The Tyrone Area girls tennis team had gone for a while without a win, but no longer are they winless.
\nThe Lady Eagles posted their first win in more than two years on Thursday at Huntingdon.
\nWith no wins in singles in their first four matches in 2008, the Tyrone girls swept the Huntingdon girls winning all five singles matches and the number one doubles match to defeat the Lady Bearcats 6-1.
\nMaryElyn Hunter, Elena Myers, Emily Thompkins, Amy Lewis and Laura Thompson all won their singles matches, and Hunter teamed with Elsita Balvanera to win the number one doubles match as well.
\nTyrone coach Mike Hample pointed out that the number two singles win by Myers over Lady Bearcat Emily Papaphanasakis was a long match in a 6-4, 6-3 win for Myers, and that Thompson\u2019s number five win was even longer. Thompson dropped the first game of her match against Keri Palmer 3-6, then won the second game 7-5 and the third 8-6 in a tiebreaker.
\n\u201cWe finished all the other singles matches and both doubles matches and Laura was still playing,\u201d said Hample. \u201cIt was nice to come away with the victory. The girls have worked hard and it finally paid off.\u201d
\nTyrone 6\u00a0 Huntingdon 1
\nSingles
\nMaryElyn Hunter (T) dec. Samantha Anderson 6-0, 6-3.
\nElena Myers (T) dec. Emily Papaphanasakis 6-4, 6-3.
\nEmily Thompkins (T) dec. Paige Court 6-1, 6-2.
\nAmy Lewis (T) dec. Jennifer Leitzel 6-2, 6-1.
\nLaura Thompson (T) dec. Keri Palmer 3-6, 7-5, 8-6.
\nDoubles
\nHunter\/Elsita Balvanera (T) dec. Kaitlyn Gibboney\/Hilary Zanylo 8-2.
\nJessica Roll\/Panaphanasakis (H) dec. Emily Brokenshire\/Denea Gummo 8-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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