The Tyrone girls tennis team opened their 2007 season at home on the Clay Avenue courts on Wednesday, by hosting always tough State College.
\nState College won all of the matches to win a 7-0 triumph, but Tyrone gave a valiant effort in their first action of the season.
\nWhile State College has blitzed Tyrone in most of their matches over the past few years, This time around, the Tyrone girls were scoring more and doing a better job than they have against State in years.
\nThe number five singles match was the highlight of the day, where Lady Eagle MaryElyn Hunter took Hillary Cohen to a third-set tiebreaker before falling 3-6. 6-2, 3-7.
\n\u201cThis was a great first match,\u201d exclaimed Tyrone tennis coach Mike Hampton. \u201cLast year, we weren\u2019t able to score many points against the State College girls. This time, we were competetive in most of the matches. The girls are playing very well to begin the season, especially MaryElyn Hunter at the number five singles.
\nState College 7 Tyrone 0
\nSingles
\nJill Bontrager (SC) dec. Kayla Patton 6-0, 6-3.
\nMaria DiFuccia (SC) dec. Elena Myers 6-0, 6-0.
\nAbby Swoboda (SC) dec. Amy Lewis 6-0, 6-2.
\nKelly Newburg (SC) dec. Laura Thompson 6-2, 6-1.
\nHillary Cohen (SC) dec. MaryElyn Hunter 6-3, 2-6, 7-3.
\nDoubles
\nKate Carpenter\/Vanessa Haney (SC) dec. Lewis\/Thompson 8-2.
\nLaura Jung\/Katie Hutton (SC) dec. Heather Jones\/Katie Sherry 8-0.
\nExhibition
\nBecca Roundtree\/Jennie Lee (SC) dec. Kali Gray\/Kayla DeSoto 8-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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