Murray State is crowned as the Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions with a perfect 8-0 record making it the 17th straight year that the MVC regular season champion has gone undefeated. They will head into the upcoming MVC Championship as the No. 1 seed.
Illinois State finished the season beating Missouri State and finishing 7-1 with their only loss coming against Murray State. They finished in the top 5 for the 8th straight season and will head to the MVC Championship as the No. 2 seed.
UIC and Belmont end the season tied with a 5-3 record. UIC has the head-to-head earning them the No. 3 seed over Belmont. Both teams have made the MVC Championship in their first two years playing in the MVC.
The defending champions Drake take the No. 5 seed set for a first round matchup against No. 4 seed Belmont. Missouri State took the final spot in the MVC Championship and will face the No. 3 seed UIC.
Stephani won 6-1, 6-4 in straight sets in the number one singles spot over Belmont's Mariia Hlahola. The win was on Drake's senior day, and it was her 15th win of 2024.
They duo of finished the conference season with wins against Valpo and Bradley. Honore and Slezakova finished 6-2 in MVC conference play, all at the number one spot.
Notable Singles Performances
- Nicole Ross (Missouri State) - Defeated Bradley 6-2, 6-1 and Illinois State 7-5, 6-3
- Viktoria Kliimand (Belmont) - Defeated UNI 6-1, 6-3 and Drake 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Maria Bezmenova (Bradley) - Defeated Missouri State 7-6, 6-3 and Murray State 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Marit Kreugel (Murray State) - Defeated Valpo 6-3, 6-1 and Bradley 6-0, 6-3
- Agnes Gustafsson (UIC) -Defeated Valparaiso 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Silvia Pomarolli (Illinois State) - Defeated Missouri State 6-4, 6-3
notable Doubles performances
- Tamara Malazonia and Camille Belberka (UIC) - Defeated Valparaiso 6-1
- Lana Caculovic and Tijana Zlatanovic (Illinois State) - Defeated Missouri State 6-2
- Darinka Stepan and Mille Haagensen (Drake) - Defeated Belmont 6-0
MVC Standings
Belmont to host MVC championship
Belmont University is set to host the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Championship on April 26th-28th. This will be the first-ever MVC Team Tennis Championship held at Belmont's campus and the second MVC Champion the Bruins will host after the 2023 MVC Cross Country Championship in October. The competition will be held at Belmont Family Tennis Complex.