After Just Their Second Loss Of The Year, THS Responds With 8-1 Win
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Bradyn Sager races in for a return shot during the Bulldogs’ 8-1 dual victory over Kirksville on Monday. Sager combined with Trent Villacampa for an 8-2 doubles win and won his singles match by an 8-0 margin.
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After just its second dual loss of the season last Thursday — a 6-3 home defeat at the hands of the Maryville Spoofhounds — the Trenton High School boys tennis team was eager to get back on the court and erase that memory. The Bulldogs got that opportunity just four days later, playing on their home court against visiting Kirksville on Monday. The Maryville loss is now firmly behind Trenton after the Bulldogs dispatched of the Tigers 8-1 on a warm, but breezy day at the THS tennis courts.
Trenton put its foot down early in this one, sweeping doubles play and winning all three matches by wide margins. Trent Villacampa and Bradyn Sager were 8-2 winners and Jonin Villacampa and Maverick Sole won 8-3. Riley Walker and Dylan Smith rounded out the doubles sweep with an 8-0 win.
In singles play, Trenton continued to throttle the visitors, taking five of the six singles contests to put an exclamation point on the dual win. Trent Villacampa picked up an 8-2 win at number one and Sager won 8-0 at number two. Jonin Villacampa and Maverick Sole took 8-1 wins sandwiching an 8-4 win by Walker. Victor Markell dropped a close match at number six, falling 8-6 to give Kirksville its lone win of the dual.
With the win, Trenton improved to 7-2 on the season.
The Bulldogs also controlled the junior varsity matches played, winning two singles contests and a doubles match to sweep the Kirksville JV. Markell was a 6-4 singles winner and Smith won his singles match 6-2. Smith and Sole combined for a 6-0 doubles win.
Trenton had two days to enjoy being back on the right side of things before making a road trip to Lexington for a dual with the currently winless Minutemen on Thursday. The Bulldogs will be at Kirksville on Monday, looking to put another victory on the board against the Tigers. That dual is slated for first serves at 4 p.m.