After having a gap in their schedule this season, the CHS girls tennis team added a new dual against the Boonville lady pirates on Tuesday night. While it is a bit of a drive to compete against them, both coaches thought the match-up was very worthwhile since both schools are similarly-sized, rural communities. It was a very fair, even match-up all event.
The night started off slow again for the lady hornets, like the night before in Kirksville, with the team dropping two of the three doubles matches. Seniors Gatson & Mathews remained consistent in their head-to-head, though, helping the team go into singles’ play 1-2. From there, the entire team really turned it on in singles, winning the four necessary matches to secure the team win 5-4. That session began with senior Summer Gatson rising to the challenge to secure a quick, dominant win at the #3 slot. Then, #4 senior Rian Mathews did the same, winning her match in straight games with very deep, precise hitting. From there, #1 sophomore Lexy Smith fought long and hard to edge out her top competitor with long rallies for an hour, and #2 junior Lydia Bonderer won quickly and dominantly in her singles match with patient play. On the #5 and #6 courts, senior Trixie Leppin and junior Anya Moore battled well over an hour in incredibly close matches with come-from-behind surges, but both came up just a hair short in the final scores. Coach Chambers was excited to see every player competing at their greatest potential Tuesday night, especially in singles. All the big tournament play early in the season is starting to show in experience and determination.
Results were as follows:
#1 Doubles Lexy Smith & Lydia Bonderer lost 7-9 to Effie Morris & Ellise Kirchner
#2 Doubles Summer Gatson & Rian Mathews won 8-2 over Kamrynn Hundley & Peyton Nolte
#3 Doubles Trixie Leppin & Anya Moore lost 6-8 to Anna Hendrix & Molly Rapp
#1 Singles — Smith won 8-3 over Morris
#2 Singles — Bonderer won 8-3 over Kirchner
#3 Singles — Gatson won 8-2 over Hundley
#4 Singles — Mathews won 8-0 over Hendrix
#5 Singles — Leppin lost 5-8 to Rapp
#6 Singles — Moore lost 8-8 (tiebreak 4-7) to Nolte
JV Doubles #1 — Helena England & Arisha Shafiq lost 5-7 to Davis & Garrett
JVDoubles #2 — Leighton Kelly & Rylee Rempel won 6-2 over Leach & Pysarchyk
JV Doubles #3 — Isabel Nagel & Jocelynn Albrecht won 6-4 over Fjell & Crook
JV Doubles #4 — Mackenzie Bagley & Halle Gabrielson lost 4-6 over Fjell & Leach
JV Singles #1 — Nagel won 4-2 over Davis
JV Singles #2 — Albrechet lost 4-4 (tiebreak 6-8) to Garrett