MEDAL WORKERS

Trenton Cleans Up At Carrollton Tournament

Mallory Sole, a senior, has been playing in the number two spot this season, teaming with Trenton’s number-one player, freshman Astrid Soriano, in doubles play. Wednesday at the Carrollton Tournament, though, the teammates became foes as they met in the championship match of the singles bracket.
Experience won.
Sole topped her younger teammate 8-0 to claim the top spot on the singles side at the tournament, capping a perfect 3-0 day in which she allowed only six points at the event.
She wasn’t Trenton’s only champion, however. The duo of Alaina Overton and Lydia Leininger captured first-place honors in the doubles bracket. With Soriano’s second-place medal and a fourth-place finish from the doubles team of Harley Hall and Jessika Kennedy, all six Bulldogs brought home hardware.
“The girls played awesome today,” Trenton coach Tammy Ockenfels said. “They all brought home a medal. I am very proud of their accomplishments.”
Sole reached the finals with wins of 8-0 and 8-6 while Soriano handled her first two opponents by scores of 8-0 and 8-1 before running into Sole.
On the doubles side, Leininger and Overton grabbed wins of 8-0 and 8-2 to reach the final where they dispatched of Odessa’s top doubles team by an 8-6 score. Kennedy and Hall were 2-2 on the day with wins of 8-5 and 6-3 and losses of 8-5 and 6-3.
LEBLOND 8, TRENTON 1
Trenton’s dual with the LeBlond Golden Eagles on Tuesday did no go as swimingly as the Carrollton Tournament as the Bulldogs suffered an 8-1 defeat.
Trenton was decently competitive in the duals’ matches, but the Bulldogs were only able to get one win over on the Eagles.
That came from Sole who took her singles match by a score of 8-6. At that point, the match was already in hand for the visitors, but a win over LeBlond’s Emily Weddle, a state qualifier a year ago, was certainly a highlight for Sole and the Bulldogs.
“Mallory was our only win at number-two singles,” Ockenfels said. “She angled the ball well, hit winners and beat a girl who went to state last year in singles.”
The match opened with doubles play where Sole and Soriano were defeated 8-4. The duo of Leininger and Overton fell 8-5 and Hall and Kennedy lost 8-2.
Outside of Sole, singles play followed suit. Soriano fell 8-1 at number one, while Overton and Leininger both lost 8-4 at three and four respectively. Hall fell 8-0 at number five and Kennedy was shutout at number six as well, falling 8-0.
Trenton dropped to 1-2 overall on the season with the loss.
JUNIOR VARSITY
Trenton’s JV lost 6-0 to LeBlond. In doubles play, Jillian Voorhies and Faith Lee fell 6-3, Matty Shultz and Kaytee Wright lost 6-4, Lee and Savannah Elrod were defeated 6-2 and Elrod and Wright lost 6-2. In singles action, Voorhies fell 6-3 and Shultz was defeated 6-4.
UP NEXT
Trenton traveled to Cameron for a dual on Thursday and will be at the Benton Tournament in St. Joseph on Friday.