The Joplin High School tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to Willard on Thursday in Central Ozark Conference action at the JHS athletic complex.
The Eagles won two of the three doubles matches.
Astrid Cardenas and Emma Watts defeated Jungeun Go and Gracie Chunn 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, while Willard’s Kristen Flynn and Kaytlen Ibarra beat Jensen Vowels and Lauren Laird 8-6.
Joplin’s Cloey Blank and Brynn Driver beat Abby Wade and Alyssa Flynn 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, Go beat Watts 8-4, Kristen Flynn defeated Kennedy Schwartz 8-5 and Chunn edged Vowels 8-6.
Joplin’s Laird beat Wade 9-7 at No. 4 singles, but Willard’s Ibarra defeated Blank 9-8 (7-5). Driver defeated Alyssa Flynn 8-6 at No. 6 singles.
Joplin hosts an invite on Friday.
