NIXA, Mo. — The Neosho High School girls tennis team competed at the Nixa Invitational on Friday.
Neosho’s Keely Keeton and Emma VanDorn took fourth place at No. 2 doubles.
The Wildcats defeated Aurora’s Libby Sawyers-Adeline Patillo 8-4 and then suffered an 8-1 loss to Nixa’s Emily Peterson-Jocelyn Cosgrove in the semifinals.
In the third-place match, Ozark’s Olivia Carpenter-Ella Scott defeated Keeton-VanDorn 8-1.
Neosho’s No. 1 doubles team of Claudia Martensen and Claire Burghart finished in sixth place.
The Wildcats lost 8-1 to Willow Springs’ McKylie Cox-Madison Perkins. Martensen and Burghart beat Aurora’s Kloey Boyd-Emily Gearhart 6-4, but then dropped the fifth-place match 6-2 to Republic’s Matilyn Carpenter-Mari Davidson.
Neosho’s singles players, Sydnee Minton and Lauren Nageotte, both finished eighth in their respective brackets.
At No. 1 singles, Minton suffered an 8-0 loss to Ozark’s Lilli Roeder and fell 6-1 to Willow Springs’ Claire Clarkston. For seventh-place, Forsyth’s Alie Jones defeated Minton 6-0.
At No. 2 singles, Nageotte suffered an 8-0 setback to Nixa’s Ellie Sorgenfrei, lost 6-1 to Aurora’s McKenna Bradley and fell 6-1 to Ozark’s Morgan Sutton in the seventh-place match.
Also of note, Neosho suffered a 9-0 setback at Willard on Thursday.
Neosho hosts Lamar on Monday.