BOLIVAR, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s lone dual loss of the season came in the quarterfinal round of the MSHSAA Class 1 state tournament.
With a berth in the state semifinals on the line, Notre Dame de Sion defeated Thomas Jefferson 5-3 on Monday in a girls tennis matchup at Bolivar High School.
The Storm won two of the three doubles matches to begin the quarterfinal matchup.
At No. 1 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj defeated Anna McGeeney and Katherine Spenceri 8-5.
But Notre Dame de Sion’s Lauryn Murphy and Elizabeth Vance edged TJ’s Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, while Caroline Weber and Abigail Duethman defeated TJ’s Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.
The Storm reached the needed five wins with three singles victories.
At No. 1 singles, McGeeney defeated Ding 6-2, 6-4.
The Cavaliers won the No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches, as Jeyaraj beat Spenceri 4-6, 6-0, 10-7 and Yang topped Murphy 6-4, 6-4.
At No. 4 singles, Vance defeated TJ’s Morsy 6-3, 6-0, and Duethman beat Thomas Jefferson’s Solum 7-5, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. The No. 5 singles match was not completed.
Notre Dame de Sion advanced to the semifinals of the state team tournament on Oct. 21, where the Storm will meet Clayton. The other semifinal features Kennett/Holcomb vs. Chillicothe.
Thomas Jefferson advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Bolivar 5-4 in the sectional round on Monday morning.
The Liberators won two of the three doubles matches. All three doubles matches were extremely close.
At No. 1 doubles, Bolivar’s Sophia Vestal and Reagan Hunt edged Ding and Jeyaraj 9-7.
Thomas Jefferson’s Yang and Solum defeated Brynley Waters-Kami Bryan 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, but Bolivar’s Abby Welch-Elizabeth Thomas nipped Morsy-Joseph 8-6 at No. 3 doubles.
The Cavaliers won four of the six singles matches to secure the dual victory.
Ding defeated Vestal 6-2, 6-0, Jeyaraj beat Waters 4-6, 6-1, 10-6, Yang topped Hunt 6-3, 7-5 and Morsy defeated Sofia Smoshey 6-1, 6-2.
In other singles results, Bolivar’s Bryan beat Joseph 6-2, 6-2 and Welch defeated Solum 6-1, 6-2.
The Liberators defeated Thomas Jefferson in this round last year.
In the other sectional match, Notre Dame de Sion defeated Rogersville 5-1.
Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers went 14-1 in dual matches this fall.
INDIVIDUAL STATE TOURNEY
Although the team portion of the season has concluded for the Cavaliers, Thomas Jefferson singles players Ding and Jeyaraj have qualified for the individual state tournament.
The individual state tournament for single and doubles begins on Friday in Springfield.
