The Tyrone Girls tennis team won their first match in the new Mountain Athletic Girls Tennis league on Thursday. The Lady Eagles balanced their record at 1-1 with a 5-2 defeat of Huntingdon.
\nThe Lady Eagles, coached by Charles Fitzgerald, were surprised by the appearance of a new tennis player at Huntingdon, a foreigh exchange student, playing at number one singles with international tennis experience. This resulted in a total shifting of Huntingdon\u2019s lineup with their former number one player moving down to number two, number two moving down to number three and so on.
\nIn spite of this major change, or perhaps because of it, the Lady Eagles showed their true form in winning an excellent match to even their record after the opening week of MAC play.
\nMissy Stager won for the Tyrone girls at number two singles, along with Beth Nelson (number four) and Becky Swann (number five) and the Lady Eagles sewed up the match by taking both doubles as well, with Hilary McNelis and Stager putting away the number one doubles match 8-0 and Emily Fitzgerald and Nelson putting in to the Lady Bearcats number two pair by the same 8-0 score.
\n\u201cI am so pleased with this team effort,\u201dsaid coach Fitzgerald. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough about how well all our girls played. This tennis team will be one of Tyrone\u2019s finest for years to come,\u201d said the very happy coach.
\nThe two schools split two exhibition matches with Cynda Ormsby and Confer edging their opponents 8-6, while Kaylie Fink dropped a singles match.
\nTyrone 5 Huntingdon 2
\nSingles
\nGhilardotti (H) def. Hilary McNelis 6-0, 6-0.
\nMissy Stager (T) def. Rutter 6-1, 6-2.
\nCarbaugh (H) def. Emily Fitzgerald 6-4, 6-2.
\nBeth Nelson (T) def. Corbin 6-2, 6-4.
\nBecky Swann (T) def. Addis 6-2, 6-4.
\nDoubles
\nMcNelis\/Stager (T) def. Beatty\/Tomlinson 8-0.
\nFitzgerald\/Nelson (T) def. Marley\/Madden 8-0.
\nExhibition
\nLabus (H) def. Kaylie Fink 6-1, 6-0.
\nOrmsby\/Confer (T) def. Snare\/Brush 8-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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