The Trenton High School tennis team lost a close match to LeBlond Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs had a 4-2 lead heading into doubles play, but couldn’t finish off LeBlond in the end.
Trenton lost two of the first three matches, but rebounded to take the last three single matches.
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Liz Hoffman fell 8-4 in the opener, but Bobbie Lovell got the Lady Bulldogs on the board with a 8-4 win over her LeBlond counterpart.
After Kimby Brown lost 8-0, Trenton got a much needed win from Lindsay Creason. Creason won a grueling two-hour match by a final score of 9-8. The score in the tiebreaker was 12-10 in favor of Creason.
Alyssa Dougan and Mackenzie Hall closed out singles play, giving Trenton a pair of dominating wins. Dougan won her match by a score of 8-1 while Hall shut out LeBlond’s Summer Bridges 8-0.
Trenton’s luck ran out in doubles play. Needing just one win, the Lady Bulldogs couldn’t get a win as LeBlond swept the doubles competition. Hoffman and Lovell were Trenton’s closest chance. The duo fell in a close one by a final score of 9-7.
Brown and Dougan teamed up and fell 8-1 while the tandem of Creason and Hall lost 8-5.
“This was a very good high school tennis match,” Coach Mike Bosley said. “We just needed one doubles win, but LeBlond wouldn’t let us close the door.”
The junior varsity tied LeBlond’s JV, 2-2. Lindsey Dustman gave the JV a 6-4 win and Mercedes Barron also took a win in singles play by a final of 6-2.
Callie Bacon narrowly lost her singles match, falling 7-6. Trenton also lost the doubles match. The team of Savannah Hanson and Stephanie Bramblett fell, 6-3.
Trenton dropped to 3-2 on the season with the loss. The tennis squad will return to the courts Thursday when they host Cameron at 4 p.m. at the THS tennis courts.