The No. 7 Lady Owls won two matches by forfeit to clip the NCAA Division II Lady Saints in Tuesday's home victory.
William Woods University (9-3) extended its winning streak to seven matches.
"Maryville is a good NCAA Division II team, however, we did not play our best tennis today," Lady Owls head coach Justin Stuckey said. "We have some things to work on before the next match."
Here are Tuesday's singles and doubles results:
No. 1 singles: Sarah Etter (MU) defeated sophomore Zlata Shuraeva (WWU), 6-2, 6-4; No. 2: Sandra Hinterberger (MU) def. freshman Julia Perez Wienese (WWU), 6-0, 6-1; No. 3: Lina Kunert (MU) def. junior Karyna Sagalai (WWU), 6-4, 6-4; No. 4: freshman Ana Zavala (WWU) def. Kine Kleppe (MU), 6-2, 6-2; No. 5: junior Felicia Cesar (WWU) def. Ashley Dowden (MU), 6-1, 6-3; No. 6: junior Chelsea Steward (WWU) won by forfeit.
No. 1 doubles: Zavala/Shuraeva (WWU) def. Etter/Kleppe (MU), 9-8 (3); No. 2: Dowden/Hinterberger (MU) def. Cesar/Steward (WWU), 8-4; No. 3: junior Julia Mulder/junior Abigail Lemberger (WWU) won by forfeit.
William Woods plays at Division II Washburn (Kansas) University at 1 p.m. today.