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Women's Tennis

Chargers Fall to Missouri-St. Louis at NCAA Tennis Regional

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The first-ver appearance at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament ended in heartbreaking fashion for the Hillsdale College women's tennis team.

The Chargers, the tournament's No. 6 seed, lost 5-3 to No. 3-seed University of Missouri-St. Louis in a regional match held at Grandville Middle School and hosted by Grand Valley State University. Hillsdale's season ends with a 14-5 record.

The match started out in a very good way for Hillsdale as it took a 2-1 lead following doubles play. Katie Bell and Corinne Prost were 8-6 winners at No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 doubles team of Kamryn Matthews and Madeline Bissett played their final match of the season together winning in dramatic fashion in a 9-8 tiebreaker. Matthews and Bissett won the tiebreaking set 7-2, giving the Chargers their second doubles win.

Matthews would coast to a win in her match at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-1, briefly giving Hillsdale a 3-1 lead. The win was significant for many reasons. It was Hillsdale's first-ever NCAA regional singles win, and it was Matthews' 30th total win of the season, tying a single-season school record. She now shares the mark for most singles and doubles wins in a season with Morgan Delp, who also won 30 in 2012.

Matthews finished the season with a 30-6 overall record, making her .833 winning percentage the highest in a single season in school history, since the program was revived for the 2011-12 season.

UMSL would win matches at No. 1 singles, No. 2 singles and No. 4 singles, while Bell fought hard, but ultimately lost a three-set decision at No. 3 singles. The No. 6 singles match was not completed because UMSL had clinched the victory before that match could be finished.

The 2017-18 season was an historic one for this team. Hillsdale won 10 matches in a row to end the pre-regional season, culminating in the G-MAC Tournament championship last weekend in Kentucky. That, along with its berth in the NCAA Tournament represent new ground for this team, who doesn't lose a single player to graduation.

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Players Mentioned

Katie Bell

Katie Bell

Sophomore
Madeline Bissett

Madeline Bissett

Junior
Kamryn Matthews

Kamryn Matthews

Sophomore
Corinne Prost

Corinne Prost

Junior

Players Mentioned

Katie Bell

Katie Bell

Sophomore
Madeline Bissett

Madeline Bissett

Junior
Kamryn Matthews

Kamryn Matthews

Sophomore
Corinne Prost

Corinne Prost

Junior