TC tennis faces three KCAC opponents

The Tabor College tennis teams faced three conference opponents last week.

The Bluejays started the week by sweeping Friends Monday.

Despite fielding just five competitors, the Tabor men earned their first conference win, defeating the Falcons, 5-4. The women, meanwhile, swept the Falcons, 9-0.

Tabor was then swept by McPherson Thursday. The men lost, 9-0. The women lost, 7-2. Jessica Emoto defeated 14th-ranked Brittany Zipf in No. 1 singles. Kiana Fujioka and Celeste Worthy earned Tabor’s second win in No. 3 doubles.

Tabor hosted Ottawa Saturday on senior day.

The men lost, 5-4, including two three-set losses. The women won, 7-2, securing at least a fourth-place finish in the conference.

Coming—Tabor will play at Oklahoma Wesleyan today at 3 p.m. and will host Bethel Saturday at noon in the regular-season finale.

Tabor tennis

vs. Ottawa (April 15)

Ottawa 5, TC men 4

Singles (2-4). No. 1: Illia Filanchuk (T) def. Mekasha Tadious 6-2, 6-3. No. 2: Angel Miguel (T) def. Joshua Hache 6-2, 6-3. No. 3: Anton Sopin (T) lost to Raj Selvaraj 6-1, 6-0. No. 4: Jaime Sanchez (T) lost to Virgil Reed 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. No. 5: Fran Gallinal (T) lost to Brandon Edwards 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. No. 6: Jeff Pritchard (T) lost to Bobby Vo 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles (2-1). No. 1: Filanchuk/Sopin (T) def. Tadious/Selvaraj 8-4. No. 2: Miguel/Gallinal (T) def. Edwards/Vo 8-3. No. 3: Pritchard/Sanchez (T) lost to Hache/Reed 8-3.

Record: 2-12 overall, 1-5 KCAC.

TC women 7, Ottawa 2

Singles (5-1). No. 1: Jessica Emoto (T) def. Allison Corfield 6-1, 6-2. No. 2: Naima Mexsen (T) lost to Jennifer Luedtke 6-0, 6-0. No. 3: Heidi Klaassen (T) def. Rhian Shepherd 5-7, 6-0, 6-1. No. 4: Kiana Fujioka (T) def. Ashlynn Good 6-4, 6-0. No. 5: Celeste Worthy (T) won by default. No. 6: Tessa Isaac (T) won by default.

Doubles (2-1). No. 1: Emoto/Hiett (T) lost to Corfield/Luedtke 8-3. No. 2: Worthy/Fujioka (T) def. Shepherd/Good 8-3. No. 3: Mexsen/Klaassen (T) won by default.

Record: 7-5 overall, 4-2 KCAC.

vs. McPherson (April 13)

McPherson 9, TC men 0

Singles (0-6). No. 1: Illia Filanchuk (T) lost to Joan-Marc Fajula Rodriguez 6-4, 7-5. No. 2: Angel Miguel (T) lost to Ahmed Lahlou 6-1, 6-2. No. 3: Jaime Sanchez (T) lost to Hector Carrillo Perales 6-1, 6-0. No. 4: Fran Gallinal (T) lost to Nicolas Wahl 6-0, 6-0. No. 5: Jeff Pritchard (T) lost to Juan Alejandro Jimenez 6-0, 6-0. No. 6: default.

Doubles (0-3). No. 1: Filanchuk/Sanchez (T) lost to Lahlou/Wahl 8-1. No. 2: Miguel/Gallinal (T) lost to Hoelzmann/Jimenez 9-7. No. 3: default.

Record: 2-11 overall, 1-4 KCAC.

McPherson 7, TC women 2

Singles (1-5). No. 1: Jessica Emoto (T) def. Brittany Zipf 6-4, 6-2. No. 2: Naima Mexsen (T) lost to Besa Bwalya 6-0, 6-3. No. 3: Heidi Klaassen (T) lost to Lea Striegel 6-1, 6-3. No. 4 Kiana Fujioka (T) lost to Zoe Bouwmeester 6-0, 6-3. No. 5 Celeste Worthy (T) lost to Madison Hoffman 6-1, 6-0. No. 6: Tessa Isaac (T) lost to Deiah Curtis 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles (1-2). No. 1: Emoto/Hiett (T) lost to Zipf/Bwalya 8-5. No. 2: Mexsen/Klaassen (T) lost to Striegel/Bouwmeester 8-3. No. 3: Fujioka/Worthy (T) def. Curtis/Hoffman 8-4.

Record: 6-5 overall, 3-2 KCAC.

at Friends (April 10)

TC men 5, Friends 4

Singles (3-3). No. 1: Illia Filanchuk (T) def. Stefan Nikolic 6-0, 6-3. No. 2: Angel Miguel (T) def. Sebastian Smithback 6-3, 6-2. No. 3: Jaime Sanchez (T) lost to Isaac Penner 6-1, 6-2. No. 4: Fran Gallinal (T) def. Pedro Cavallari 6-1, 6-2. No. 5: Jeff Pritchard (T) lost to Nate Thom 8-5. No. 6: default.

Doubles (2-1). No. 1: Filanchuk/Sanchez (T) def. Nikolic/Smithback 8-1. No. 2: Miguel/Gallinal (T) def. Penner/Blanco 8-2. No. 3: default.

Record: 2-10 overall, 1-3 KCAC.

TC women 9, Friends 0

Singles (6-0). No. 1: Jessica Emoto (T) def. Michaela Tubbs 6-0, 6-0. No. 2: Naima Mexsen (T) def. Amanda Zavala 6-1, 6-1. No. 3: Heidi Klaassen (T) def. Cassidy Darrah 6-2, 6-1. No. 4: Kiana Fujioka (T) def. Courtney Temen 6-3, 6-1. No. 5: Tessa Isaac (T) def. Abigail Thibodeau 6-0, 6-2. No. 6: Mandi Hiett (T) def. Matty Donaldson 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles (3-0). No. 1: Emoto/Hiett (T) def. Zavala/Darrah 8-2. No. 2: Mexsen/Klaassen (T) def. Tubbs/Thibodeau 8-1. No. 3: Stroud/Fujioka (T) def. Nissley/Temen 8-0.

Record: 6-4 overall, 3-1 KCAC.

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