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The Parry McCluer High School girls tennis team earned a 7-2 home win over Prince Edward County last Wednesday to improve to 7-0, while the Rockbridge County girls dropped three matches to fall to 2-10.
After winning at Prince Edward 6-3 just eight days earlier, the Fighting Blues were a bit more dominant against the Eagles in the rematch at the Southern Virginia University courts.
The Blues won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches, winning three matches by forfeit against the shorthanded Eagles.
PM head coach Alyssa Sewell said she was “very proud” of freshman Peyton Chittum, who played in her first match the previous week. She also praised sophomore Peira Conner, who “gave a great fight and powered through some horrible cramps.” Although Chittum and Conner lost 8-0 at No. 3 doubles, Sewell was proud of their effort and “proud of all my girls for powering through difficult matches.”
The Wildcats, who fell to 1-6 in the district, played three road matches in four days, falling 9-0 at Turner Ashby last Monday, coming up short at Broadway 7-2 last Tuesday, and losing at Harrisonburg 8-1 on Thursday.
“A tough week for us travelwise, and it showed a little bit,” said RC head coach Andrew Bellairs.
The RC coach said the Wildcats should have beaten Broadway after leading in all three doubles matches, but they “just fell off at the end.” All three RC doubles teams lost 8-6.
One of the highlights of the Broadway match was when RC sophomore Eleanor Goodhart was trailing 6-2 and won six games in a row to earn an 8-6 victory at No. 3 singles. Also winning for the Wildcats was senior Sara Topasna with an 8-2 win at No. 2 singles.
With the team win, Broadway (5-10 overall, 1-6 district) avenged a 5-4 loss at RC on March 28.
The lone RC winner against Harrisonburg (7-5, 4-2) was senior Sophia Fafatas with a 10-6 victory at No. 1 singles.
The Wildcats were scheduled to play host to Stuarts Draft yesterday and will play host to district rival Spotswood on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Lexington Country Club courts.
PM was scheduled to play host to Nelson County on Monday and will have a home match today, Wednesday, at Alleghany before playing at district rival Narrows on Thursday. The Blues will play host to RC on Monday at 5 p.m. at the SVU courts before concluding the regular season at Bath County on Tuesday. All matches are scheduled for 5 p.m.
PM 7, PE 2
SINGLES – Addisen Roberts (PM) won by forfeit; Sadie Mays (PM) d. Qadira Lee (PE) 8-1; Olive King (PM) d. Zaleah Ford (PE) 8-0; Macy Shafer (PM) d. Mikayla Manns (PE) 8-0; Jaclyn Hamilton (PE) d. Peira Conner (PM) 8-3; Peyton Chittum (PM) won by forfeit.
DOUBLES – Roberts and Mays (PM) won by forfeit; King and Shafer (PM) d. Lee and Ford (PE) 8-1; Manns and Hamilton (PE) d. Conner and Chittum (PM) 8-0.
TA 9, RC 0
SINGLES – Kate Jones (TA) d. Fafatas (RC) 8-4; Jolexie Whetzel (TA) d. Topasna (RC) 8-0; Harper Todd (TA) d. Goodhart (RC) 8-2; Kendra Gillette (TA) d. Remington (RC) 8-0; Devon Wichael (RC) d. Newhall (RC) 8-0; Bianca Redding (TA) d. Lotts (RC) 8-0.
DOUBLES – Jones and Whetzel (TA) d. Fafatas and Topasna (RC) 8-0; Dodd and Gillette (TA) d. Goodhart and Newhall (RC) 8-1; Wichael and Redding (TA) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 8-0.
Broadway 7, RC 2
SINGLES – Maya Bacon (B) d. Sophia Fafatas (RC) 8-1; Sara Topasna (RC) d. Annabelle Cook (B) 8-2; Eleanor Goodhart (RC) d. Maggie Roberts (B) 8-6; Deanna Chapman (B) d. Sydney Remington (RC) 8-1; Rose Cox (B) d. Julia Newhall (RC) 8-4; Clara Denman (B) d. Katherine Lotts (RC) 8-1.
DOUBLES – Bacon and Roberts (B) d. Fafatas and Topasna (RC) 8-6; Cook and Chapman (B) d. Goodhart and Newhall (RC) 8-6; Cox and Denman (B) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 8-6.
HHS 8, RC 1
SINGLES – Fafatas (RC) d. Leslie Yang (H) 10-6; Sophia Yoder (H) d. Topasna (RC) 10-2; Clare Kirwan (H) d. Goodhart (RC) 10-1; Caryanne Shaw (H) d. Remington (RC) 10-2; Veronica Gutierrez (H) d. Newhall (RC) 10-1; Olivia Eberly (H) d. Lotts (RC) 10-0.
DOUBLES – Yoder and Kirwan (H) d. Fafatas and Topasna (RC) 10-4; Yang and Shaw (H) d. Goodhart and Newhall (RC) 10-0; Gutierrez and Eberly (H) d. Remington and Lotts (RC) 10-2.
