KIRKSVILLE, Mo. In a true "team win" the Truman State Tennis team edged St. Mary's (Kan.) on Tuesday by a 4-3 score. The squad will face Missouri Valley on October 17 at home. 

The doubles point proved pivotal in the dual as Sydney Dial and Nayana Malangi won 6-2 at number one and Finley Laforge and Alayna Dostal grabbed a 6-1 win at number three to secure the point.

The Spires evened the score with a win at number two singles.

The Bulldogs went up 2-1 at number four singles with Worster pulling out a 7-6 (4), 6-1 win.

The match was tied again winning in straight sets at number three singles.

Dostal dropped her opening set 3-6 but rallied to win the second 6-2 to force a tiebreaker and she would win that 10-5 to put Truman up 3-2.

Needing one more point, Cora Wood found what was needed to force a tie breaking set after falling 6-4 in the first and winning 6-1 in the second. She would win 10-1 in the third to secure the team vicory.

The final match on the court was at number one and again, a third super tiebreaker was needed, this time the St. Mary's player edged out Dial 2-6, 7-5, 10-2.

The Bulldogs improve to 5-2 on the season. 

Doubles

Sydney Dial/Nayana Malangi def. Tracy Llamas/Mia Rojas (6-2)

Shannon Finn/Rowen Wiemers def. Abbi Worster/Amelia Willing (6-1)

Finley Laforge/Alayna Dostal def. Rachel Rothmeyer/Arsys Rojas (6-1)

Singles

Llamas def. Dial (2-6/7-5/10-2 TB)

Finn def. Malangi (6-2/6-4)

M. Rojas def. Laforge (6-1/6-4)

Worster def. Wiemers (7-6 (4)/6-1)

Dostal def. Rothmeyer (3-6/6-2/10-5 (5)

Cora Wood def. A. Rojas (4-6/6-1/10-1 TB)