Cyclones fall to South in conference tennis tilt
Published 8:45 am Thursday, April 18, 2019
Star Photos/Ivan Sanders EHS girls No.1 player Reagan Armstrong returns a forehand shot in her match Tuesday.
Cyclone boys tennis player Luke Carrier prepares for a backhand shot while playing doubles action Tuesday.
Even a player’s pet came out to watch the tennis match Tuesday between EHS and South on a beautiful, sunny day.
Lady Cyclone Lauren Snodgrass steps into a forehand shot.
Cyclone boys No. 1 player Elijah Smith puts everything into a forehand smash against his Sullivan South opponent.
Even though Elizabethton experienced some success on their home tennis courts Tuesday, it wasn’t enough to hold off the Sullivan South Rebels who took the girls’ team match 7-2 and fought off the boys in a closer 5-4 match.
On the girls’ side, No. 1 Reagan Armstrong had to battle hard to come out on top but that she did as she defeated Meredith St. Clair 9-7.
Elizabethton also picked up a win from their No. 3 player Susanna Digby who outlasted Juliana Henderson 8-4.
In other girls’ singles play, South picked up wins from Allie Jordan, Brenna Henderson, Colleen Coughlin, and Kristen Sanders.
Elizabethton’s Lauren Snodgrass, playing as the No. 6, gave Sanders all she wanted and more in a close 8-6 match.
The Lady Rebels swept all three of the doubles matches.
On the boy’s side of the coin, the Cyclones started hot by sweeping the Rebels in all three matches.
Elijah Smith and Luke Carrier handled Josh Manis and Aaron Holmes 9-8 (7-3) in #1 doubles play.
Jacob Lipford and Patrick O’Quinn teamed up to take a No. 2 victory over Mason Hurt and Logan Moore 8-4 while Alex Taylor and Nate Wetzel disposed of Reid Wilson and Andrew Haga 9-7.
On the singles side, only O’Quinn held serve and defeated Wilson 8-3.
Lipford, Carrier, and Wetzel had nailbiting matches before falling to their South counterparts.
