Washburn Wins Women's Tennis Tournament Title

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No. 2 seed Washburn defeated top seed Northwest Missouri 5-3 Sunday at Clayview Country Club to claim the 2010 MIAA Women's Tennis Tounament Championship.

The match was 4-3 in favor of Washburn as the No. 2 and No. 6 singles matches were both pushed into the third set, and the Lady Blues closed the deal as WU's Morgan Rainey outlasted NWMSU's Lisa Pendrak, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2.

Washburn won two of the three doubles matches, and three of five completed singles matches to win the title. 

The Lady Blues' road to the championship went through No. 7 seed Fort Hays State, No. 6 seed Emporia State and finally No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri.

2010 MIAA Women's Tennis Championship Match
(2) Washburn 5, (1) Northwest Missouri 3
No. 1 Doubles: LeNguyen/Castillo (WU) def. Leston/Hoffman (NWMSU), 8-2
No. 2 Doubles: Rainey/Zitsch (WU) def. Pendrak/Castilla (NWMSU), 8-4
No. 3 Doubles: Weir/Browning (NWMSU) def. Doole/McKee (WU), 8-1

No. 1 Singles: LeNguyen (WU) def. Leston (NWMSU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Singles: Rainey (WU) def. Pendrak (NWMSU), 6-7, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Singles: Zitsch (WU) def. Castilla (NWMSU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Singles: Weir (NWMSU) def. Castillo (WU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Singles: Weidemen (NWMSU) def. Doole (WU), 6-1, 6-0