WCMS tennis yet to crack win column

Two close losses kept Warren County’s middle school tennis team winless on the season Friday, as Lewisburg came away with a sweep of boys’ and girls’ action.

With the losses, both the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers fell to 0-3.

The WCMS boys were dropped by a 5-4 team score, winning two of three doubles matches but just two of six singles sets.

Drew Gump won 6-3 over Lewisburg’s John Harrison at No. 3 singles, and Henry Hall picked up a 7-6(5) win over Zack Cross at No. 6.

In other singles matches, Blake Hitchcock lost 6-7(5) to Matt Dyer, Travis Gay fell 4-6 to Trey Russell, Morgan Gonder lost 4-6 to Vance Wallace, and Bobby Rampp fell to Alex Phelps, 3-6.

Gump and Russell Hitchcock defeated Lewisburg’s Russell and Harrison 6-3, and the tandem of Kyle Jones and Shawn Parsley won 6-1 over Wallace and Phelps. Warren County’s top-seeded duo of Blake Hitchcock and Gay lost 3-6 to Dyer and his partner, Zack Dalton.

In girls’ play, the Lady Pioneers lost 6-5, winning three singles matches and two doubles sets.

Brittany Williams was a 6-1 winner over Lewisburg’s Courtney Harger, while Elizabeth Lavoie beat Krystal Jewell 6-2 at No. 6 and the Lady Pioneers’ Jac Smartt won 6-0 over Courtney Kousser at No. 7.

Smartt played two singles positions, coming up short in a 0-6 loss to Courtney Kousser at No. 7. Also falling short in singles play were Elisha Ray, who lost 1-6 to Toree Richardson at No. 1; Catherine Hill, who fell 0-6 to Ashley Cross; and Katy Campen, who lost 0-6 to Nicki Cashion.

In doubles play, Caitlyn Llewellyn and Elizabeth Hill won 7-5 over Harger and Cashion at No. 2, while Catherine Hill and Lavoie came out on top against Kousser and Vickey Smith, 6-3. Ray and Williams fell short in a 1-6 set against Richardson and Cross, while Campen and Williams fell 6-7(8) against Chambers and Jewell.

WCMS returns to action Tuesday, when it hosts Murfreesboro at the Civic Center complex. Tuesday’s match is set to begin at 4 p.m.