MARION, Ind. – A long day of tennis produced two Crossroads League victories for Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis. IWU defeated Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 8-1 in the morning before traveling to Saint Francis (Ind.) for a 9-0 win during the afternoon.

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Mount Vernon Nazarene, 8-1
• Score: Indiana Wesleyan def. Saint Francis, 9-0

VS. MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella/Maddie Bemisderfer (IWU) def. Clark/Weber (MVNU) 8-0
• No. 2:  Laura Moore/Sabrina Porter (IWU) def. Higgins/Young (MVNU) 8-1
• No. 3:  Rebecca Bognar/Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Landis/Sidle (MVNU) 8-3
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella (IWU) def. Casey Clark (MVNU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 2:  Maddie Bemisderfer (IWU) def. Sarah Higgins (MVNU) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 3:  Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Ashley Weber (MVNU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 4:  Laura Moore (IWU) def. Ally Landis (MVNU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 5:  Sabrina Porter (IWU) def. Laura Sidle (MVNU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 6:  Rebecca Bognar (IWU) def. Sarah Young (MVNU) 7-6, 6-4
  
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “I liked how our girls played today. We were without our No. 1 and No. 4 players today but everyone else stepped up and played extremely well. This team has an opportunity to do some special things this year.”
  
   

VS. SAINT FRANCIS

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella/Maddie Bemisderfer (IWU) def. Haas/Liter (USF) 8-0
• No. 2:  Laura Moore/Sabrina Porter (IWU) def. Stanchins/Faber (USF) 8-3
• No. 3:  Marissa Klein/Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) def. Douthitt/Duday (USF) 8-0
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Alex Mella (IWU) def. Hannah Haas (USF) 6-2, 6-0
• No. 2:  Maddie Bemisderfer (IWU) def. Sarah Liter (USF) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 3:  Laura Moore (IWU) def. Tayler Stanchin (USF) 6-2, 6-3
• No. 4:  Marissa Klein (IWU) def. Andi Douthitt (USF) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 5:  Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) def. Regina Faber (USF) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 6:  Sabrina Porter (IWU) def. Gabby Buday (USF) 6-1, 6-0
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The girls locked in mentally even though this was their second match of the day. We had a three hour drive in between matches and it is difficult to get out of the van and get mentally focused. Very proud of our girls. Watching our players pray with their opponents after every match is an incredible blessing.”

UP NEXT

• Indiana Wesleyan travels to Indianapolis to play Marian (Ind.). The match begins at 2 p.m.