The Trenton Lady Bulldogs tennis team traveled to Kirksville on Thursday afternoon, leaving by the evening hours with a 7-2 varsity win, including a clean sweep of the Lady Tigers in doubles competition.
In action played on the campus of Truman State University, Trenton’s #1 doubles team of Lexi Gott and Morgan Dolan won 8-6 over Riemenschnieder and Elmore, with Mallory Sole and Alaina Overton, at #2 doubles, downing Eitel and Crawford 8-6. At #3 doubles, Emilee Lovell and Harley Hall took down Slaughter and Williams 8-6.
Trenton wins in singles play came from Gott, 8-3 over Riemenschneider; Sole, 8-love over Eitel; Overton an 8-1 winner of Slaughter; and Harley Hall, a 9-7 squeaker over Williams. Kirksville’s wins came at #2 singles, Elmore over Dolan 8-3, and Crawford over Lovell at #5 singles, 9-7, with the tiebreaker going 7-4.
In JV action, Kirksville won three matches to Trenton’s two. The results were:
(KHS) Emma Stanley and Josie Johnson d. (THS) Lydia Leininger and Jessika Kennedy 6-4
(THS) Faith Lee and Chloie Hall d. (KHS) Diana Lam and May Manney 7-6 with 7-4 tiebreaker
(THS) Lindsey Babcock d. (KHS) Ava Hamlin 6-4
(KHS) d. (THS) Chloie Hall and Lindsey Babcock 7-5 (Kirksville’s players not identified)
(KHS) d. (THS) Faith Lee and Lydia Leininger 6-4 (Kirksville’s players not identified)
The Trenton volleyball team, released from a COVID-19 related quarantine earlier in the week, had their first match back, at Kirksville, on Thursday, with the Lady Tigers taking the varsity sweep, three sets to zero.
