Seward Cruises in Cowley Tuneup
Despite holding out half of their normal starting lineup, the #4 Seward County Lady Saints still cruised to a win Friday afternoon at Blue Bonnet Park in Liberal, downing visiting Kansas Wesleyan 8-1 to setup a showdown with the rival Cowley Tigers in just two days in Liberal.
Seward dominated doubles play Friday, getting 8-1 wins at all three spots to jump ahead 3-0 in the match. Playing without three of their normal six singles players, the Lady Saints continued to breeze past the Coyotes in singles action as well. Yennifer Delgado, Alba Payeras, and Crizta Goslin won at #4, #5, and #6 losing just one game between the three to put Seward in front 6-0. Madison Hoelting won by matching 6-2 scores at #3 while Tadi Mrewa won a hard fought battle at #2, 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 to give the Lady Saints their eighth win of the match. Kansas Wesleyan's only win of the dual came at #1 where Seward's usual #4 player Nthabi Mogopodi went toe to toe with the Coyotes top player in Drujdjina Vrhovac, but eventually fell 2-6, 6-2, 10-4.
The Lady Saints won the match 8-1 to improve to 15-0 on the year while Kansas Wesleyan falls to 1-5.
The win for the Lady Saints sets up a showdown with Jayhawk Conference rival Cowley on Monday morning at 10:00 at Blue Bonnet Park. Seward enters ranked #4 in the country while the Tigers will come to down with a #9 ranking next to their name.