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Tennis: Joplin duo wins doubles title at home invite

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SoMo Sports staff reports

Joplin’s duo of Astrid Cardenas and Emma Watts won the doubles bracket at the Joplin Invitational tennis tournament on Friday at the JHS athletic complex.
In the championship match, Cardenas and Watts defeated Glendale’s Bella Martino and Monroe Liggett 8-3.
Rogersville squads faced off for third place, with Sophia Bleau and Rachel Steury beating Caitlyn Archer and Ceyenee Martin 8-5.
In the fifth-place match, Glendale’s Lauren Hamm and Ann Beatty beat Joplin’s Jensen Vowels and Lauren Laird 8-1.
Webb City’s Taylor Yockey-Delaney Duke defeated Carthage’s Anayansi Lopez-Rodas-Katie Barton 8-5 for seventh place, while Webb City’s Kinzlea Smith-Danecca Heffren beat Carthage’s Isabelle Johnston-Kianna Yates 8-5 for ninth.
In the 11th place match, Joplin’s Jenna Besperat and Valeria Alamina Poor defeated Carl Junction’s Hannah Clinage and Hope Sponsel 8-5. Glendale’s Lucy Huang defeated Rogersville’s Lauren Roberts 8-1 in the championship match of the singles bracket.
Rogersville’s Morgan Wilhoit beat Glendale’s Chloe Stenger 8-2 in the third-place match.
Carl Junction’s Nicole Sherwood defeated Webb City’s Kirsalyn Hood 8-1 in the fifth-place match, while Joplin’s Kennedy Schwartz took seventh by earning an 8-6 win over Carl Junction’s Mariah Barnett.
Carthage’s Daniela Marquez defeated Joplin’s Cloey Blank 8-2 for ninth place, while Webb City’s Shelby Ensminger topped Carthage’s Lucy Butler 8-3 for 11th place.
Glendale won the team title with 27 points. Rogersville (25), Joplin (19), Webb City (11), Carl Junction (9) and Carthage (5) rounded out the team standings.

Joplin’s Emma Watts and Astrid Cardenas won the doubles bracket at Friday’s Joplin Invitational. Photo by Shawn Fowler.

 

The host Eagles were among the teams competing at Friday’s Joplin Invitational. Photo by Shawn Fowler.

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