CARL JUNCTION 7, JOPLIN 2
Carl Junction girls tennis won five of the six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches to earn a Central Ozark Conference win over the Eagles on Tuesday.
At No. 1 singles, Joplin’s Emma Watts defeated Jenna Besperat 8-5.
The Bulldogs won the other five singles matches.
Naiyah Wurdeman edged Jensen Vowels 8-6, Isabel Read beat Mya Ndedi Ntepe 8-5, Alyssa Graves defeated Brynn Driver 8-4, Emily Rice topped Alex Carson 8-5 and Emmy Higgins beat Bonnie Smith 8-5.
At No. 1 doubles, CJ’s Besperat and Wurdeman defeated Watts-Driver 8-3. Joplin’s Vowels and Ndedi Ntepe defeated Read-Graves 8-6, but CJ’s Rice and Higgins beat Carson-Smith 8-5.
Joplin is at the Springfield Invitational on Wednesday. Carl Junction takes on Branson on Thursday.
THOMAS JEFFERSON SWEEPS MONETT
Thomas Jefferson tennis moved to 6-0 on the season after sweeping Monett 9-0 on Tuesday.
In No. 1 singles action, TJ’s Allison Ding defeated Elizabeth Smith 8-2, with Jeanna Jeyaraj beating Deleny Rueda 8-2. Kyla Yang defeated Vayla Smith 8-0 in No. 3 singles. Warda Morsy swept Salas Hernandez 8-0, while Jessica Joseph earned an 8-1 win over Serenity Laning. Wrapping up singles play, Mayson Solum defeated Emma Parrigon 8-0.
In doubles action, Ding and Jeyaraj defeated E. Smith and V. Smith 8-2, while Yang and Solumn finished with an 8-2 win over Rueda and Laning. Morsy and Joseph wrapped doubles action with an 8-0 sweep of Hernandez and Parrigon.
Thomas Jefferson takes part in the Monett Invitational on Wednesday.
WEBB CITY SWEEPS NEOSHO
NEOSHO, Mo. — Webb City earned a 9-0 road sweep over Neosho on Tuesday in Central Ozark Conference action.
The win moves the Cardinals to a 3-9-1 record, while Neosho falls to 0-7.
In No. 1 single’s action, Webb City’s Kinzlea Smith defeated Neosho’s Claudia Martensen 8-5, while Ally Ansley defeated Lyndsey Doke 8-2. Ayla McDonald finished off Georgia Housh 8-3 for the Cardinals in No. 3 singles, while Brynlee Hollinngsworth defeated Sydnee Minton 8-1. Averey Terry defeated Lauren Nageotte 8-4 and Avery Brown defeated Claire Burghart 8-1.
In doubles action, Smith and McDonald defeated Martensen and Doke 8-6, while Ansley and Hollingsworth won 8-0 against Housh and Minton. Wrapping up doubles, Terry and Brown defeated Nageotte and Burghart 8-2.
