MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee dropped the doubles point and the first three completed singles matches, falling to 55th-ranked Marshall, 4-0, Saturday morning at the Buck Bouldin Tennis Center. The Blue Raiders (7-14) dropped their final two regular season matches but now prepare for the upcoming conference tournament.
Marshall won the doubles point with victories at Nos. 2 and 3.
Jessica Keener and Jeanne Schwartz defeated Pooja Kommireddi and Elvira Yusupova, 8-3 at No. 3 before Karolina Soor and Shannon Brown won 8-3 at No. 2 over Kelly Adams and Ann-Kristin Siljestrom.
In singles the Thundering Herd won matches at Nos. 1, 2 and 6 for the victory.
Lynzee Kever defeated Claudia Szabo, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1, and Keener won 6-1, 6-0, over Adams at No. 6. Kellei Schmitt's 6-1, 6-3, triumph over Marlene Chemin was the match clincher.
Middle Tennessee heads to the Sun Belt Championships, April 21-23, in Mobile, Ala. The tournament will take place at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts on the South Alabama campus and the Mobile Tennis Center.
#55 Marshall 4, Middle Tennessee 0
SINGLES
1. Lynzee Kever (MAR) def. Claudia Szabo (MT), 6-0, 6-0
2. Kellei Schmitt (MAR) def. Marlene Chemin (MT), 6-1, 6-3
3. Ann-Kristin Siljestrom (MT) vs. Jeanne Schwartz (MAR), 6-7 (8), DNF
4. Elvira Yusupova (MT) vs. Shannon Brown (MAR), 3-6, 2-4, DNF
5. Pooja Kommireddi (MT) vs. Karolina Soor (MAR), 4-6, 1-4, DNF
6. Jessica Keener (MAR) def. Kelly Adams (MT), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 1,6,2*
DOUBLES
1. Chemin-Szabo (MT) vs. (35) Kever-Schmitt (MAR), 3-6, DNF
2. Soor-Brown (MAR) def. Adams-Siljestrom (MT), 8-3
3. Keener-Schwartz (MAR) def. Kommireddi-Yusupova (MT), 8-3
Order of Finish: 3,2*
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