Tennis Team Opens Week With Split

Bulldogs Fall In Maryville, Top Irish In St. Joe
The Trenton High School girls tennis team split with a pair of foes from the Midland Empire Conference early this week, falling 6-3 on the road in Maryville on Monday before defeating the Lafayette Irish 7-2 in St. Joseph on Tuesday.
Against Maryville, Trenton got an 8-6 win from Lexi Gott and Morgan Dolan in doubles play. It was a big win for the Trenton duo, who lost to the same team on a tiebreaker last week. Gott and Dolan trailed 4-0 off the bat in this match-up, but won eight of the next 10 games to take the match.
That would be Trenton’s lone win in doubles play, however, as Mallory Sole and Alaina Overton lost 8-4 and Emilee Lovell and Lydia Leininger fell 8-1.
Gott prevailed with an 8-1 singles win at number one to momentarily bring Trenton even, but Maryville scored an 8-1 win over Dolan at number two and an 8-3 win over Sole at number three. Overton was an 8-4 winner at number-four, but Maryville clinched the dual with wins in the final two singles matches. Lovell lost 9-8 on a 10-8 tiebreaker at number five and Leininger fell 8-1 at number six.
Trenton put that loss behind it just 24 hours later, though, going to St. Joseph and getting the win over Lafayette.
Trenton’s fortunes were reversed from the get go as Gott and Dolan lost their doubles match 8-4. Sole and Overton won 8-3, however, and Lovell and Leininger picked up an 8-3 win as well to send Trenton into singles play up 2-1.
The Bulldogs dominated doubles play, taking all but one match to notch the dual victory. Gott won 8-1 and Sole won 8-0. Both Overton and Lovell won by 8-2 scores and Leininger picked up an 8-5 win to close the dual. Dolan fell 8-0 at number two for Lafayette’s lone singles victory.
“We bounced back after our loss last night,” Trenton coach Tammy Ockenfels said.
With the 1-1 showing to start the week, Trenton moved to 3-3 overall in dual action this season.
LAFAYETTE TOURNEY
Trenton returned to St. Joseph on Wednesday for the Lafayette Tournament. Gott had a banner day, going 6-0 at the tournament to claim first place honors in the ‘A’ singles bracket.
No one was near Gott in the bracket as she won two matches by scores of 6-2, two by 6-1 margins and two via 6-0 shutouts.
Dolan and Lovell were third in the ‘A’ doubles bracket, running a record of 4-2 on the day, while Sole and Overton won the ‘B’ doubles bracket with a 5-1 record. Leininger ran a 1-5 record in the ‘B’ singles bracket.
The tennis team was back at it on Thursday, playing host to Chillicothe. The Bulldogs will go back to St. Joseph on Tuesday for a dual at LeBlond. First serves for the match are set for 4 p.m.