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Tennis: Mercer girls take team title at Model

April 26, 2009

The Mercer County girls tennis team walked away with the title Saturday at the Model Invitational in Richmond.

The tournament was a round-robin format and the Titans tied with Model for first place, but won the tie-breaker based on winning more games.

In the match against Model, Mercer had wins from the duos of Lauren Yates and LeeLee Baxter and Alli Grant and Caitlin Baer to tie Model 2-2.

Against Madison Central, Savanna Barnett and Erin Pigman won in singles, and Baxter and Lauren Yates and Grant and bear had doubles wins.

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Girls

Mercer County 8, Casey County 1 - At Harrodsburg, after dropping their first match, the Titans ripped off eight straight wins and moved to 12-0 on the season.

LeeLee Baxter and Lauren Yates each won at singles and doubles for Mercer. Brittany Price won at No. 1 doubles for Casey.

Danville 7, Wayne County 2: At Danville, the Admirals swept singles play and went on for a win over Wayne County.

Rachel Ricker and Katie Ward had singles and doubles wins for the Admirals.

Mercer County (MC) 2, Model (M) 2: Singles: No. 1 - Haley (M) def. Savanna Barnett (MC) 7-6, 6-2; No. 2 - Abby Tudor (M) def. Erin Pigman (MC) 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles: No. 1 - Lauren Yates-Lee Lee Baxter (MC) def. Elcara Cato-Megan Short (M) 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 - Alli Grant-Caitlin Bear (MC) def. Sidney Sebastian-Bianca Arbles (M) 6-1, 6-1.

Mercer County 4, Madison Central 0: Singles: No. 1 - Barnett def. Elizabeth Costello 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 - Pigman def. Cheslea Reed (injury forfeit).

Doubles: L. Yates-Baxter def. Sarah Quad-Brittany Marcus 6-0, 6-0; Grant-Bear def. Corlyn Writing-Brandy Preston 6-0, 6-0.

At Mercer County (MC) 8, Casey County (CC) 1Singles: No. 1 - Brittany Price (CC) def. Savanna Barnett (MC) 9-8; No. 2 - Casey Yates (MC) def. Danielle Pemberton (CC) 8-3; No. 3 - LeeLee Baxter (MC) def. Brook Curry (CC) 8-3; No. 4 - Lauren Yates (MC) def. Sierra Skipper (CC) 8-0; No. 5 - Alyssa Butler (MC) def. Rebekah Melinek (CC) 8-4; No. 6 - Sarah Walker (MC) def. Megan Rayborn (CC) 8-1.

Doubles: No. 1 - Baxter-L. Yates (MC) def. Price-Curry (CC) 8-2; No. 2 - Alli grant-Caitlin Baer (MC) def. Skipper-Pemberton (CC) 8-1; Erin Pigman-Christy Imgram (MC) def. Tylyn Leigh-Alli Tinsley (CC) 8-4.

At Danville (D) 7, Wayne County (WC) 2: Singles: No. 1 - Rachel Ricker (D) def Casi Clark (WC) 6-3; No. 2 - Maddalena Polinedrio (D) def. Emily Eicher (WC) 6-2; No. 3 - McKay Nelson (D) def. Jennifer Worley (WC) 6-3; No. 4 - Katie Ward (D) def. Nicole Davis (WC) 7-5; No. 5 - Anne Wilson (D) def. Macey Laws (D) 6-2; No. 6 - Madeline Salinas (D) def. Heather Stearns (WC) 6-4.

Doubles: No. 1 -Clark-Eicher (WC) def. Polinedrio-Nelson (D) 7-6 (10-8); No. 2 - Ricker-Ward (D) def. Worley-Davis (WC) 6-2; No. 3 - Laws-Stearns (WC) def. Wilson-Salinas (D) 6-2.

Boys

Garrard County 6, Lincoln County 1 - At Lancaster, the Golden Lions ripped off six straight wins after dropping the opening match to beat the visiting Patriots.

Tanner Barrett and Ethan Smith won at singles and doubles wins for Garrard.

Singles: No. 1 - Colin Hart (LC) def. Jonah Johnson (GC) 9-8, (7-5); No. 2 - Tanner Barrett (GC) def. Matt Holzclaw (LC) 8-4; No. 3 - Ethan Smith (GC) def. Lucas McCoy (LC) 9-7; No. 4 - Spencer Anderson (GC) def. Joe VanHook (LC) 8-4; No. 5 - Eric Wall (GC) def. VanHook (LC) 8-2.

Doubles: No. 1 - Johnson-Barrett (GC) def. Gart-Holzclaw (LC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 - Smith-Drew (GC) def. McCoy-VanHook (LC) 8-6.

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