Netters fall at Oakland
Warren County’s tennis squads were handed a District 7-AAA sweep Thursday afternoon, falling in both boys and girls play to Oakland at the MTSU tennis complex.
The Pioneers won five exhibition matches, but lost six of the match’s official contests, falling to the Patriots 6-1. With the loss, the dropped back under .500, and now stand at 4-5 on the year.
At No. 1 singles, Jacob Wilson fell to Oakland’s Joseph Sherer 6-0, 6-0. Travis Powers, playing No. 2 for the Pioneers, fell 6-1, 6-2 to the Patriots’ Brady Neal.
In singles pro-sets, Warren County’s No. 3, Jay Koelbl, fell to Alex Ingle 8-0, while No. 4 William Collier picked up the team’s only win, downing Oakland’s Joseph Yates 8-6. Bobby Rampp, playing at No. 5, was downed by Randy Tate 8-3.
In doubles play, Wilson and Powers fell to Sherer and Neal 8-2, while Blake Hitchcock and Travis Gay lost 8-3 to Ingle and Yates.
In exhibition doubles play, Koelbl and Rampp downed Tate and Phillip McKnight 8-0, while Morgan Gonder and Andrew Brock nabbed an 8-1 win over Gary Pounders and Sean Holder.
Exhibition singles matches saw Brock down Holder 8-1, while Gonder beat McKnight 8-2, Hitchcock downed Shawn Jones 8-0 and Gay beat Pounders 8-4.
The Lady Pioneers came up empty in the match, falling 7-0 to drop to 0-9 on the year, but won three exhibition matches.
No. 1 singles player for the Lady Pioneers, Elisha Ray, fell 6-1, 6-0 to Elizabeth Ingle. Kristen Sharpe lost 6-2-6-0 to Virginia Penner at No. 2.
Playing No. 3 for the Lady Pioneers, Katy Campen fell 8-0 to Mary Hollis. Brittany Williams lost 8-0 at No. 4, while April Kirby fell to Kim Frase 8-1 at No. 5.
In exhibition matches, Mary Beth Gribble downed Amanda Petty 8-4, and Campen picked up a victory over An Smith.
In doubles, the team of Ray and Sharpe fell to Ingle and Penner 8-0, while Kirby and Gribble fell 8-4 at No. 2 doubles.
Campen and Williams won an exhibition doubles match, defeating Frase and Petty 9-7.
The Pioneers and Lady Pioneers will play host to Blackman Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.