MARION, Ind. – Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis won the first of three matches at the Mark Richards Classic on Friday with a 5-0 win over Huntington (Ind.). IWU wraps up the regular season with two more matches on Saturday.

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Huntington, 5-0
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 27-4   |   Huntington 14-4
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 9   |   Huntington – Receiving votes
• Location:   Sutter Tennis Center   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) def. Golz/Dolde (HU) 9-8
• No. 2:  Olivia Reed/Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Colling/Evstifeeva (HU) 8-1
• No. 3:  Laura Moore/Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) won by default
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Lizzie Bauss (IWU) vs. Constanze Golz (HU) 2-3 [unfinished]
• No. 2:  Alex Mella (IWU) vs. Meg Dolde (HU) 5-1 [unfinished]
• No. 3:  Marissa Klein (IWU) vs. Lisa Colling (HU) 5-3 [unfinished]
• No. 4:  Laura Moore (IWU) vs. Anastasiia Evstifeeva (HU) 6-4 [unfinished]
• No. 5:  Becky Scurt (IWU) def. Allison Smith (HU) 6-0, 6-2
• No. 6:  Olivia Reed (IWU) won by default
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The girls put on a good performance vs. a Huntington team that has been flirting around the top-25 all season. We are starting to get healthier and that is wonderful news from playing banged up most of the spring. We are hoping tomorrow we can play solid IWU tennis with no injuries.”

UP NEXT

• “Indiana Wesleyan plays their final two regular season matches on Saturday. IWU hosts Grace (Ind.) at 10 a.m. and Taylor (Ind.) at 3 p.m.