Fairfield 5, West Burlington-Notre Dame 4

Improvement has been apparent for those around the Fairfield girls? tennis team, but now there?s proof as the Trojans beat Burlington-Notre Dame 5-4 Monday night on the road ? a team that beat them on April 16.

Olivia Bachar is fresh off a first-place finish at the Grayhound Tournament on Saturday and was the first to avenge a loss from earlier this season as she took care of Kelly Gehringer by a score of 8-3 at No. 1 singles. Megan Proctor and Whitney Taglauer also won singles matches. Proctor was victorious by a score of 8-5 at No. 2 singles and Taglauer won 8-2 at No. 3.

Emily Gleason duked it out to the bitter end with Kaitlyn Dirth eventually taking a 9-8 (11-9) decision at No. 5 singles. Burlington-Notre Dame won a tiebreaker of their own at No. 1 doubles as Gehringer and Sami Wills edged Bachar and Proctor 9-8 (11-5). Taglauer and Emily Gleason got Fairfield back on track with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles that sea

For complete story, read the Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Fairfield Ledger.