae Montoya and No. 3 team of Bethan Gill and Ines Latorre secured the point, then the No. 1 team of Irina Alfonso and Suzana Faucz completed a sweep of doubles matches for FHSU with a 7-5 win.
Five of FHSU's clean sweep of singles matches were by straight sets, while one went to a tiebreaking set. FHSU yielded only two points in four of the matches. Faucz (No. 2), Unruh (No. 4), and Latorre (No. 5) all posted shutouts in their second sets, all winning by scores of 6-2, 6-0. Alfonso won at No. 1 6-1, 6-1, while Gill won at No. 3 6-4, 6-3. Ines Steeman (No. 6) was the only Tiger who needed a third set for victory, winning 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6).
Unruh and Montoya also played an exhibition doubles match and were up 4-0 before Truman's squad retired from the match.
Next up for the Tigers is the start of MIAA play. The Tigers are scheduled to play at Northwest Missouri State on Friday (Mar. 28) and Missouri Western on Saturday (Mar. 29). They also have a non-conference match that weekend on Sunday (Mar. 30) at William Jewell College.