PREP TENNIS: Carl Junction earns COC win over Neosho
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Carl Junction girls tennis moved to 3-1 on the season and 2-1 in Central Ozark Conference play after earning a 9-0 win over Neosho on Tuesday.
With the loss, the Wildcats fell to 0-4, 0-3 COC on the season.
In No. 1 singles action, CJ’s Naiyah Wurdeman earned an 8-0 win over Jasmine Martinez, while Jenna Besperat finished with an 8-0 win over Alex Olsbo for the Bulldogs in No. 2 singles.
Carl Junction’s Shirley Sherwood won 8-5 over Neosho’s Lyndsey Doke in No. 3 singles play, with Valeria Alamina Poor finished with an 8-3 win over Keely Keeton in No. 4 singles. Wrapping up the No. 5 and 6 singles matches, Emily Higgins defeated Lauren Nageotte 8-0, while Alyssa Graves beat Alyssa Evey 8-1.
In No. 1 doubles play, Wurdeman and Besperat defeated Martinez and Olsbo 8-0, with Sherwood and Poor beating Doke and Keeton 8-2 in No. 2 doubles. Wrapping up doubles play was Graves and Higgins earning an 8-0 win over Nageotte and Evey.
Carl Junction travels to Willard on Thursday, with Neosho on the road at Monett.
PREP TENNIS: Thomas Jefferson defeats College Heights
Thomas Jefferson girls tennis moved to 3-0 to start the season with a 5-4 win over College Heights on Tuesday.
In No. 1 singles action, TJ’s Allison Ding earned a 1-0 walkover win over Jem Kionisaia, with Jeanna Jeyaraj finishing with an 8-2 win over CHC’s Hannah Bass in No. 2 singles play.
In No. 3 singles action, CHC’s Natalie Brueggemann walked away with an 8-5 win over Jessica Joseph, while TJ’s Warda Morsey beat Ella Bishop 8-4. In No. 5 singles, Emalee Roe defeated Jeanna Smathers 8-3.
College Heights’ Avery Baker defeated Jiao Jiao Nelson 8-3 to round out singles play.
In doubles action, Ding and Jeyaraj defeated Bass and Baker 8-3, while CHC’s Bishop and Smathers earned an 8-5 win over Joseph and Morsy. Brueggemann and Wicke defeated Roe and Nelson 9-7.
