Mustangs start season on strong note at Central Invitational

PELLA, IOWA – Morningside Women's Tennis flexed its collective muscle this weekend at the Central Invitational, posting a collective record of 22-2.

Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall added to their already career record-holding team resume, picking up a 6-4 win over Cornell and a 6-0 win over Central. Both halves of the duo went 1-0 independently.

Lara Heinrich and Helene Kreibich also went 2-0, with wins of 6-1 and 6-0. Heinrich was 2-0 in singles, while Kreibich was perfect at 1-0. 

Stefany Simplicio and Kailee Bailey posted wins of 6-1 and 6-0 in doubles play before both going 1-0 in Flight D of singles play.

In Flight D of doubles, Ellie Peterson and Anna Sievert won 6-1 and Sophia Guntren and Bianca Seminario Pinheiro Costa won 6-0. Peterson and Sievert both 1-0 in singles, while Costa went 2-0 and Guntren was 1-1. 

Addison Meyers was 1-1 on the day, winning 6-1, 6-2 over Central but dropping a super tiebreaker, 10-8, to Cornell. Jennifer Hubert was 1-0, with a  Flight H victory over Cornell.

Morningside will get a look at its conference competition for this spring in the GPAC Individual Tournament on Sept. 12 and 13 in Lincoln, Neb.

Singles Competition

FLIGHT A

• Line Jensendef. Michaela Clark (Cornell) 6-4, 6-0

• Helene Kreibich def. Rebekah Christensen (Central) 6-0, 6-3

FLIGHT B

• Brooke Marshall def. Mac Graves (Cornell) 6-2, 6-0

• Millie Wolfe (Central) def. Sophia Guntren 6-2, 6-3

FLIGHT C

• Lara Heinrich def. Kennedy Harms (Central) 6-0, 6-0

• Lara Heinrich def. Tansy Graves (Cornell) 6-0, 6-1

FLIGHT D

• Stefany Simplicio def. Paige Benson (Central) 6-0, 6-1

• Kailee Bailey def. Audrey Small (Cornell) 6-0, 6-2

FLIGHT E

• Bianca Seminario Pinheiro Costa def. Annika Dox (Cornell) 6-3, 3-6, 10-5

• Bianca Seminario Pinheiro Costa def. Liv Allely (Central) 6-1, 6-0

FLIGHT F

• Jenna Benkufsky (Cornell) def. Addison Meyers 6-2, 1-6, 10-8

• Addison Meyers def. Madison Price (Central) 6-1, 6-2

FLIGHT G

• Ellie Peterson def. Kortney Travis (Cornell) 6-2, 6-3

• Sophia Guntren def. Isabella Wallin (Cornell) 6-2, 6-3

FLIGHT H

• Jennifer Hubert def. Mirabel Pinkerton (Cornell) 6-2, 6-2

• Anna Sievert def. Meredith Maxwell (Cornell) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles Competition

FLIGHT A

• Line Jensen/Brooke Marshall def. Mac Graves/Michaela Clark (Cornell) 6-4

• Brooke Marshall/Line Jensen def. Kennedy Harms/Paige Benson (Central) 6-0

FLIGHT B

• Lara Heinrich/Helene Kreibich def. Tansy Graves/Annika Dox (Cornell) 6-1

• Helene Kreibich/Lara Heinrich def. Rebekah Christensen/Millie Wolfe (Central) 6-0

FLIGHT C

• Stefany Simplicio/Kailee Bailey def. Liv Allely/Madison Price (Central) 6-1

• Kailee Bailey/Stefany Simplicio def. Audrey Small/Jenna Benkufsky (Cornell) 6-0

FLIGHT D

• Ellie Peterson/Anna Sievert def. Kortney Travis/Ashley Drake (Cornell) 6-1

• Sophia Guntren/Bianca Seminario Pinheiro Costa def. Meredith Maxwell/Isabella Wallin (Cornell) 6-0