COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Oklahoma Baptist opened its women's tennis season with a 5-2 road loss at Metro State–Denver. The match came one day after OBU lost an exhibition match to Division I Air Force, 7-0.
OBU's doubles team of Madeleine Boepple and Kim Moosbacher got the lone doubles victory at the No 1 spot beating MSU-Denver, 6-4. Moosbacher also contributed to the point total with a singles win at No. 1 along with Alex Bowers at No. 3.
Tahlia Walsh at No. 4 recovered from her 6-0 first-set loss with a 6-1 second-set win before dropping the third, 6-1.
OBU's next match will be Feb. 9 against Washburn University. The two teams will meet at Oklahoma City Tennis Center in a neutral site matchup. The Lady Bison were 6-3 winners over the Washburn in last year's meeting
RESULTS:
Doubles
No 1 - Madeleine Boepple/Kim Moosbacher (OBU) defeated Helena Steenberg/Tabitha Porter (MSUD) 6-4
No. 2 – Olivia Kaiser/Mackenzie Hotan (MSUD) defeated Tahlia Walsh/Ethne Dowling (OBU) 6-2
No. 3 – Ainsley Winterrowd/Eliza McKean (MSUD) defeated Alex Bowers/Stefy Varon (OBU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1 – Kim Moosbacher (OBU) defeated Tabitha Porter (MSUD) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – Eliza McKean (MSUD) defeated Madeleine Boepple (OBU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – Alex Bowers (OBU) defeated Ainsley Winterrowd (MSUD) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 – Helena Steenberg (MSUD) defeated Tahlia Walsh (OBU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
No. 5 – Olivia Kaiser (MSUD) defeated Ethne Dowling (OBU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 – Mackenzie Hotan (MSUD) defeated Stefy Varon (OBU) 6-1, 6-0
