February 6, 2012

Girls Tennis Takes 2nd in COC

The Republic Lady Tigers finished a strong second to Branson at the COC Tennis Tournament, on a day dominated by the two teams. Of the nine finals matches played at Branson Thursday, Republic and Branson squared off in seven of them.

Republic’s lone first-place finish was in doubles, when Danielle Hopkins and Hayley Walser finished first in their flight. Second-place finishers for Republic were Samantha Minor, Courtney Jenkins, Danielle Hopkins, and Jordan Jones; and the doubles teams of Samantha Minor/Meagan McCord and Courtney Jenkins/Jordan Jones.

Lady Tigers Whack Wildcats

The Lady Tigers tennis team stayed undefeated with an easy win over Neosho in COC play Monday. Here are the results:

Varsity

1. Samantha Minor def. Elizabeth Wood 8-1
2. Courtney Jenkins def. Devi Bentz 8-4
3. Danielle Hopkins def. Rachel Stillions 8-4
4. Meagan McCord def. Janci Fowkes 8-4
5. Jordan Jones def. Rachel Mallory 8-0
6. Hayley Walser def. Kaileigh Thomlinson 8-2

Doubles:
Minor / McCord def. Wood / Fowkes 8-2
Jenkins / Hopkins def Bentz / Stillions 8-4
Jones / Walser def. Mallory / Thomlinson 8-2

JV:

Singles

Chloe Hindy def Jamie Ferguson 6-0
Melody Gossau def Jamie Ferguson 6-3

Doubles:
Rebecca Ledford / Sarah Jones win 6-3
Justice Wipff / Michaela Moore win 6-1
Phoenix Mayer / Courtney Hodge win 6-1
Kami Trusler / Nadia Hendrix win 6-1
Tori Geisler / Rachel Scillian loss 4-6
Ashley Cameron / Sierra Watts win 6-4
Alissa Damron / Taylor Sandul win 6-4

Girls Tennis Team Trounces Nixa

The Republic Lady Tigers tennis team beat Nixa 8-1 Thursday. It’s the second straight victory for the Lady Tigers, who beat Clever to open the season.

Samantha Minor (Republic) def. Lyndsey Hamilton 8-6.

Courtney Jenkins (Republic) def. Lauren Eck 8-4.

Danielle Hopkins (Republic) def. Shahrzod 8-6.

Meagan McCord (Republic) def. Sara Gensler 8-3.

Jordan Jones (Republic) def. Bayley Daniels 8-4.

Kelly Farmer (Nixa) def. Hayley Walser 8-6.

Minor/McCord (Republic) def. Hamilton/Eck 9-7

Jenkins/Hopkins (Republic) def. Latifi/Daniels 9-7

Jones/Walser (Republic) def. Gensler/Farmer 8-3.

Lady Tigers Sweep Clever

The Republic Lady Tigers tennis team swept Clever to open the 2011 season, winning all nine varsity matches.

Samantha Minor, Courtney Jenkins and Meagan McCord took their matches 8-3. Jordan Jones won her match 8-2. Danielle Hopkins and Hayley Walser both swept to 8-0 victories.

In doubles, all three teams (Minor/McCord, Jenkins/Hopkins, and Jones/Walser) won 8-2.

The Lady Tigers improve to 1-0. The match was played at Nixa because of a delay in the new courts being built at Republic.

The JV matches were cut short by lightning.

Girls Tennis Team Keeps Momentum, Crushes Aurora

TennisThe Republic girls tennis team stayed hot Tuesday, with an 8-1 win over Aurora. The Lady Tigers won all three doubles matches, and five of the six singles matches, in an easy victory.

The win continues Republic’s momentum from their last outing, when they won the Monett Invitational Friday. In that tournament, Samantha Minor and Taylor Sherman teamed up to win their flight of the doubles bracket. Amanda Pinnell and Jordan Baker finished fourth in their doubles bracket.

On the singles side, both Courtney Jenkins and Meagan McCord finished second in their respective brackets, helping Republic earn the overall team title.