THOMAS JEFFERSON 9, CLEVER 0
The Thomas Jefferson boys tennis team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 9-0 victory over Clever on Thursday at the TJ courts.
The Cavaliers only dropped three games in the six singles matches.
In singles play, Thomas Jefferson’s Ian Ding beat Cole Waisner 8-0 at No. 1, Prithvi Nagarajan topped Jase Whiles 8-2 at No. 2 and Tyler Brouhard defeated Dylan Dodds 8-0 at No. 3.
Also for the Cavs, Lala Qian beat Anthony Dodds 8-0, Hari Nagarajan defeated Ryan McFail 8-0 and Devan Murali beat Christian Sanderson 8-1.
In doubles, Ding-Brouhard beat Waisner-Whiles 8-1, Prithvi Nagarajan-Qian defeated Dodds-Dodds 8-1 and Hari Nagarajan-Murali topped McFail-Sanderson 8-0.
Thomas Jefferson hosts Joplin at 4:30 on Monday.
NIXA 9, JOPLIN 0
NIXA, Mo. — In a clash between Eagles, Joplin suffered a Central Ozark Conference setback on Thursday.
“Nixa is an experienced team, with four juniors and two seniors making up the varsity group,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “They played well and didn’t make many unforced errors. We were missing two of our top-ranked players, so today gave our guys the opportunity to step up in rank and play against more challenging opponents. As a whole, the guys are playing longer points than they had at the beginning of the season, which is a definite sign of improvement.”
At No. 1 doubles, Joplin’s Adam Badr and Josiah Hazlewood suffered an 8-3 loss to Alvaro Louro and Brody Brall.
“Adam and Josiah communicated well and showed potential as a new doubles pair,” Stump commented.
At No. 2 doubles, Michael Mancipe and Cade Sinclair lost 8-1 to Nixa’s Carson Palmer and Mason Murray.
Nixa’s Trey Hartwell and Cade Horning defeated Joplin’s Aiden Kester and Chapel Braman 8-1 at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, Nixa’s Louro beat Badr 8-0, Palmer topped Mancipe 8-0 and Brall defeated Hazlewood 8-1.
Also, Murray beat Joplin’s Kester 8-4, Hartwell topped Braman 8-0 and Horning defeated Sinclair 8-0.
Joplin is at Thomas Jefferson on Monday.
OZARK 9, NEOSHO 0
Ozark blanked Neosho on Thursday in a Central Ozark Conference dual.
In singles, Neosho’s Christian Williams lost to Major Cardin 8-1, Ryno Lee suffered an 8-0 loss to Orion Lewis and Chandler Weber dropped an 8-1 decision to Nathaniel Bottarel.
Also, Peyton Williams lost to Stephan Metcalf 8-5, Jacob Leibham lost to Connor Kitchin 8-0 and Wes Williams lost to Anthony Psarev 8-3.
In doubles, Christian Williams-Peyton Williams lost to Cardin-Lewis 8-1, Lee-Weber lost to Bottarel-Metcalf 8-2 and Leibham-Wes Williams suffered an 8-0 loss to Kitchin-Ethan Fast.
Neosho (0-6) is at Aurora on Monday.
