In a girls tennis dual that featured a number of close matches, Webb City edged Joplin 5-4 on Tuesday night at Millennium Family Fitness. The Eagles also suffered a one-point loss on Monday. On the other hand, it was Webb City’s second straight win, as the Cardinals beat College Heights 8-1 on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Eagles won two of three doubles matches.
At No. 1 doubles, Joplin’s Emma Watts and Kennedy Schwartz defeated Rachel Drum and Kirsalyn Hood 9-8 (7-4 tie-breaker), while Jensen Vowels and Lauren Laird edged Webb City’s Kinzlea Smith and Danecca Heffren 8-6 at No. 2. The Cardinals won the No. 3 doubles match, as Taylor Yockey and Shelby Ensminger beat Cloey Blank and Patience Adams 8-6.
Drum beat Watts 8-4 at No. 1 singles, while Smith defeated Schwartz 8-3 at No. 2. Joplin’s Vowels nipped Hood 9-8 (7-5) at No. 3 singles, while Laird beat Heffren 8-5 at No. 4.
Yockey defeated Blank 8-4 at No. 5 and Ensminger edged Adams 8-6 at No. 6.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Joplin travels to Branson on Thursday, while Webb City is at Ozark.
