West Bladen swept all three doubles matches and defeated Wallace-Rose Hill 6-3 Thursday in Four County Conference women’s tennis action at Wallace.
West Bladen took the top three single matches, and Wallace-Rose Hill won the No. 4, 5 and 6 singles matches to even the score at 3-3.
West Bladen’s #1 doubles team of Alanna Ludlum and Amber Long swept their match 8-0 to edge the Lady Knights in front 4-3.
“The other two doubles matches came down to the wire,” said West Bladen Coach Jeff Atkinson. “Our third doubles team of Haley Dimery and Conner Brisson made a great comeback as they were trailing 4 games to 1 and fought back to win the set 8 games to 6.”
“Helen Lopez and Madison Singletary took the lead 6-3 in the second doubles, but the Lady Bulldogs made a run closing to within 7-6 before Lopez and Singletary closed the door,” continued Coach Atkinson.
Singles:
Alanna Ludlum (WB) def. A. Newkirk (WR) 8-0
Amber Long (WB) def. T. Brinson (WR) 8-0
Helen Lopez (WB) def. M. Matthews (WR) 8-3
T. Bennerman (WR) def. Madison Singletary (WB) 8-4
A. Cooper (WR) def. Haley Dimery (WB) 8-6
J. Maynor (WR) def. Rachel Bryan (WB) 8-3
Doubles:
A. Ludlum/A. Long (WB) def. A. Newkirk/T. Brinson (WR) 8-0
H. Lopez/M. Singletary (WB) def. M. Matthews/T. Bennerman (WR) 8-6
H. Dimery/Conner Brisson (WB) def. A. Cooper/J. Maynor (WR) 8-6
West Bladen improves to 2-0 in conference play and 6-4 overall. The Lady Knights will travel to East Columbus Monday at 4 p.m.
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