Over spring break, the ACU tennis teams exercised their dominance over every team they faced in Kansas City. The men’s team went 4-1 over the break and the Lady ‘Cats went undefeated, winning a whopping thirty-nine out of forty-one total matches.
The women’s tennis team started out their spring break by stomping St. Edwards and over the weekend without dropping a single match in Abilene.
Next, the sixth ranked Wildcats traveled to Missouri and dismantled the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Northwest Missouri State University in consecutive days 7-0 and 9-0.
“We just wanted to take it one match at a time,” freshman Brittany Reed said. “We were determined to play each ball the best we could.”
The Wildcats finished up their stay in KC by demolishing the Rockhurst University on Wednesday 8-1. From there, the Wildcats hopped on a bus and went down to Lawton, Oklahoma, where they took down Cameron University without any trouble, winning eight of their nine matches.
The Lady Wildcats used their spring break to show the entire country why they are among the elite teams in the nation, and a force to be reckoned with in for any team that has national title aspirations.
Meanwhile, the men’s tennis finished up their spring break by winning four straight victories after a tough 5-4 loss to St. Edwards at home.
However, when the Wildcats traveled to Kansas City, they were able to get back on track. ACU started off their road trip by beating the University of Missouri at Kansas City 6-1 on Monday.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, ACU hammered Northwest Missouri State 7-2 and then ran away with their match against Rockhurst University, only dropping one match on their way to victory.
The ‘Cats finished up their spring break by improving to 2-0 in conference play by beating the Cameron University Aggies five matches to four.
“It was huge for us to stay undefeated in conference play,” Senior Nick Plum said. “Cameron was also ranked third in our region, so we needed to win to keep us on top. If we keep playing like we are capable of playing, we are definitely the best team in the region.”
The men’s tennis team is also ranked number sixth in the nation, and will have a chance to move up the ITA polls when they take on Drury College on Wednesday and Tyler College this Friday in Abilene.