ST. LOUIS Squaring off against the rival Spartans for the third time this season, the dominance of No. 1 seed William Woods men s tennis (17-5) was on full display in a 5-0 sweep of No. 3 seed Missouri Baptist (14-10) on Thursday.
FULTON Although it wasn t originally intended as the team s Senior Day, Friday s match between William Woods (14-4, 2-0 American Midwest Conference) and Missouri Baptist (12-7, 2-1) proved to be a perfect stage to honor a pair of the best in WWU history.
FULTON Having surrendered a consolation match at the three doubles against Ottawa on Thursday, Andres De Los Rios Kolejewska and Felix Diedrichs roared to a quick win for William Woods (13-4) on Friday, powering the Owls to a 7-0 victory over former AMC foe Freed-Hardeman (3-12).
FULTON William Woods (11-4) needed less than 90 minutes to put Sunday s match against Midland University (6-4) in the win column, with Stepan Mach and Ben Grumley polishing off Midland s Nathen Bitzer and Boris Velasquez in just 13 minutes at the three doubles line.
KANSAS CITY Conventional wisdom in college tennis is that the winner of the doubles point has a huge advantage in the match, but William Woods turned that upside down at the ITA NAIA National Team Indoor Championship, claiming a fifth-place finish with wins over No. 7 seed Xavier University of Louisiana (4-3) and No. 4 seed Southeastern University (4-2) after losing 4-2 to No. 3 seed University of Northwestern Ohio on Friday.