The Joplin High School tennis team defeated Carl Junction 6-3 on Tuesday night.
The Eagles won all three doubles matches.
At No. 1, Joplin’s Astrid Cardenas and Emma Watts, both now back in action, defeated Nicole Sherwood and Mariah Barnett 8-1.
Jensen Vowels and Lauren Laird beat Hannah Clinage and Hope Sponsel 8-4 at No. 2 doubles, while Cloey Blank and Brynn Driver defeated Jenna Besperat and Valeria Alamina-Poor 8-4.
At No. 1 singles, Watts edged Sherwood 7-5. Vowels won the No. 2 singles match over Clinage, 6-0.
Laird beat Barnett 6-1, while Carl Junction’s Sponsel defeated Blank 6-2. Besperat defeated Driver 6-4, while Carl Junction’s Alamina-Poor edged Patience Adams 7-6 (7-5).
Joplin hosts Willard on Thursday.
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