Moreno wins for No. 13 Gulf Coast
Angela Moreno picked up No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast's only win Sunday in the NJCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament.
Moreno, a sophomore from Sevilla, Spain, beat Mesa's Jackeline Almada-Lopez 8-3 in the No. 1 singles consolation bracket. She'll play Oakton's Zarina Sayed on Monday.
Kendall Burn (So., Wiggins/Stone) and Niyah Strickland (So., Pachuta/Quitman) will also play in the consolation brackets on the Nos. 1 and 6 courts, respectively.
In doubles, Mikenzy Dubrow (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi) and Lauren Sullivan (Fr., Laurel/Laurel Christian) will play Weatherford's Chloe Baker and Sara Maksimovic.
NJCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship
Joann Medlock Murphy Tennis Center
Tyler, Texas
May 4-8
Sunday Results
Championship Bracket Singles Round 2
No. 2: (5) Emma Sanchez (Eastern Florida State) def. Danique Vermue (Gulf Coast), 6-0, 6-2, 8 a.m.
No. 3: Alessia Ciampi (St. Petersburg) def. Dallas Tanner (Gulf Coast), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: (3) Beyza Yankilar (Tyler) def, Lauren Sullivan (Gulf Coast), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6: No. 3 Stephanie Gopar (Tyler) def. Niyah Strickland (Gulf Coast), 6-1, 6-0
Championship Bracket Doubles Round 2
No. 1: (4) Yerkezhan Arystanbekova-Arina Babenko (Cowley) def. Angela Moreno-Danique Vermue (Gulf Coast), 6-1, 6-2
No. 2: (7) Sanja Djurdjevic-Tsitsi Claire Mahere (Weatherford) def. Kendall Burn-Niyah Strickland (Gulf Coast), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: (4) Isabella Carey-Kyoka Ueno (St. Petersburg) def. Mikenzy Dubrow-Lauren Sullivan (Gulf Coast), 6-3, 7-5
Consolation Bracket Singles Round 1
No. 1: Angela Moreno (Gulf Coast) def. Jackeline Almada-Lopez (Mesa), 8-3
Monday Schedule
Consolation Bracket Singles
No. 1: Angela Moreno (Gulf Coast) vs. Zarina Sayed (Oakton), 9:30 a.m.
No. 4: Kendall Burn (Gulf Coast) vs. Azelia Lara (Paradise Valley), 11 a.m.
No. 6: Niyah Strickland (Gulf Coast) vs. (6) Lara Torres (Seward County), 11 a.m.
Consolation Bracket Doubles
No. 3: Mikenzy Dubrow-Lauren Sullivan (Gulf Coast) vs. Chloe Baker-Sara Maksimovic (Weatherford), 2 p.m.
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