Tennis team splits matches with Webb

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Lady Pioneer Mo Zwemer runs to return a drop shot hit by Webb’s Katherine Foutch. The Lady Pioneers lost their match to Webb, 3-6.

Wednesday the Warren County High School tennis teams went head-to-head against Webb at the McMinnville Civic Center Complex, splitting wins with the boys winning 5-3 and the girls losing 3-6.

For the Pioneers, No. 1 seed Doug Roberts lost to Webb’s Yumi Takebuchi 2-8 and second-seeded R. J. Pierce fell in a tie-breaker to Webb’s Chris Anderson 8-9 [3].

The Pioneers won their next four matches, with Travis Powers defeating Ronak Shah 9-7, Jacob Wilson defeating Josh Lalonde 8-2, Tyler Boyd beating Steven Fahey 8-0 and Terry Tilton defeating Kyung Ho Lee 8-0.

In doubles play, Roberts and Pierce lost to Takebuchi and Shah 6-8. Powers teamed with Cameron Gonder to defeat Webb’s Anderson and Lalonde 8-5.

For the Lady Pioneers, Tina Vucic remained undefeated with a 8-2 win over Abby Rudd. Mo Zwemer lost to Webb’s Katherine Foutch, Kristin Rampp defeated Ann SantAmour 8-6, Kristen Sharpe lost to Laura Murray 6-8, Mary Beth Gribble lost to Selma Povlakic 0-8 and Emily Hobbs lost to Debbie Banerjee 2-8.

In doubles play, Vucic teamed with Julia Fisher for the win over Rudd and Foutch 8-6. Sharpe and April Kirby lost to Murray and Dee Dee Banerjee 2-8 and Lacey West and Nichole Rhea lost to Susannah Gibbons and Xera Siegler 2-8.

The Pioneer tennis team traveled to Cookeville Thursday, and will play Oakland in Murfreesboro Tuesday afternoon.