Fairfield tennis teams top Panthers in Thursday action

The Trojan boys? tennis team received just enough from doubles duo Matt Burnstedt and Aidan Bachar Thursday to knock off Mount Pleasant in Fairfield.

The Trojans needed just one doubles win to clinch the meet after winning four of six singles matches to open. They got the win, but it didn?t come easy.

Burnstedt and Bachar fell behind by a set in their No. 3 doubles match before pushing the contest to a third-set super tiebreaker. Ultimately, the duo previaled 10-7 in the tiebreaker and handed Fairfield a 5-4 meet win.

The meet was Fairfield?s first win of the season after rain left Fairfield tied with Keokuk 3-all in Tuesday action.

Fairfield wins in singles play came from freshman freshman Alexander Punj at the No. 1 spot, No. 2 Sean Soupiset, No. 4 Tommy Price and No. 6 Aidan Bachar.

Punj topped Caleb Zimmerman in two quick sets ? 6-0, 6-1 ? and Soupiset, a junior, followed suit with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Price pulled out a 10-8 third-set super tiebreacker for a win, while Bachar won another super tiebreaker, 10-7, at No. 6 singles.

Mount Pleasant won No. 2 doubles in similar fashion to the way they lost the No. 3 contest. The Trojan duo of Soupiset and Kevin Thorn had three match points in the match but couldn?t convert, dropping their third-set super tiebreaker 10-8. The Panthers also won No. 1 doubles.

Up next for the Trojans (1-0-1) is a Monday matchup at Ottumwa.

Fairfield vs. Mount Pleasant

Singles

1. Punj (FF) def. Zimmerman (MP) 6-0, 6-1

2. Soupiset (FF) def. Higginbotham (MP) 6-2, 6-1

3. Bell (MP) def. Thorn (FF) 6-2, 6-1

4. Price (FF) def. Schmitz (MP) 7-5, 4-6 (10-8)

5. Nguyen (MP) def. Burnstedt (FF) 0-6, 6-2, 10-4

6. Bachar (FF) def. Allender (MP) 6-2, 4-6 (10-7)

Doubles

1. Zimmerman/Higginbottham (MP) def. Punj/Thorn (FF) 6-3, 7-5

2. Bell/Schmitz (MP) def. Soupiset/Price (FF) 1-6, 7-6, (10-8)

3. Burnstedt/Bachar (FF) def. Nguyen/Allender (MP) 4-6, 6-3

(10-7)

Trojan girls handle Panthers

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Fairfield girls? tennis team won eight of nine matches vs. Mount Pleasant and keep its undefeated mark alive Thursday.

The Trojans won five singles matches and swept all three doubles contests to take the conference rivalry matchup 8-1.

Haylee Gilpin, Alex Higdon, Megan Palmer, Kim O?Carroll and Devin Maynard all were victorious in singles play. Gilpin defeated Mount Pleasant?s Shelby Barton 8-5, Higdon won 8-4 in No. 3 singles and Palmer topped Tasha Glover 8-1 in No. 4 singles action. O?Carroll won at No. 5 by the final score of 8-3, and Maynard secured the back end of the lineup with an 8-2 win vs. Abby Skubal.

Jennifer Clements and Gilpin combined forces in No. 1 doubles and beat Mount Pleasant?s Taylor Beatty and Barton 8-5. Higdon and Palmer won their doubles match 6-2, while O?Carroll and Maynard kept on winning at No. 3 doubles with an 8-2 score.

In JV action, Fairfield had similar success, winning all six doubles matches.

The Trojans (2-0) have a long break before returning to action April 16 at Ottumwa.

Fairfield @ Mount Pleasant

Varsity Singles

1. Beatty (MP) def. Clements (FF) 8-3

2. Gilpin (FF) def. Barton (MP) 8-5

3. Higdon (FF) def. Lehman (MP) 8-4

4. Palmer (FF) def. Glover (MP) 8-1

5. O?Carroll (FF) def. Hatfield (MP) 8-3

6. Maynard (FF) def. Skubal (MP) 8-2

Varsity Doubles

1. Clements/Gilpin (FF) def. Beatty/Barton (MP) 8-5

2. Higdon/Palmer (FF) def. Lehman/Glover (MP) 6-2

3. O?Carroll/Maynard (FF) def. Hatfield/Skubal (MP) 6-3

JV Singles

7. Elizabeth Shaw (MP) def. Rachel Hathaway (FF) 7-6 (7-5)

JV Doubles

Hanna Kerr/McKenzie Lyman (FF) def. Stephanie Ford/Ashton Whaley (MP) 6-2

Brittany Anderson/Karley Williams (FF) def. Raeanna Crile/Lorynn Whaley (MP) 6-1

Katrina Jackson/Emma Lemlin (FF) def. Jessica Holtkamp/Hannah Wickham (MP) 6-3

Courtney Laux/Bianka Dunaiova (FF) def. Nikole Hummell/Meagan Woodard (MP) 6-4

Hanna Kerr/Rachel Hathaway (FF) def. Raeanna Crile/Elizabeth Shaw (MP) 5-4

Emma Lemlin/Karley Williams (FF) def. Stephanie Ford/Ashton Whaley (MP) 6-2