The season ended for the sixth-seeded Waynesville High girls’ tennis team with a 5-0 loss to third-seeded Branson in the first round of the Class 3 District 5 Team Tournament Oct. 13 at the Gillenwater’s Tennis Complex in Springfield.
Top-seeded Nixa topped second-seeded Republic 5-1 in the district title match Oct. 15.
WHS also defeated Rolla 6-3 in a dual meet at Rolla Oct. 6 and finished 2-2 in the Central Ozark Conference Tournament Oct. 7.
The Lady Tigers finished with an 8-5 dual-meet record.
Oct. 13, Class 3 District 5 Team Tournament: Branson 5, WHS 0 - Doubles: Eliana Huckaba/Lauryn Lercher lost to Ellice Kembell/Claire Cofer, 9-7. Haley Emerson/Alayna Beels lost to Chloe Bunce/Laney Woodard, 8-4. Alesandra Eggart-Velasquez/Cassie Hays lost to Saray Caceres/Sidny Pinkerman, 8-4. Singles: Beels lost to Woodard, 6-2. Hays lost to Pinkerman, 6-1.
Oct. 7, COC Tournament
WHS 5, Glendale 0 - Doubles: Huckaba/Lercher won, 8-3. Emerson/Beels won, 8-5. Eggart-Velasquez/Hays won, 8-1. Singles: Lercher won, 8-1. Beels won, 8-5.
Nixa 5, WHS 0 - Doubles: Huckaba/Lercher lost, 8-3. Emerson/Beels lost, 8-2. Eggart-Velasquez/Hays lost, 8-3. Singles: Huckaba lost, 8-0. Emerson lost, 8-4.
Spring. Central 5, WHS 4 - Singles: Huckab won, 8-4. Lercher lost, 8-4. Emerson won, 8-3. Beels lost, 8-1. Eggart-Velasquez won, 8-3. Hays lost, 9-7. Doubles: Huckaba/Lercher won, 8-4. Emerson/Beels lost, 8-5. Eggart-Velasquez/Hays won, 8-0.
Oct. 6, WHS 6, Rolla 3 - Singles: Huckaba won, 8-1. Lercher won, 9-8 (7-4). Emerson won, 8-4. Beels lost, 8-5. Eggart-Velasquez lost, 8-6. Hays lost, 8-2. Doubles: Huckaba/Lercher won, 8-3. Emerson/Bells won, 8-4. Eggart-Velasquez/Hays won, 9-8 (7-3).
Oct. 1 - Waynesville Invitational
The host Lady Tigers tied for fourth in the Waynesville Invitational, held Wednesday, Oct. 1 at the WHS Tennis Courts.
Logan-Rogersville was the team champion with 24 points while Capital City finished second with 22 points, Lebanon third with nine points, Waynesville and Springfield Glendale tied four fourth with eight points, School of the Osage sixth with seven points, Willow Springs seventh with five points, Marshfield eighth with one point and Rolla ninth with zero.
Highlighting play for the host Lady Tigers was senior Lauryn Lercher, who finished third in the Singles Flight 2 Division. Lercher defeated Rolla’s Lucy Conger 8-5 in the first round; lost to Audrey Mastroianni of Logan-Rogersville 8-6 in the semifinals and defeated Malorie Montgomery of Springfield Glendale 8-3 in the third-place match.
In the Singles Flight 1, Waynesville’s sophomore Eliana Huckaba finished fourth. Huckaba beat Osage’s Macy Sakelaris 8-1 in the first round; lost to Liya Jones of Logan-Rogersville 8-3in the semifinals, and in the third-place match lost to Lily Bradbury of Lebanon 8-4.
Jones was the Singles Flight 1 champion and Mastroianni the Singles Flight 2 champion.
For Waynesville in Doubles Flight 1 competition senior Haley Emerson/junior Alayna Beels lost to Willow Springs’ Karis Cochran/Sherridin Hoskins 8-1 in the first round and lost to Miah Samuelsson/Madeleine Greenway 6-4 in the losers bracket. Megan Wilde/Addyson Spencer of Capital City was the doubles champion, beating Piper Brickner/Lauren Adkins of Osage 8-0 in the title match.
In Doubles Flight 2 Waynesville’s senior Alessandra Eggart-Velasquez/sophomore Cassandra Hays placed fourth. Eggart-Velasquez/Hays beat Zoey Johnson/Riley-Faye Unrush of Willow Springs 9-7 in the first round; lost to Mikayla McNutt/Layla Adams of Capital City 8-1 in the semifinals and in the third-place match lost to Ava Johnson/Carli Alford of Lebanon 8-5. McNutt/Adams was Doubles Flight 2 champion
Sorry, an error occurred.
Already Subscribed!
Cancel anytime
Thank you .
Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.
Check your email for details.
Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.
An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.
No promotional rates found.
Secure & Encrypted
Thank you.
Your gift purchase was successful! Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in.
| Rate: | |
| Begins: | |
| Transaction ID: |
A receipt was sent to your email.
