11th ranked Barton women finishes 2-1 in hosting tennis Classic #GoBarton

The 11th ranked Barton Community College women's tennis team closed out a busy spring break week going 2-1 over the weekend in the Barton Classic.

On Saturday, the Cougars split its matches held at the Shannon Schartz Tennis Courts, winning 9-0 over the 13th ranked Tritons of Iowa Central Community College before falling 4-2 to NCAA Division II 42nd ranked Newman University.

Wrapping up its seven-day, five-match stretch on Sunday, the Cougars protected its home courts with a 6-3 defeat of NCAA Division II Fort Hays State University.

Barton will have until Thursday for its next match, taking on its third Division II opponent in a week by traveling to Emporia State University for a 1:00 p.m. first serve.

In Saturday's matches, the Cougars began the day with a 24-5 combined doubles score followed by a dominating 72-17 game total in singles play. Later in the afternoon against Newman, the Jets outscored Barton 24-9 in doubles action and a much closer 59-39 margin in singles action with each team owning a straight set shutout.

The No. 1 doubles tandem of Angelina Gnezdilova and Clara Penido went 2-1 on the weekend, the lone loss coming on an 8-6 defeat to Newman's Divya Murali and Antonia Ramos as each went undefeated in their three singles matches.

Following a 1-1 Saturday in the No. 2 and No. 3 double pairings, Head Coach Lyle Stickney shuffled the teams on Sunday. The No. 1 stayed intact in defeating FHSU 8-6 with the altered No. 2 of Azul Barrios and Malena Hernandez dominating 8-1 while the No. 3 of Paula Curci and Jacie Roth battled in an eventual 8-5 loss. On Saturday the No. 2 pairing of Barrios and Curci won and lost by identical 8-3 scores while Hernandez and Roth shut out Iowa Central 8-0 but were blanked by the Jets.

Hernandez and Barrios each went 2-1 in singles play, No. 3 slot Hernandez falling in straight sets to Newman while Barrios' No. 4 spot action was unfinished due to darkness.

Curci and Roth finished the weekend 1-2 in singles, both earning victories in the Cougars' opening sweep of Iowa Central.