Monday night, under drizzly, cold conditions, the lady hornets tennis team dropped an incredibly evenly matched dual against LeBlond with a final team score of 4-5. The night started slowly due to the rainy drizzle, and the coaches decided to start play with singles matches in case the rain came back and ended the night. By starting with singles, one team could possibly reach the five necessary wins to end a dual early. However, the head-to-head contests were so close, the teams had to play all the matches for the night to find a winner. Thankfully, the rain held off just long enough to finish play, but the dual did not go the hornets way.
First off, the #6 match finished quickly with a loss for senior Sarah George, while on the court next to her, the opposite was true for sophomore Jasmine McLean who won quickly. The other singles matches were much closer and lasted an hour each with senior Keonnia Morgan finding the other sole singles win for the hornets. Seniors Crowe, Clark, and Shira played tough, competitive matches but each lost right at the end. Then McLean and junior Summer Gatson battled all the way through a tie-break in doubles to pick up the hornets third team win while Crowe and George played beautiful tennis to clench the fourth team win. However, the top doubles match played by Clark and Shira ended quickly with a dominant win by LeBlond to secure that match and the overall team win. The lady hornets move to 2-3 in MEC play.
Results were as follows:
Singles #1 — Crowe lost to Bui 6-8
Singles #2 — Morgan beat King 8-5
Singles #3 — Clark lost to Swope 5-8
Singles #4 — Shira lost to Giles 3-8
Singles #5 — McLean beat Weaver 8-0
Singles #6 — George lost to Kirwan 2-8
Doubles #1 Clark & Shira lost to Bui & King 0-8
Doubles #2 Crowe & George beat Swope & Giles 8-4
Doubles #3 McLean & Gatson beat Weaver & Kirwan 8-8 (tiebreak 7-4)
JV Results were as follows:
Rian Mathews & Lexi Lybarger beat LeBlond 4-1
Lydia Bonderer & Lexy Smith beat LeBlond 4-1
Trixie Leppin & Arisha Shafiq lost to LeBlond 2-4
Anya Moore & Leighton Kelly beat LeBlond 4-0
Kierra Williams & Rylee Rempel lost to LeBlond 0-4
Mackenzie Bagley & Celia Quintero lost to LeBlond 0-4
