Women's Tennis Falls Against Webster In The SLIAC Tournament

BELLEVILLE, Ill.—The No. 6-seeded Fontbonne University women's tennis team fell 5-0 against No. 3-seeded Webster in the opening round of the SLIAC Tournament.

Score: Webster 5, Fontbonne 0

Location: King's Point Tennis Courts

Records: Webster 6-8, Fontbonne 0-13

How It Happened

In doubles action, the Gorloks won each of the three matches against the Griffins to head into singles play on top, 3-0.

At No. 2 singles, Maggie Federhofer won 6-1, 6-1 over Jordan Sampson. At No. 4 singles, Navone Armstrong defeated Sarah Johnson 6-0, 6-0 for the fifth and final point. The rest of the matches were marked as unfinished.

Doubles Results

1. Sara Rice/Madison Watts (WU) def. Chloe Loehr/Jordan Sampson (FBU), 8-1
2. Maggie Federhofer/Emma Ferguson (WU) def. Andrea Wiele/Alexis Bracken (FBU), 8-0
3. Navone Armstrong/Addie Struckman (WU) def. Emily Bay/Maris Fusiek (FBU), 8-2

Singles Results

1. Sara Rice (WU) & Chloe Loehr (FBU), 6-0, 4-3 (UNFINISHED)
2. Maggie Federhofer (WU) def. Jordan Sampson (FBU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Emma Ferguson (WU) & Andrea Wiele (FBU), 6-1, 5-1 (UNFINISHED)
4. Navone Armstrong (WU) def. Sarah Johnson (FBU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Liz Gerger (WU) & Alexis Bracken (FBU), 6-4 (UNFINISHED)
6. Imani Bennett (WU) & Maris Fusiek (FBU) (NOT STARTED)

Up Next

• The Griffins return to action tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., at Dwight Davis as they'll take on Blackburn in the fifth-place match.

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