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Top-seeded Thomas Jefferson defeated fourth-seeded Aurora 5-0 on Tuesday in a semifinal contest of the Class 1 District 10 tournament.

In doubles action, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj defeated Olivia Ray and McKenna Bradley 8-1, while Kyla Yang and Warda Morsy topped Kloey Boyd-Emily Gearhart 8-3 and Jessica Joseph and Mayson Solum defeated Adeline Patillo-Libby Sawyers 8-0.

In completed singles matches, TJ’s Jeyaraj beat Boyd 6-0, 6-0 and Yang defeated Gearhart 6-0, 6-2.

In the other semifinal, second-seeded Mount Vernon topped third-seeded College Heights Christian 5-0.

Thomas Jefferson takes on Mount Vernon in the district title match at 2:30 on Wednesday at the TJ courts. 

 

Thomas Jefferson Independent School hosted the Class 1 District 10 individual girls tennis tournament on Friday, and the Cavaliers had two singles players and a doubles team advance.

The top two finishers in singles and doubles advanced to the sectional round of the state tournament.  

Thomas Jefferson’s duo of Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj were the sectional qualifiers in singles.

Ding defeated Jeyaraj 6-2, 6-0 in the championship match. 

After a first-round bye, Ding defeated College Heights Christian’s Natalie Brueggemann 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. She topped Aurora’s Olivia Ray 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals.

Jeyaraj beat CHC’s Emery Yantis 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round, and she defeated Mount Vernon’s Vicki Moore 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Jeyaraj beat Monett’s Elizabeth Smith 6-2, 6-3.

Smith defeated Ray 8-4 for third place. 

In doubles, Mount Vernon’s Isabella Mosley and Allison Schubert and Thomas Jefferson’s Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum advanced as the top two finishers.

In the title match, Mosley-Schubert edged Yang-Solum 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

The top-seeded Mountaineers defeated Monett’s Deleny Rueda and Serenity Laning 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and knocked off TJ’s Warda Morsy-Jessica Joseph 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals. 

Third-seeded Yang-Solum beat Mount Vernon’s Adelynn Hall-Audrey Bittle 6-3, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and then knocked off second-seeded Kloey Boyd-Emily Gearhart of Aurora 6-3, 4-6, 11-9 in the semifinals.

Morsy-Joseph defeated Boyd-Gearhart 9-8 (7-3) in the third-place match. 

In other doubles action, College Heights Christian’s Avery Baker-Elena Dumm defeated Monett’s Jocelyn Hernandez-Emma Parrigon 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals before falling to Aurora 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals.

CHC’s Ella Bishop-Jeanna Smathers lost 6-2, 6-0 to TJ’s Morsy-Joseph in the quarterfinals. 

Thomas Jefferson will host the sectional tourney on Saturday, Oct. 8, with the action slated to begin at 1 p.m.

 

JOPLIN 7, WEBB CITY 2

The final date of the regular season went well for the Joplin High School girls tennis team.

Joplin won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles contests against the Cardinals at the JHS athletic complex.

In No. 1 doubles action, Joplin’s Emma Watts and Brynn Driver defeated Kinzlea Smith and Ally Ansley 8-1.

Joplin’s No. 2 doubles team of Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe beat Ayla McDonald and Brynlee Hollingsworth 8-1.

Webb City won the No. 3 doubles match, as Averey Terry and Avery Brown defeated Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith 8-4.

In singles action, Watts defeated Smith 8-1 and Vowels beat Ansley 8-1.

Ndedi Ntepe edged McDonald 8-6 at No. 3 singles. 

In other singles matches, Joplin’s Driver defeated Hollingsworth 8-3 and Carson beat Terry 8-2. Webb City’s Brown defeated Smith 8-3 at No. 6 singles.

Next, Joplin suffered an 8-1 loss to Nixa on Monday.

Watts defeated Arabella Cosgrove 8-5 at No. 1 singles for Joplin’s lone win.

Joplin finished the regular season with a 9-12 record, with a 4-5 mark in the always-tough COC. 

The Central Ozark Conference Tournament is slated for Wednesday in Springfield. The action will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cooper Tennis Complex. 

 

CARTHAGE 9, NEOSHO 0

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers earned a clean sweep over the Neosho Wildcats in the regular season finale for both teams. 

At No. 1 singles, Carthage’s Kianna Yates defeated Claudia Martensen 8-2, while Daniela Marquez beat Lyndsey Doke 8-0 at No. 2 singles.

