MOBILE, Ala. – Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis lost a heart-breaking 5-4 decision to Dallas Baptist (Texas) on Friday in the NCCAA National Championship match. IWU led 2-1 after doubles but dropped two tightly contested singles matches in three sets.

MATCH VITALS

• NCCAA National Championship Match
• Score:  Dallas Baptist def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-4
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 33-5   |   Dallas Baptist 19-9
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 1   |   Dallas Baptist – No. 3
• Location:   Mobile Tennis Center   |   Mobile, Alabama
   

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Liz Slaughter/Claire Nguyen (DBU) def. Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 9-7
• No. 2:  Olivia Reed/Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) def Bianca Tijerina/Ira Vogelmann (DBU) 8-4
• No. 3:  Laura Moore/Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Adriana Carpenter/Devon Austin-Canning (DBU) 8-3
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Liz Slaughter (DBU) def. Alex Mella (IWU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6)
• No. 2:  Lizzie Bauss (IWU) def. Bianca Tijerina (DBU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 3:  Claire Nguyen (DBU) def. Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) 6-3, 6-3
• No. 4:  Adriana Carpenter (DBU) def. Marissa Klein (IWU) 6-3, 6-3
• No. 5:  Olivia Reed (IWU) def. Ira Vogelmann (DBU) 6-3, 6-0
• No. 6:  Devon Austin-Canning (DBU) def. Laura Moore (IWU) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The girls lost one of the closest and toughest matches I have ever seen to a really good Dallas Baptist team. I am so proud of our girls in how they played the game with such courage and determination in a pressure situation. The girls represented IWU and Jesus Christ so well. These kinds of things build character and they help us to keep athletics in perspective. The most important thing is that this group of girls love Christ and each other. We will grow from this is all aspects of life and allow Christ to refine us.”

UP NEXT

• Indiana Wesleyan remains in Mobile for next week’s NAIA National Championship. IWU is the No. 9-seed and opens the tournament at 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 15 vs. No. 24-seed Hastings (Neb.).