The ISU tennis team traveled to Columbia, Mo., on Friday for the first of two matches on the weekend for a meeting with the Missouri Tigers — a match they won in Ames last year. The Cyclones (9-8, 0-3 Big 12) couldn’t put it together and fell to the Tigers (9-5, 1-3) by a score of 5-2.

Senior Erin Karonis posted the Cyclones’ only singles win of the day defeating Kaitlyn Ritchie from Missouri 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 1 singles spot.

The rest of the singles matches were not won easily for Missouri, however. Junior Maria Macedo was defeated by Mallory Weber 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 and then dropped the tiebreaker 7-3 at the No. 2 spot. Junior Marie-Christine Chartier lost to Jamie Mera 6-4, 0-6, 1-6 at the No. 5 position. Senior Liza Wischer was defeated by Rachel Stuhlmann 6-1, 2-6, 1-6 at the No. 6 match.

The Cyclones picked up their second doubles point in conference play this season. Karonis and sophomore Simona Cacciuttolo defeated Marlen Hacke and Jamie Mera 8-3 at the No. 2 doubles spot, and Wischner and sophomore Jenna Langhorst defeated Rachel Stuhlmann and Mahdi Besovic 8-2 at the No. 3 match.