In other singles action, Carthage’s Katie Barton defeated Georgia Housh 8-2, Beverly Garcia-Hernandez topped Keely Keeton 8-4, Abigail Samuel beat Sydnee Minton 8-0 and Mireya Mendez-Lopez handled Claire Burghart 8-0.

In doubles, Carthage’s Yates-Marquez defeated Martensen-Keeton 8-0, Barton-Samuel beat Doke-Housh 8-1 and Garcia-Hernandez and Mendez-Lopez topped Minton-Burghart 8-1.

The Central Ozark Conference Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday in Springfield. The action begins at 10 a.m. at the Cooper Tennis Complex. 

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 9, LAMAR 0

Thomas Jefferson concluded a stellar regular season by earning a clean sweep over the visiting Tigers.

The Cavaliers kept their record perfect, as they are now 11-0 in dual matches this fall.

In singles, Allison Ding defeated Cora Pittsenbarger 8-4, Jeanna Jeyaraj beat Kiersten Kinney 8-2, Kyla Yang topped Veronica Ogden 8-2, Warda Morsy handled Chelsey O’Sullivan 8-2, Jessica Joseph defeated Erica McCaslin 8-2 and Mayson Solum beat Elliana Griffith 8-0.

In doubles, Ding-Jeyaraj defeated Pittsenbarger-O’Sullivan 8-0, while Yang-Solum beat Kinney-Ogden 8-3 and Morsy-Joseph defeated McCaslin-Griffith 8-3.

Thomas Jefferson is the host for the individual Class 1 District 10 tournament. The action begins at 9 a.m. on Friday.

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 6, CARL JUNCTION 3

The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers kept their dual record unblemished with a non-conference win over the Carl Junction Bulldogs on Monday.

Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers are now 10-0 in dual matches this fall.

Carl Junction took two of three doubles matches to start the night.

At No. 1 doubles, CJ’s Jenna Besperat and Naiyah Wurdeman defeated TJ’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj 8-3, while Isabel Read and Alyssa Graves edged Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum 8-6 at No. 2 doubles.

At No. 3 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph beat Emily Rice and Emily Higgins 8-4.

The Cavaliers won five of the six singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Carl Junction’s Besperat edged TJ’s Ding 8-6.

Thomas Jefferson’s Jeyaraj beat Wurdeman 8-2, Yang defeated Read 8-4, Morsy topped Graves 8-2, Joseph edged Rice 9-7 and Solum beat Higgins 8-4.

Thomas Jefferson hosts Lamar on Tuesday, while Carl Junction hosts Willard on Tuesday night.

LAMAR 8, NEOSHO 1

NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho’s lone win came at No. 5 singles, as Claire Burghart defeated Erica McCaslin 8-6.

In other singles matches, Lamar’s Cora Pittsenbarger defeated Lyndsey Doke 8-0, Kiersten Kinney beat Georgia Housh 8-0, Veronica Ogden topped Keely Keeton 8-5, Chelsey O’Sullivan beat Sydnee Minton 8-0 and Elliana Griffith defeated Emma VanDorn 8-2.

Lamar swept all three doubles matches.

Pittsenbarger-O’Sullivan beat Doke-Housh 8-1, Kinney-Ogden edged Keeton-Minton 9-7 and McCaslin-Griffith defeated Burghart-VanDorn 8-5.

Neosho is at Carthage on Tuesday.

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.

 

AURORA, Mo. — The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers kept their dual record perfect by beating Aurora 8-1 on Thursday.

The Cavaliers are now 9-0.

In singles, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding defeated Olivia Ray 8-3, Jeanna Jeyaraj beat Kloey Boyd 8-0, Kyla Yang topped Emily Gearhart 8-2, Warda Morsy defeated McKenna Bradley 8-0, Jessica Joseph beat Adeline Patillo 8-0 and Mayson Solum defeated Libby Sawyers 8-0.

In doubles action, Ding and Jeyaraj beat Ray-Bradley 8-1, while Yang-Solum suffered an 8-6 loss to Boyd-Gearhart. TJ’s Morsy-Joseph defeated Patillo-Sawyers 8-0.

Thomas Jefferson returns to action on Monday against Carl Junction. 

 

JOPLIN 9, NEOSHO 0

Joplin’s girls tennis team earned a 9-0 win over Neosho on Tuesday in Central Ozark Conference action. 

