It came down to a dramatic tiebreaker at the end of the night, but the Lady Tigers tennis team stayed undefeated with a 5-4 win over Webb City Thursday evening.
After eight matches — three doubles and five singles matches — Webb City and Republic had each won four. The final singles match of the night between Republic’s Meagan McCord and Webb City’s Macy Layne went the distance, and more.
McCord jumped out to a big lead, only to see Layne storm back to force a tiebreaker. But McCord captured the first two points of the tiebreaker, and went on to win it 7-3.
The win keeps Republic undefeated on the season. Here are the individual match results:
Samantha Minor def. Maranda Ann Miller 8-3
Danielle Hopkins loses to Kirsten Robertson 7-9
Meagan McCord def. Macy Layne 8-8 (7-3)
Jordan Jones def. Emily Graskemper 8-0
Hayley Walser loses to Elizabeth Tappana 1-8
Chloe Hindy loses to Darshi Edirisooriya 1-8
Minor/McCord def. Miller/Robertson 8-3
Jankins/Hopkins lose to Layne/Tappana 6-8
Jones/Walser def. Graskemper/Edirisooriya 8-1
The Webb City JV squad defeated Republic.