On Monday, Tyrone traveled the long journey to DuBois High School for the first time to play a tennis match.
\nThe DuBois girls won all five singles matches, but Maryelyn Hunter and Amy Lewis won at Number One doubles for the Lady Eagles and Laura Thompson and Kayla Patton followed with the victory at the Number Two doubles spot as well.
\n\u201cWe were missing Emily Tompkins due to illness and that hurt us,\u201d said Tyrone tennis coach Mike Hample. Tompkins is a freshman from Bellwood-Antis, who competes with Tyrone under the recently signed co-operative program between the two local schools. \u201cWe competed well in many of the matches but could often not win the critical point to win the game. Our doubles teams both played well and gave us two more wins for the year. Dubois was very hospitable and we hope to continue the series.\u201d
\nDuBois 5\u00a0 Tyrone 2
\nSingles
\nMolly Hubba (D) dec. Maryelyn Hunter 6-0, 6-0.
\nMarkie Gustafson (D) dec. Elena Myers 6-1, 6-3.
\nErika Syktich (D) dec. Amy Lewis 6-2, 6-2.
\nJamie Rapaport (D) dec. Laura Thompson\u00a0 6-2, 6-1
\nGrace Cramer (D) dec. Emily Brokenshire 6-0, 6-1.
\nDoubles
\nHunter \/Lewis (T) dec. Janel Jesberger\/Jenny Reese 8-2.
\nThompson\/Kayla Patton (T) dec. Liz Platt\/Chantel Connor 8-4.<\/p>\n
Returning to the Clay Avenue courts on Tuesday, the Tyrone Lady Eagle tennis team hosted Altoona. The always tough Lady Mountain Lions dusted off the Tyrone girls 7-0.
\nDespite the shutout, Lady Eagle Laura Thompson battled into the third game before falling in the Number Five singles match and both doubles matches were extremely competitive.
\nThompson dropped the first game 3-6, but rallied to win the second 6-4, and took Altoona\u2019s Sarah Quinn to a long third game, before finally falling in the must-win-by-two 10-12 finale.
\nThe Number One doubles team of Maryelyn Hunter and Amy Lewis battled before falling 6-8, while the Number Two team of Kayla Patton and Elena Myers lost 7-9.
\n\u201cAs always, Altoona is a strong team. Despite some very good tennis, our girls were unable to win the big points when they needed them,\u201d said Tyrone tennis coach Mike Hample. \u201cWe had an excellent chance to win at #5 singles and in both doubles matches, but the girls were unable to capitalize on early leads. Thompson’s match was another extremely competitive marathon match, lasting until all the other singles matches and both doubles matches were finished.\u201d
\nAltoona 7\u00a0 Tyrone 0
\nSingles
\nVanessa Schmitt (A) dec. Maryelyn Hunter 6-1, 6-1.
\nEmily Diviney (A) dec. Elena Myers 6-0, 6-0.
\nAllison Schmitt (A) dec. Emily Tompkins 6-1, 6-1.
\nBernedette Finochio (A) dec. Amy Lewis 6-2, 6-1.
\nSarah Quinn (A)\u00a0 dec. Laura Thompson 6-3, 4-6, 12-10.
\nDoubles
\nLarissa Vaughn\/Cortni McClain (A) dec. Hunter\/Lewis 8-6
\nAlyssa Stangl\/Morgan Adams (A) dec. Kayla Patton\/Myers 9-7.
\nExhibition:
\nElsita Balvanera (T) def. Morgan Adams (A) 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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