Trojan tennis sweeps MP

Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant battled once again on the tennis courts on Thursday night, and again it was the Trojans who earned a double Southeast Conference victory.

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The Fairfield boys survived a battle from Mt. Pleasant, beating the Panthers 6-3 at East Lake Park, while the Trojan girls swept MP 9-0 at Fairfield Middle School.

The Trojan boys won five of the six singles matches played at East Lake. Fairfield’s Ruimin Luo won 8-2 in the No. 1 match. Han Wang and Bowen Zhang took the No. 2 and No. 3 matches, 8-5. Rylan Anderson battled out a 9-7 win at No. 5, and Niko Emerson won 8-3 at No. 6.

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In doubles, Luo and Wang beat the top Panther team, 8-3.

Mt. Pleasant scored one victory in singles competition, as Lou Schimmelpfennig took the No. 4 match, 8-1.

The Panthers won two doubles matches on the day. Dane Cook and Max Heater prevailed in the No. 2 match, winning 8-5, and Elijah Rynders and Lathan Novak-Watson won 8-5 in the No. 3 match.

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On the girls’ side, Natalie Steele took the No. 1 match 8-1 for the Trojans. Emma Wendland won 8-3 at No. 2. Mareyn Dunkin and Faith Jones won the No. 3 and No. 4 matches, 8-1. Faeven Gebremariam won 8-3 at No. 5, and Lola Hatchette won a nail-biter against Mt. Pleasant’s Hannah Villaplaza, beating her 9-7 to preserve the sweep.

The top doubles match was the tightest of the three, as Fairfield’s top team of Steele and Wendland knocked off Bethany Drury and Audrey Richmond 8-5.

Dunkin and Jones took the No. 2 doubles match 8-1 over MP’s Halaina Crane and Zoey Carlsen. Hatchette and Una Carter won 8-4 in the No. 3 match, beating the Panther duo of Villaplaza and Lila Cook.

Fairfield is now a combined 17-0, with the Trojan girls holding a 9-0 record, while the boys sit at 8-0.

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Mt. Pleasant is 6-2 on the boys’ side, while the Panther girls are 3-7.