In doubles action, Joplin’s Emma Watts and Brynn Driver defeated Claudia Martensen and Lyndsey Doke 8-1, while Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe beat Keely Keeton and Sydnee Minton 8-1.

At No. 3 doubles, Joplin’s Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith defeated Claire Burghart and Emma VanDorn 8-0.

In singles action, Watts beat Martensen 8-0, Vowels defeated Doke 8-1 and Ndedi Ntepe topped Georgia Housh 8-1.

Also, Driver beat Keeton 8-0, Carson defeated Minton 8-0 and Smith topped Burghart 8-0.

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 9, GREENWOOD 0

The Cavaliers improved to 8-0 with a convincing win at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

In doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding and Jeanna Jeyaraj defeated Isabella Garcia and Keerti Vittalam 8-0, while Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum edged Aliza Hassan and Ansley Arquitt 8-6 and Warda Morsy and Jessica Joseph beat Lilly Soscoe-Allison Foresee 8-1.

In singles action, Ding defeated Vittalam 8-3, Yang beat Arquitt 8-1, Morsy handled Alexandra Johnson 8-0, Joseph defeated Siscoe 8-0, Solum beat Abigail Schultz 8-0 and Emalee Ro won by default.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers hiked their record to 7-0 with an 8-1 win over Carthage on Monday in a non-conference girls tennis dual at the CHS courts. 

In singles action, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding defeated Kianna Yates 8-1, Jeanna Jeyaraj lost to Daniela Marquez 9-8 (7-2), Kyla Yang beat Katie Barton 8-1, Warda Morsy topped Abigail Samuel 8-2, Jessica Joseph defeated Mireya Mendez-Lopez 8-2 and Mayson Solum beat Sarah Lee 8-0.

In doubles, Ding and Jeyaraj defeated Yates-Marquez 8-3, while Yang-Solum topped Barton-Samuel 8-0 and Morsy-Joseph beat Mendez-Lopez-Lee 8-0.

Thomas Jefferson will take on Greenwood on Tuesday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield. 

Carthage is at Carl Junction on Tuesday.

JOPLIN FALLS TO WILLARD

Joplin suffered 7-2 a setback to Willard on Thursday in Central Ozark Conference tennis action at the JHS courts.

The Eagles won two of the three doubles matches.

Joplin’s No. 1 doubles team of Emma Watts and Brynn Driver defeated Alyssa Flynn and Evie Sly 8-1. 

Joplin’s Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe earned an 8-4 win over Gracie Chunn and Jacey Wilson.

At No. 3 doubles, Willard’s Jayden Troutt and Katelyn Long edged Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith 9-7.

Willard won all six singles matches.

Flynn defeated Watts 8-4, Sly beat Vowels 8-3, Chunn topped Ndedi Ntepe 8-0, Troutt defeated Driver 8-2, Wilson edged Carson 9-8 (7-2) and Long beat Smith 8-1.

Joplin will be among the teams competing at the Bird-Dog Classic on Friday. 

 

OZARK 9, NEOSHO 0

NEOSHO, Mo. — Ozark swept all six singles matches and the three doubles matches against the host Wildcats on Thursday in COC tennis action.

In singles, Ozark’s Lilli Roeder defeated Claudia Martensen 8-0, Makenna Whitfield beat Lyndsey Doke 8-0, Laura Wolfe topped Georgia Housh 8-1, Serena Broussard edged Keely Keeton 9-7, Jadyn Dalton defeated Sydnee Minton 8-4 and Morgan Sutton beat Claire Burghart 8-1.

In doubles, Ozark’s Roeder-Whitfield defeated Martensen-Housh 8-0, while Wolfe-Broussard beat Doke-Keeton 8-1 and Dalton-Shaeley Combs topped Minton-Burghart 8-0.

Neosho is at the Republic tourney on Friday. 

 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Joplin was among the 17 teams competing at the Springfield Invitational on Wednesday at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

Joplin’s duo of Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith finished seventh out of 34 doubles teams to lead the Eagles at the invite.

Carson-Smith lost to Willard (8-4), beat Parkview (6-0), defeated Kickapoo (6-3) and then lost to Central (6-4).

Joplin’s other doubles team of Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe went 1-1, beating Willard 8-5 and falling to Glendale 8-4.

In singles action, Joplin’s Emma Watts went 0-2, falling to Glendale (8-4) and Springfield Catholic (7-5). 

Joplin’s Brynn Driver went 1-2 in singles action. Driver lost to Willard (8-1), beat Parkview (7-6) and lost to West Plains 6-3.

