WCMS tennis splits at Shelbyville

The boys tennis team from Warren County Middle picked up its third win, while the Lady Pioneers suffered a narrow defeat Friday afternoon at Shelbyville.

The Pioneers downed their hosts 6-3, improving to 3-1 on the year after winning four of six singles matches and two of three doubles sets.

In doubles, the team of Dustin Morris and Mitchell Fuqua won 6-3 over Heath Phillips and Hayato Akiyama, avenging the Pioneers? only two singles losses on the day.

Austin Sauer and Cory Sydenstricker garnered another doubles point for the WCMS boys, topping their opponents from Shelbyville by another 6-3 margin.

In singles play, Thomas Locke defeated Cory Young 6-3, Matthew Harmon was a 6-2 winner over Amauri Reyes, Kazuya Saso beat Daniel Richter 6-1, and Grant Seaborn was a 6-3 winner over Chris Castelow.

Seaborn and Tao Nakano won an exhibition doubles match, beating Shelbyville?s No. 3 duo by a 6-2 score.

The Lady Pioneers came up just short, and fell back to .500 on the year with a 2-2 record, after losing three of six singles matches and two of the three doubles points.

Winners in singles included Kat McCormick, who defeated Kasondra Johnson in a tiebreaker 7-6 (8). Peyton Baker won her match over Alex Gandarilla 6-1, and Emily Phillips defeated Bailey Cares 6-3. In doubles, Christina Jennings and Laura Martinez teamed up for the only Lady Pioneer victory, besting Heather Canonico and Sarah McGee 7-6 (0). Jennings and Martinez had fallen short to Canonico and McGee, respectively, in their singles matches before winning their doubles set.