WEBB CITY 5, JOPLIN 4
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Joplin won two of the three doubles matches, but Webb City claimed four of the six singles matches to earn a Central Ozark Conference boys tennis victory on Tuesday.
At No. 1 doubles, Joplin’s Adam Badr and Josiah Hazlewood edged Jacob McDaniel and Trevor Peterson 8-6.
At No. 2 doubles, Joplin’s Leif Garrity and Oscar Kienzle beat Zachary Stump and Lucas Lowery 8-6.
Webb City’s Felipe Perez and Tristan Lynch defeated Roman Venturella and Chapel Braman 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
At No. 1 singles, Webb City’s McDonald defeated Badr 8-4 and Peterson beat Hazlewood 8-5 at No. 2 singles.
Joplin’s Garrity defeated Stump 8-2 at No. 3 singles.
Webb City won at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, as Perez defeated Venturella 8-2 and Lynch topped Braman 8-2.
At No. 6 singles, Joplin’s Kienzle edged Lowery 9-7.
“We lost a close match tonight against Webb City,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “Adam and Josiah were great at No. 1 doubles. They hit a couple obstacles in singles and weren’t able to string together enough games at the end for a comeback. Leif and Oscar played really well at No. 2 doubles in their first match as a varsity doubles team. They also came away with singles wins by playing out a lot of lengthy points.”
Webb City will compete at the Monett Invitational on Wednesday.
Joplin is at Branson on Thursday.
CARTHAGE 9, NEOSHO 0
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Tigers swept the three doubles matches and six singles matches against the Wildcats on Tuesday.
In doubles, Carthage’s Charles Snow and William Wallace defeated Christian Williams-Willis Jarvis 8-1, while Silas Laytham and Danilo Lopez-Gramajo beat Reid Snyder-Peyton Williams 8-1 and Joshua Rivera and Eli Scott topped Breckin McAffrey-Noah Schade 8-3.
In singles, Snow beat Christian Williams 8-4, Laytham defeated Jarvis 8-1, Rivera topped Snyder 8-3, Lopez-Gramajo beat Peyton Williams 8-2, Wallace handled McAffrey 8-1 and Fabian Solano defeated Schade 8-1.
Neosho is at Republic on Thursday. Carthage is at the Monett Invitational on Wednesday.
