Season Stats

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The top-seeded Washburn Lady Blues tennis team tossed a shutout in their opening match of the MIAA Championship Tennis Tournament with a 5-0 win over Missouri Western improving to 12-4 on the season. Washburn will take on the winner of Nebraska-Omaha/Northwest Missouri match tomorrow.

The Lady Blues dropped only two games in doubles play while the Jamie Blackim and Alyssa Castillo topped Mindy Buschbom and Sophia Robertson at No. 1 doubles 8-1. Morgan Rainey and Whitley Zitsch blanked Erin Ward and Nicole Kerr 8-0 at No. 2 doubles while Annie Doole and Elektra Hunter and Annie Doole defeated Sarah Hatten and Katie Field 8-1.

Blackim topped Field at No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-1 while Castillo shutout Hatten at No. 5 singles 6-0, 6-0 in a match which was finished at Hilltop Tennis Center as rain forced play indoors.

Washburn 5, Missouri Western 0
April 21, 2011 at Kansas City, Mo. (Plaza Tennis Center)

Singles competition

1. Rainey,Morgan (WU) vs. Kerr,Nicole (MWSU) 6-0, 5-0, unfinished

2. Zitsch,Whitley (WU) vs. Buschbom,Mindy (MWSU) 6-2, 2-0, unfinished

3. Hunter,Elektra (WU) vs. Robertson,Sophia (MWSU) 6-0, unfinished

4. Blackim,Jamie (WU) def. Field,Katie (MWSU) 6-0, 6-1

5. Castillo,Alyssa (WU) def. Hatten,Sarah (MWSU) 6-0, 6-0

6. McKee,Kristin (WU) vs. Ward,Erin (MWSU) 5-4, unfinished

Doubles competition

1. Blackim,Jamie/Castillo,Alyssa (WU) def. Buschbom,Mindy/Robertson,Sophia (MWSU) 8-1

2. Rainey,Morgan/Zitsch,Whitley (WU) def. Kerr,Nicole/Ward,Erin (MWSU) 8-0

3. Hunter,Elektra/Doole,Annie (WU) def. Field,Katie/Hatten,Sarah (MWSU) 8-1

Match Notes

Missouri Western 4-12 (1-7 MIAA)

Washburn 12-4 (7-1 MIAA); Regional ranking #10

Washburn #1 seed, Missouri Western #8 seed

MIAA Championship Tennis Tournament

Match completed at Hilltop Racquet Club because of rain at Plaza Tennis Courts