Third-seeded College Heights Christian defeated top-seeded Mount Vernon 5-4 in the championship match of the Class 1 District 10 girls tennis tournament on Thursday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.
The Cougars started off the dual strong by winning two of the three doubles matches.
College Heights received singles wins from senior Jeanna Smathers and junior Londyn Eidson.
The match was deadlocked 4-4 and came down to the final singles match.
College Heights freshman Lilly Cummins battled back after dropping the first set against Mount Vernon’s Raegan Pendleton, winning the second set with a 7-3 tie-breaker and the third set 10-7.
This is College Heights’ first district championship in girls tennis since 2019.
College Heights will next meet Rogersville on Monday in the sectional round of the state tournament.
INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT
Monett’s Elizabeth Smith and College Heights Christian’s Natalie Brueggemann were the top two singles players at the individual district tournament.
The advancing doubles teams were both from Mount Vernon, Audrey Bittle and Molly Burk and Adelynn Hall and Raegan Pendleton.
