The Thomas Jefferson Independent School boys tennis team defeated Carthage 5-4 on Monday.
The Cavaliers improved to 3-0 with the close dual victory.
The Tigers won two of the three doubles matches.
At No. 1 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Prithvi Nagarajan and Tyler Brouhard defeated Carthage’s Charles Snow and Silas Laytham 8-1.
Carthage’s Joshua Rivera and Danilo Lopez-Gramajo defeated TJ’s Chengle Qian and Jack Goodhue 8-5 at No. 2 doubles, while William Wallace-Eli Scott beat Sam Li-Nathaniel Curtis 8-1 at No. 3.
The Cavaliers won four of the six singles matches.
Thomas Jefferson’s Nagarajan beat Snow 8-4, Qian defeated Laytham 8-4, Brouhard topped Rivera 8-3 and Goodhue beat Lopez-Gramajo 8-1.
Carthage won the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches, as Wallace defeated Li 8-1 and Scott beat Curtis 8-3.
Thomas Jefferson is Monett on Tuesday. Carthage (0-1) meets Carl Junction on Tuesday at the Joplin Athletic Complex.
