The host Cavaliers captured the team championship at the Thomas Jefferson Girls Tennis Invitational on Friday.
The Cavaliers had the first-place finisher in two of the four brackets — No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles. Thomas Jefferson finished second in No. 1 singles and third in No. 1 doubles.
The Cavaliers finished with 21.5 points, while North Kansas City was second with 16.5 points and Branson took third with 13.
There were eight teams in attendance, including local squads College Heights Christian, Webb City, Carthage and Neosho.
Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding was the runner-up at No. 1 singles.
Ding defeated Carthage’s Katie Barton 8-0 in the opening round and then topped Aurora’s Olivia Ray 8-3 in the semifinals. North Kansas City’s Sydney Fuger defeated Ding 8-0 in the bracket’s title match.
Jeanna Jeyaraj was the champion of the No. 2 singles bracket.
She defeated Neosho’s Lyndsey Doke 8-0 in the first round and then topped College Heights Christian’s Ella Bishop 8-3 in the semifinals.
In the title match, Jeyaraj beat North Kansas City’s Cora Skaggs 8-3.
Thomas Jefferson’s No. 1 doubles team of Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum finished third.
The Cavaliers defeated Neosho’s Keely Keeton-Claire Burghart 8-1, but then lost to Carthage’s Kianna Yates and Daniela Marquez 8-4 in the semifinals.
For third place, Yang and Solum defeated North KC’s Adele Merchant-Lilly Gerend 8-3.
Thomas Jefferson’s No. 2 doubles team of Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph took first place.
The Cavaliers beat Aurora’s Adeline Patillo-Libby Sawyers 8-1 in the first round and then defeated Carthage’s Beverly Garcia and Abi Samuel 8-2 in the semifinals.
In the title match, Morsy and Joseph defeated Branson’s Carly Vanderpluym and Jasmine Tran 8-5.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS RESULTS
College Heights’ No. 2 doubles team of Avery Baker and Kayla Wicke took third place.
The Cougars beat North KC’s Ally Cadue-Onna Baker 8-2, but then dropped an 8-2 decision to Branson in the semifinals. For third place, Baker-Wicke beat Carthage’s Garcia-Samuel 8-3.
College Heights’ No. 1 doubles team of Emery Yantis and Jeanna Smathers won the fifth-place match 8-4 over Webb City’s Ally Ansley and Brynlee Hollingsworth.
The Cougars suffered an 8-0 loss to Branson and beat Aurora’s Kloey Boyd-McKenna Bradley 8-3 in the consolation semifinals.
CHC’s Natalie Brueggemann finished fifth at No. 1 singles.
After a first-round loss to Branson’s Avery Webber, Brueggemann beat Webb City’s Kinzlea Smith 9-8 (7-4) in the consolation semifinals before topping Neosho’s Claudia Martensen 8-4 for the consolation championship.
Bishop finished fourth at No. 2 singles.
She defeated Carthage’s Mireya Mendez-Lopez 8-0, lost to TJ’s Jeyaraj in the semifinals and then suffered an 8-6 setback to Aurora’s Emily Gearhart in the third-place match.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Carthage’s Kianna Yates and Daniela Marquez took first place at No. 1 doubles.
The Tigers defeated Webb City’s Ansley-Hollingsworth 8-0 in the first round, beat TJ’s Yang-Solum 8-4 in the semifinals and edged Branson’s Andrea Fuentes-Sylvie Barbour 9-7 in the title match.
Garcia-Samuel took fourth at No. 2 doubles, beating Webb City’s Avery Terry-Averey Brown 8-2 before losses to Thomas Jefferson and College Heights.
Barton went 0-2 at No. 1 singles.
Mendez-Lopez finished fifth at No. 2 singles. After an opening round loss, Mendez-Lopez earned consolation bracket wins over Neosho’s Doke (8-5) and Branson’s Cassandra Carter (8-3).
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Ansley and Hollingsworth finished sixth at No. 1 doubles. The Cardinals lost to Carthage 8-0, beat Neosho 8-3 and then lost 8-4 to College Heights in the consolation final.
Terry and Brown finished sixth at No. 2 doubles. The Cardinals lost to Carthage, beat Aurora 8-6 in the consolation semifinals and then suffered an 8-2 loss to North KC in the fifth-place match.
Smith went 0-2 at No. 1 singles, while Ayla McDonald went 0-2 at No. 2 singles.
NEOSHO RESULTS
At No. 1 singles, Martensen suffered an 8-0 loss to Ray in the opening round but defeated Carthage’s Barton 8-5 before falling in the consolation final, settling for sixth place.
Doke went 0-2 at No. 2 singles.
Neosho’s doubles teams of Keely Keeton and Claire Burghart and Sydnee Minton and Lauren Nageotte both went 0-2.
AURORA HIGHLIGHTS
Aurora’s Ray defeated Branson’s Webber 8-4 in the third-place match at No. 1 singles, while teammate Gearhart won the third-place match at No. 2 singles.
Thomas Jefferson Invitational
Team standings: Thomas Jefferson 21.5, North Kansas City 16.5, Branson 13, Carthage 10.5, College Heights 9, Aurora 6, Webb City 3, Neosho 0.5.
