SHUTOUT CITY

Trenton Grabs Fourth Straight Dual Without Yielding A Single Tally

After opening the season with a thud in an 8-1 loss at Savannah, the Trenton High School boys tennis team has hit another gear. On Monday at the Carl Carpenter-Mike Bosley tennis courts in Trenton, the Bulldogs shut out visiting Chariton, IA 9-0. It was the fourth-straight sweep for Trenton since the loss at Savannah on March 28.
Following that loss, Trenton dispatched of LeBlond and Benton by 9-0 scores before defeating Carrollton 6-0 in a rain-shortened dual last week.
The shutout streak continued Monday as Trenton dominated the dual with Chariton, outscoring the visitors 72-8 in the nine matches combined.
Doubles play opened the dual and Trenton wasted little time putting its foot down. Trent Villacampa and Bradyn Sager worked an 8-0 win to kick things off and the teams of Jonin Villacampa and Maverick Sole and Victor Markell and Tucker Otto followed suit with wins of 8-1 and 8-0 respectively.
Singles play didn’t vary much from the way doubles play went. Jonin Villacampa had some work to do at number-three, picking up an 8-5 win in the closest match of the dual. Otto won 8-2 at number six, but the other matches ended with 8-0 finals as Trent Villacampa, Sager, Sole and Markell all shut out their singles foes.
With the win, Trenton moved to 4-1 overall on the season in dual matches.
Trenton will play in the Kirksville Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday nights and will be back on the courts on Tuesday, playing host to Chillicothe. First serves at the Carpenter-Bosley courts for the dual with the Hornets are scheduled for 4 p.m.