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Tennis: Mercer tops Wayne

Boyle, Garrard gain wins

April 20, 2007

The Mercer County girls couldn't win either of the No. 1 matches, but they won everything else to defeat Wayne County 7-2 in a battle of rising 12th Region powers Thursday at Harrodsburg.

"This was our best overall performance as a team this season," Mercer coach Diane Beauchamp said. "Although we lost our No. 1 singles and our No. 1 doubles, the level of play was really excellent. Our girls really stepped up throughout the rest of the lineup in singles and doubles to win all the other courts."

Savannah Barnett scored an 8-6 win for host Mercer (6-1) over Wayne's Casi Clark at No. 2 doubles.

The Titans also got 8-4 wins from Lauren Taylor and Sagan Shannon at No. 2 doubles, Caitlin Baer and Lauren Yates at No. 3 doubles and Taylor at No. 5 singles.

Singles: No. 1 - Ceysha Clark (WC) def. Angela Dailey (MC) 8-2; No. 2 - Savannah Barnett (MC) def. Casi Clark (WC) 8-6; No. 3 - Ellen Van Gilder (MC) def. Christine Phillips (WC) 8-2; No. 4 - Allison Dailey (MC) def. Brittany Chaplin (WC) 8-3; No. 5 - Lauren Taylor (MC) def. Charlotte Shelton (WC) 8-4; No. 6 - Casey Yates (MC) def. Whitney Neal (WC) 8-2.

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Doubles: No. 1 - Ce. Clark-Ca. Clark (WC) def. Al. Dailey-Van Gilder (MC) 8-5; No. 2 - Taylor-Sagan Shannon (MC) def. Phillips-Chaplin (WC) 8-4; No. 3 - Caitlin Baer-Lauren Yates (MC) def. Shelton-Neal (WC) 8-4.

Boyle County 6, Somerset 3

At Somerset, Katie Larson each had singles wins, and teamed for a win at No. 2 doubles to lead visiting Boyle over Somerset.

Brittany Maynard also had a singles and doubles win for the Rebels.

Singles: No. 1-Katie Larson (BC) def. Nihila Rodrigues (S) 6-2; No. 2-Adrienne Stonecypher (S) def. Sarah Reed (BC) 6-3; No. 3-Marissa Brown (BC) def. Kati Wilson (S) 6-1; No. 4-Brittany Maynard (BC) def. Amircen Fariqui (S) 6-1; No. 5-Sonja Schimanski (S) def. DeAnna Cooper (BC) 6-2; No. 6-Madison Whitehouse (BC) def. Desta Lissanil (S) 6-4.

Doubles: No. 1-Maynard-Kelsey Stillwell (BC) def. Rodrigues-Stonecypher (S) 6-2; No. 2-Larson-Brown (BC) def. Wilson- Fariqui (S) 6-0; No. 3- Schimanski-Lissanil (S) def. Elizabeth Dodds-Julia Knolle (BC) 6-4.

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Boyle County 6, Somerset 3

At Somerset, David Theaker, William Harris and Adam Stewart posted wins at singles and doubles for the Rebels in a road victory over the Briar Jumpers.

Singles: No. 1-David Theaker (BC) def. Zoeshan Asif (S) 6-4; No. 2-Adam Stewart (BC) def. Noah Polk (S) 6-1; No. 3-Jutin Bivens (S) def. Jason Elsea (BC) 6-2; No. 4-Jordan Shewmaker (BC) def. Ricky McWain (S) 6-3; No. 5-William Harris (BC) def. Drew Martin (S) 6-3; Jay Schoolcraft (S) def. Josh Lyons (BC) 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1-Theaker-Stewart (BC) def. Asif-McWain (S) 6-0; No. 2-Martin-LaRon Goodin (S) def. Elsea-Shewmaker (BC) 7-5; No. 3-Harris-Lyons (BC) def. Camara-Polk (S) 6-2.

Mercer County 9, Wayne County 0

At Harrodsburg, host Mercer won six of the nine matches by scores of 6-0 or 6-1 as it rolled over Wayne.

Matt Teater was a 6-0 winner at No. 1 singles, and Kyle Chadwick and Daarik Gray won 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.

Singles: No. 1 - Matt Teater def. Cody Clark 6-0; No. 2 - Keita Uchida def. Dustin Tucker 6-3; No. 3 - Adam Heathman def. Matthew Neal 6-1; No. 4 - Cody Nolin def. Tanner Neal 6-1; No. 5 - Chris Allen def. Michael Roberts 6-0; No. 6 - Brandon Lewis def. Drake Staples 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1 - Kyle Chadwick-Daarik Gray def. Clark-M. Neal 6-3; No. 2 - Teater-Brandon Kidd def. Tucker-T. Neal 6-1; No. 3 - Koji Buterbaugh-Justin Peavler def. Roberts-Staples 6-3.

Garrard County 7, Pulaski County 2

At Lancaster, host Garrard won five singles matches and two doubles matches to defeat Pulaski.

Jordan Denny notched an 8-3 win at No. 1 singles, and the Golden Lions' No. 1 doubles team of Nate Ploskonka and Chase Feldman won 8-2. Jacob Wilson had an 8-6 win at No. 6 singles.

Singles: No. 1 - Jordan Denny (GC) def. Phillip Davis (PC) 8-3; No. 2 - Nate Ploskonka (GC) def. Anthony Pence (PC) 8-4; No. 3 - Leonard Harrison (GC) def. Alex Kilgore (PC) 8-3; No. 4 - Brian Eaton (PC) def. Drew Stevens (GC) 8-4; No. 5 - Pat Kluesener (GC) def. Justin Wilson (PC) 8-2; No. 6 - Jacob Wilson (GC) def. Jonathan Bacek (PC) 8-6.

Doubles: No. 1 - N. Ploskonka-Chase Feldman (GC) def. Davis-Pence (PC) 8-2; No. 2 - Harrison-Kluesener (GC) def. Eaton-Bacek (PC) 8-1; No. 3 - Kilgore-Wilson (PC) def. Mitch Ploskonka-Zack Snow (GC) 8-6.

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