Glendale’s Chloe Stenger was the singles champion, with Kickapoo’s Brynley Brotherton the runner-up.

Capital City’s Sarah Wilde finished third and Springfield Catholic’s Lila Griesemer was fourth. Catholic’s Caroline Nelson finished fifth and Rogersville’s Caitlyn Archer was sixth. 

Springfield Central’s Elana Hadi and Brett Boney were the champions of the doubles bracket, with Glendale’s Lucy Huang-Olivia Edwards finishing second. 

Bolivar’s Reagan Hunt and Sophia Vestak finished third in doubles, while Catholic’s Hannah Lee-Britney Ung placed fourth. Central’s Annie German-Alex Li and Catholic’s Julia Lee-Rylee Starnes were the fifth and sixth place doubles teams.

Joplin takes on Willard on Thursday night. 

 

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.

JOPLIN 5, OZARK 4

OZARK, Mo. — Joplin won two of the three doubles matches and three of the six singles matches to pull out a close Central Ozark Conference victory over Ozark on Thursday. 

At No. 1 doubles, Joplin’s Emma Watts and Brynn Driver defeated Lilli Roeder and Makenna Whitfield 8-5, while Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe beat Laura Wolfe and Serena Broussard 9-7 at No. 2 doubles.

Ozark’s Jadyn Dalton and Shaeley Combs beat Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, Watts beat Roeder 9-7, Vowels defeated Wolfe 8-1 and Driver defeated Broussard 8-3.

Ozark’s Whitfield defeated Ndedi Ntepe 8-4, Dalton topped Carson 8-1 and Morgan Sutton beat Gwenna Street 8-1. 

Joplin hosts Carl Junction on Tuesday. 

 

NEOSHO FALLS AT BRANSON

BRANSON, Mo. — Neosho fell 9-0 against Branson in Central Park Conference action on Thursday.

Branson’s Andrea Fuentes defeated Claudia Martensen 8-0 in No. 1 singles action, while Sylvie Barbour defeated Lyndsey Doke 8-1. Avery Webber defeated Georgia Housh 8-1 and Carly Vanderpluym won 8-3 against Keely Keeton in No. 4 singles play. Cassandra Carter defeated Sydnee Minton 8-1 and Jasmine Tran wrapped up singles action with an 8-0 win over Neosho’s Lauren Nageotte.

In doubles action, No. 1 Fuentes and Barbour defeated Martensen and Housh 8-1. Webber and Carter earned an 8-1 win over Doke and Keeton, while Vanderpluym and Tran defeated Minton and Nageotte 8-1.

 

JOPLIN FALLS AT REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC, Mo. — Joplin’s girls tennis team suffered an 8-1 setback at Republic on Tuesday in Central Ozark Conference action.

Joplin’s lone win came at No. 3 doubles, as Bonnie Smith and Zayda Derganc defeated Monica Henry and Lilly Carlo 9-7.

At No. 1 doubles, Republic’s Jasmine Howard and Mari Davidson defeated Mya Ndedi Ntepe and Alex Carson 8-4.

At No. 2 doubles, Isabelle Wells and Matilyn Carpenter beat Jensen Vowels and Brynn Driver 8-4.

In singles action, Howard beat Ndedi Ntepe 8-1, Wells topped Vowels 8-2, Carpenter defeated Driver 8-3, Davidson bested Carson 8-1, Grace Replogle beat Gwenna Street 8-2 and Carlo defeated Smith 8-0.

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 6, COLLEGE HEIGHTS 3

Thomas Jefferson improved to 2-0 on the season with a 6-3 win over College Heights Christian with McAuley Catholic on Tuesday. 

The Cavaliers swept all three doubles matches.

At No. 1 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding and Kyla Yang defeated Natalie Brueggemann and Ella Bishop 8-3.

At No. 2 doubles, TJ’s Jessica Joseph and Mayson Solum beat Emery Yantis-Jeanna Smathers 8-3.

At No. 3 doubles, Thomas Jefferson’s Warda Morsy and Haley Orr edged CHC’s Avery Baker and Kayla Wickie 8-6.

The two teams split the six singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Ding beat Brueggemann 8-0. 

College Heights’ Yantis defeated Yang 8-4 at No. 2 singles and teammate Bishop beat Morsy 8-5 at No. 3 singles.

