The Trenton High School varsity girls tennis team took second place at the Cameron Tournament on Wednesday.
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The Trenton High School varsity girls tennis team took second place at the Cameron Tournament on Wednesday.
Park Hill South won the tournament with 28.5 points. Trenton finished in second with 19 points. Warrensburg was third with 12 points. Higginsville took fourth with 10 points. Cameron finished with 7.5 points, Kearney had 7 points, Excelsior Springs had 5 points and Maryville had 2 points.
The Lady Bulldogs were led by seniors Abby Lovell and Christina Woodard, who teamed up to take first in doubles.
?The girls did a fantastic job against a strong field of quality high school tennis teams,? Head Coach Mike Bosley said. ?Abby and Chris led the team effort with the doubles championship. They were in charge most of the time.?
The duo opened by beating Amber Lager and Karissa Euler of Maryville, 8-0, then defeated Ashleigh Cox and Jinni Marker of Excelsior Springs, 8-3. Lovell-Woodard defeated Natasha Butler and Jennifer Nelson of Warrensburg in the semifinals, 8-6. They then knocked off Lauren Grandestaff and Megan Curtis of Higginsville in the finals, 8-3.
THS senior Kaycee Lee Blattner also had a strong showing on Wednesday. Blattner won her opening match over Mallory Rankin of Higginsville, 8-2. Blattner lost to Susan Ma of Park Hill South in the quarterfinals, 8-0. Blattner recovered, however, and went on to win three more matches and take the consolation championship. Ma went on to take the singles title.
Blattner beat Susan Eberly of Cameron in her next match, 9-8 (7-3). She beat Afrin
Kanal of Warrrensburg in the consolation semifinal, 8-2, then defeated Sara Branson of Higginsville, 9-8 (9-7).
?Kaycee Lee battled through the consolation side to take fifth place,? Bosley said. ?She was stopped by the singles champ on the winner’s side of the draw. She played her best tennis of a young season.?
Kari Epperson finished with a singles record of 2-2. Sadie Jones and Stephanie Gutshall teamed up in doubles and finished their day with 1-2 record.
The THS tennis team is at Chillicothe today for a dual.
Varsity Results
Singles
Kaycee Lee Blattner defeated Mallory Rankin of Higginsville, 8-2; lost to Susan Ma of Park Hill South, 8-0; defeated Susan Eberly of Cameron, 9-8 (7-3); defeated Afrin Kamal of Warrensburg, 8-3; defeated Sara Branson of Higginsville, 9-8 (7-4). Consolation Champion.
Kari Epperson lost to Katie Friedlund of Park Hill South, 8-0; defeated Karla Bradshaw, Maryville, 8-1; defeated Megan Fernquist of Warrensburg, 8-6; lost to Sara Branson of Higginsville, 9-8 (9-7).
Doubles
Abby Lovell-Christina Woodard defeated Amber Lager-Karissa Euler of Maryville, 8-0; defeated Ashleigh Cox-Jinni Marker of Excelsior Springs, 8-3; defeated Natasha Butler-Jennifer Nelson of Warrensburg, 8-6; defeated Lauren Grandestaff-Megan Curtis of Higginsville, 8-3. First Place
Sadie Jones-Stephanie Gutshall defeated Jaclyn Smith-Karen Morehouse of Warrensburg, 8-2; lost to Grandestaff-Curtis, 8-0; lost to Andrea Goss-Rachael Carillo of Kearney, 8-3.