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GIRLS TENNIS: TJ’s Ding takes eighth in singles; Mountaineers take fourth in doubles

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson junior Allison Ding finished eighth in the Class 1 singles bracket at the MSHSAA Girls Tennis Championships on Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

In the seventh-place match, North County’s Lauren Politte defeated Ding 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.

After falling to Notre Dame de Sion’s Anna McGeeney and beating Lafayette County’s Elena Williams on Friday, Ding defeated her teammate Jeanna Jeyaraj 6-0, 6-1 in the consolation quarterfinals. 

In the consolation semifinals, Duchesne’s Mary Beckemeier edged Ding 6-4, 7-6.

Ding finished the season with a singles record of 23-7, Cavaliers coach Tom Brumfield told SoMo Sports.

Jeyaraj will also return next season, as she is a sophomore. 

 

MOUNTAINEERS TAKE FOURTH

Mount Vernon’s Isabella Mosley and Allison Schubert finished fourth in the Class 1 doubles bracket.

In the third-place match, Palmyra’s Maura Gottman and Molly Gottman defeated Mosley-Schubert 6-2, 6-4.

The Mountaineers suffered a close loss in the semifinals, as Arcadia Valley’s Alyssa Glanzer and Elena Lara edged Mosley-Schubert 5-7, 6-4, 10-8.

The Mount Vernon duo earned wins over Chillicothe and Helias Catholic on Friday.

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