ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The William Woods University women's tennis team, sponsored by Fulton Medical Center, went 2-0 on Friday as they defeated Missouri Baptist University, 6-3, before closing out the day with a 5-0 victory over St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
 
Full results of both matches can be seen below.
 
The Owls return to action on Sunday, April 22nd when they travel to Springfield, Missouri to face NCAA Division I Missouri State University. The match is set to start at 2 p.m.  
 
Missouri Baptist
WWU came out strong as they took the first three doubles matches of the day. Zlata Shuraeva and Ana Zavala came away with an 8-0 victory in No. 2 doubles. Chelsea Steward and Felicia Cesar followed with an 8-3 win in NO. 3 doubles. WWU's No. 1 doubles team of Julia Mulder and Abigail Lemberger came away with an 8-6 victory giving the Owls a 3-0 lead.
 
WWU took would take three of the six singles matches to win the match 6-3. The Owls came out and won No. 6 singles, in straight sets as Julia Mulder defeated Rafaela Davide. Felicia Cesar won 6-2, 6-1 in No. 5 singles and Ana Zavala won 6-1, 6-1 in No. 4 singles.
 
The Owls dropped No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles to defeat the Spartans 6-3.
 
Results
Singles
1. Tamara Klimek def. #41 Karyna Sagalai, 6-2, 6-1
2. Thais Castiglioni def. #24 Zlata Shuraeva, 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-4
3. Krista Tyson def. #50 Julia Perez Wienese, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0)
4. #27 Ana Zavala def. Dani Jo Stevenson, 6-1, 6-1
5. Felicia Cesar def. Emily Brown, 6-2, 6-1
6. Julia Mulder def. Rafaela Davide, 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. #17 Julia Mulder/Abigail Lemberger def. Tamara Klimek/Krista Tyson, 8-6
2. #4 Zlata Shuraeva/Ana Zavala def. Dani Jo Stevenson/Emily Brown, 8-0
3. Chelsea Steward/Felicia Cesar def. Thais Castiglioni/Rafaela Davide, 8-3
 
St. Louis Pharmacy
The Owls came out and played singles first against Pharmacy as and they won the first five singles matches and led 3-0 in the sixth before the match was called with the Owls leading 5-0.
 
The Owls only dropped three games to the Eutectics. WWU came out and won No. 3 singles, Julia Perez Wienese, No. 4 singles, Julia Mulder, and No. 5 singles, Abigail Lemberger all by scores of 8-0.
 
Zlata Shuraeva won 8-2 in No. 1 singles against Emily Stevenson and Karyna Sagalai won 8-1 in No. 2 singles.
 
Paige Smith led 3-0 in No. 6 singles before the match was called.
 
Results
Singles
1. Zlata Shuraeva def. Emily Stevenson, 8-2
2. Karyna Sagalai def. Nicole Savant, 8-1
3. Julia Perez Wienese def. Jenna Smith, 8-0
4. Julia Mulder def. Haley Anderson, 8-0
5. Abigail Lemberger def. Dominique Vu, 8-0
6. Kelsie Hutson vs. Paige Smith, 0-3, unfinished