Republic Tennis Returns Home in Style

Republic's newly refinished tennis courts were the site of matches for the first time Tuesday. — Republic’s newly refinished tennis courts were the site of matches for the first time Tuesday.

For the first time this season, the Republic Lady Tigers played on the courts at their home high school, and they used the occasion to dominate Aurora 8-1. The Lady Tigers lost only one match–the #1 doubles match–all day.

The home match marked the first since the tennis courts at the high school were re-finished. Weather and other problems had delayed the completion date, and until yesterday, the team wasn’t sure it would get to play on the courts this fall.

Republic’s JV squad put in a strong performance, as well, winning 18 of 19 matches. The strong JV finish, and the depth of the JV squad, could signal good things in future seasons for the Lady Tigers.

The day was highlighted by at least two big comebacks. Senior Brittany Thompson trailed 0-4 before storming back to win 8-5 in the #1 singles match. Megan Branstetter was down 4-1 in her JV match, but fought back for a 7-5 win.

The win improves Republic’s varsity record to 8-2 this season.