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GIRLS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Thomas Jefferson tops Carl Junction; Neosho falls to Lamar

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 6, CARL JUNCTION 3

The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers kept their dual record unblemished with a non-conference win over the Carl Junction Bulldogs on Monday.

Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers are now 10-0 in dual matches this fall.

Carl Junction took two of three doubles matches to start the night.

At No. 1 doubles, CJ’s Jenna Besperat and Naiyah Wurdeman defeated TJ’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj 8-3, while Isabel Read and Alyssa Graves edged Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum 8-6 at No. 2 doubles.

At No. 3 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph beat Emily Rice and Emily Higgins 8-4.

The Cavaliers won five of the six singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Carl Junction’s Besperat edged TJ’s Ding 8-6.

Thomas Jefferson’s Jeyaraj beat Wurdeman 8-2, Yang defeated Read 8-4, Morsy topped Graves 8-2, Joseph edged Rice 9-7 and Solum beat Higgins 8-4.

Thomas Jefferson hosts Lamar on Tuesday, while Carl Junction hosts Willard on Tuesday night.

LAMAR 8, NEOSHO 1

NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho’s lone win came at No. 5 singles, as Claire Burghart defeated Erica McCaslin 8-6.

In other singles matches, Lamar’s Cora Pittsenbarger defeated Lyndsey Doke 8-0, Kiersten Kinney beat Georgia Housh 8-0, Veronica Ogden topped Keely Keeton 8-5, Chelsey O’Sullivan beat Sydnee Minton 8-0 and Elliana Griffith defeated Emma VanDorn 8-2.

Lamar swept all three doubles matches.

Pittsenbarger-O’Sullivan beat Doke-Housh 8-1, Kinney-Ogden edged Keeton-Minton 9-7 and McCaslin-Griffith defeated Burghart-VanDorn 8-5.

Neosho is at Carthage on Tuesday.

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