No. 13 Barton women's tennis falls short to 11th ranked Pratt #GoBarton
No. 13 Barton women’s tennis falls short to 11th ranked Pratt.
The shorthanded 13th ranked Barton Community College women's tennis team fell short Sunday on a 7-2 score to 11th ranked Pratt Community College.
Barton concludes the regular season with Tuesday's 1:00 p.m. first serve at 4th ranked Cowley College before embarking on post-season play April 23-24 at the Region 6 Championships held in Pratt.
In the six matches played due to the Cougars' shortened roster, Barton came out victorious in one of the two doubles action before dropping three of its singles at the east bank of Shannon Schartz Tennis Courts.
Vania Dotse and Vitoria Campigotto picked up the No. 1 doubles' victory by defeating Ilse Smaalders and Ebony Russell 8-3 while the Beavers picked up the No. 2 matchup as Sandra Dominguez and Barbara Mattar prevailed 8-2 over Diana Souza and Salalee Seejong.
Campigotto also picked up Barton's other victory during singles play, earning a 7-6(5) and 6-2 straight set win in the No. 2 slot over Smaalders.
Two of the other three singles action were decided on tiebreaks, the Cougars falling in each after grabbing first set victories.
In the top singles tango, Dotse's first set 6-2 win over Dominguez withered away as the Beaver took the second set 7-4 in the tiebreak before prevailing in the extra frame 10-7. Similarly in the No. 4 matchup, Seejong led after winning the first 7-5 in the tiebreak but Mattar fired back winning 7-5 in the second before capturing the tiebreak 10-4.
Pratt's Russell controlled the No. 3 match over an ailing Souza with 6-0 and 6-1 set victories.
Full Results
Doubles:
No. 1: Vania Dotse/Vitoria Campigotto (BCC) def. Ilse Smaalders/Ebony Russell (PCC) 8-3
No. 2: Sandra Dominguez/Barbara Mattar (PCC) def. Diana Souza/Salalee Seejong (BCC) 8-2
No. 3: Hailey Petersilie/Tabitha Pauly (PCC) - Walk-Over
Singles:
No. 1: Sandra Dominguez (PCC) def. Vania Dotse (BCC) 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-7
No. 2: Vitoria Campigotto (BCC) def. Ilse Smaalders (PCC) 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 3: Ebony Russell (PCC) def. Diana Souza (BCC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Barbara Mattar (PCC) def. Salalee Seejong (BCC) 6-7(5), 7-5, 10-4
No. 5: Hailey Petersilie (PCC) - Walk-Over
No. 6: Imara Achala (PCC) - Walk-Over