TJ’s Joseph defeated Smathers 8-3 and Solum beat Baker 8-3. At No. 6 singles, CHC’s Isabella Clevenger edged Orr 9-8 (7-9).

 

CARL JUNCTION 9, NEOSHO 0

Carl Junction swept all nine matches in a Central Ozark Conference matchup with Neosho on Tuesday at the Joplin Athletic Complex.

At No. 1 doubles, Carl Junction’s Jenna Besperat and Naiyah Wurdeman defeated Neosho’s Claudia Martensen and Lyndsey Doke 8-1.

Carl Junction’s Isabel Read and Alyssa Graves beat Georgia Housh and Keely Keeton 8-1 at No. 2 doubles, while Emily Rice and Emily Higgins topped Sydnee Minton and Lauren Nageotte 8-0 at No. 3 doubles.

At No. 1 singles, Besperat beat Martensen 8-0, while Wurdeman defeated Doke 8-0 at No. 2.

In other singles matches, Read beat Housh 8-0, Graves defeated Keeton 8-1, Rice topped Minton 8-0 and Higgins defeated Nageotte 8-0.

 

 

The Joplin High School girls tennis team ventured to the Heather Bradshaw Invitational in Edwardsville, Illinois, over the weekend. 

The Eagles got one match in, a 9-0 loss to New Trier (IL) on Friday before poor weather in the area wiped out Saturday’s action at the event near St. Louis.

Joplin coach Ben Coltharp noted the trip was a good learning experience for the Eagles. 

“New Trier is a very challenging program,” Coltharp said. “It’s in the suburbs of Chicago and has over 100 players, with three varsity teams, 11 coaches and 38 courts. I knew going into this tournament, especially being in the ‘Champions Bracket,’ that we were going to see stiff competition. But this was the best I’ve seen the girls play all season. They held their heads up high. As I tell the girls, there’s no winning and losing, just winning and learning.”

At No. 1 singles, New Trier’s Hannah Bustelow defeated Joplin’s Emma Watts 6-1, 6-4, 10-3. 

In other singles matches, Haley Thomson defeated Mya Ndedi Ntepe 6-0, 6-0, Megan Kramer topped Jensen Vowels 6-0, 6-2, Anya Mockencherry beat Brynn Driver 6-0, 6-1, Sophia Branaenberger defeated Alex Carson 6-0, 6-1 and Shaili Das beat Zayda Derganc 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles, Bustelow-Thomson defeated Watts-Driver 8-2, while Kramer-Mockencherry beat Vowels-Ndedi Ntepe 8-1 and Anna Bennet-Lia Bennet topped Carson-Gwenna Street 8-0.

Joplin is at Republic on Tuesday for a Central Ozark Conference matchup.

 

JOPLIN 6, CARTHAGE 3

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Joplin’s girls tennis team opened up Central Ozark Conference play on a high note, as the Eagles earned a 6-3 win at Carthage on Tuesday. 

Joplin won two of the three doubles matches.

At No. 1 doubles, Carthage’s Kianna Yates and Daniela Marquez edged Emma Watts and Brynn Driver 8-6.

Joplin’s No. 2 doubles team of Jensen Vowels and Mya Ndedi Ntepe beat Katie Barton and Abigail Samuel 8-3.

At No. 3 doubles, Joplin’s duo of Alex Carson and Bonnie Smith defeated Beverly Garcia-Hernandez and Mireya Mendez-Lopez 8-3.

The Eagles won four of the six singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Watts defeated Yates 8-5. Carthage’s Marquez topped Ndedi Ntepe 8-5 at No. 2 singles.

Joplin’s Vowels beat Barton 8-2, while Driver defeated Garcia-Hernandez 8-3 and Carson topped Samuel 8-3.

Carthage’s Mendez-Lopez edged Jaydn Elder 8-6. 

Both teams have home matches on Thursday, as Carthage hosts Ozark and Joplin entertains Branson.

 

NIXA 9, NEOSHO 0

NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho dropped its season opener to the visiting Eagles. 

In doubles, Nixa’s Arabella Cosgrove and Abigail Fulnecky defeated Neosho’s Claudia Martensen and Lyndsey Doke 8-0, while Samantha Fulneckey and Ellie Sorgenfrei topped Keely Keeton-Sydnee Minton 8-2 and Jocelyn Cosgrove-Emily Peterson beat Lauren Nageotte-Claire Burghart 8-0.

The Eagles won all six singles matches over the Wildcats by identical scores of 8-0. 

Neosho takes on Republic on Thursday.