WCMS tennis teams split pair with Wildcats

Dustin Morris returns a shot during his wingles win over John Svendsen Monday.

With the split, both the girls? and boys? squads are now 2-1. Their next contest is scheduled for Friday, when they play host to Murfreesboro Siegel.

Dustin Morris began the boys? shutout win with a 6-0 victory over John Svendsen at No. 1 singles, while Mitchell Fuqua was a 6-2 winner over Piers Hatfield at No. 2.

In other singles matches, Thomas Locke downed Andrew Miller 6-3, Matthew Harmon defeated Jackson Petty 6-0, Grant Seaborn was a 7-5 winner over Dalton Cox and Will Marttala defeated Harrison Hatcher 6-1.

Doubles play saw Morris and Cory Sydenstricker win 6-2 over Svendsen and Hatfield, while Kazuya Saso teamed with Tao Nakano to defeat Miller and Petty 6-3. Matthew Zahn partnered with Austin Sauer, and beat the duo of Cox and Harrison by a 6-1 margin.

In girls? play, singles wins came from Stacey Rampp, who downed Abby Tackett 7-5 at No. 1, as well as Kat McCormick, a 7-5 winner over Ann Marie Lawson at No. 2 and Laura Martinez, who downed Taylor Myers 6-2 at No. 4. Emily Phillips was credited with a forfeit victory at the No. 6 singles position, but the Lady Pioneers? Christina Jennings and Peyton Baker lost their singles sets and all three doubles teams came up short.