Lincoln tennis teams sweep Southwestern

Published 2:50 pm Thursday, March 14, 2019

The Lincoln County High School tennis teams got the new season off to a winning start, sweeping host Southwestern Tuesday afternoon.

The Lady Patriot and Patriot teams both won by a score of 3-2.

Southwestern outscored Lincoln in singles competition 2-1 in both divisions, but the Lady Patriots and Patriots both swept doubles play.

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Lincoln’s No. 1 girls team of Raelyn Amon and Kaitlynn Wilks posted the largest margin of victory for the day in an 8-1 win over Southwestern’s top team of Paige Daniels and Hailee Jordan.

Emily Byrd and Grace Muse, playing at the two seed for the Lincoln girls, netted an 8-5 win in their match, topping Lady Warriors Terae Handlos and Bethany Jordan.

The Lincoln girls scored their third win of the match at the three seed in singles, with Abby Hale getting the “W.” She defeated Southwestern’s Mary Shaw 8-4.

On the boys side, the doubles teams of Carter Story and Kade Bandura and Gavin Fowler and Baylor Mattingly courted victory.

The Story/Bandura team defeated Southwestern’s Cameron Pierce and Luke Jacobs 8-4 at the one seed.

Fowler and Mattingly took the court in the two-seeded match and posted an 8-2 win over Clark Lemon and Camden Harris of Southwestern.

Like the Lady Patriots, the Patriots picked up their lone singles win at the three seed. William Hawkins collected the win by a score of 8-2 over Southwestern’s Quinn McGuire.

Complete results from the match follow:

Lincoln at Southwestern
Girls
Lincoln (LC) 3, Southwestern (SW) 2

Singles
No. 1 – Kaitlyn Munsey (SW) def. Savanna Smith (LC) 8-6; No. 2 – Angela Wilson (SW) def. Alyea Towle (LC) 8-6; No. 3 – Abby Hale (LC) def. Mary Shaw (SW) 8-4.

Doubles
No. 1 – Raelyn Amon/Kaitlynn Wilks (LC) def. Paige Daniels/Hailee Jordan (SW) 8-1; No. 2 – Emily Byrd/Grace Muse (LC) def. Terae Handlos/Bethany Jordan (SW) 8-5.

Ex. – Chloe Lowe/Celina Martinez (SW) def. Maddison Caudill/Betsy Hawkins (LC) 8-0.

Boys
Lincoln (LC) 3, Southwestern (SW) 2

Singles
No. 1 – Josh Carey (SW) def. Lee Amon (LC) 8-2; No. 2 – Max Brainard (SW) def. Colin Green (LC) 8-5; No. 3 – William Hawkins (LC) def. Quinn McGuire (SW) 8-2.

Doubles
No. 1 – Carter Story/Kade Bandura (LC) def. Cameron Pierce/Luke Jacobs (SW) 8-4; No. 2 – Gavin Fowler/Baylor Mattingly (LC) def. Clark Lemon/Camden Harris (SW) 8-2.

Ex. – Noah Amundson/Cohl Pierce (SW) def. Logan Anderson/William Hawkins (LC) 3-1; Caydunn Randell/Anthony Peck (LC) def. Zabrey Bortz/Josh Thomas (SW) 3-2.