Junior Molly Jeffers battled back to win the tiebreaker in action against St Stephens/St Agnes School on September 4th at Wakefield Park.
Bishop Ireton’s girls tennis team battled heat, humidity, and a favored St Stephens/St Agnes squad Thursday at the Wakefield Park tennis courts before falling 5-2.
Playing a four singles, three doubles match format, the Cardinals found themselves in tight contests early in the singles match ups. The Saints’ Jessica Gu pulled away from a 4-3 advantage to win the number 1 singles 8-4 over senior Kirsten Parker, while junior Stephanie Lin battled back from 3-2 down to overcome St. Stephens’ Haley Hassel 8-4 at the number 2 singles. Lin gamely topped the talented Hassel, but also played through cramping in her calf in the final game of their match.
Senior Haley McKeen was defeated by Emma Somer in the number three singles, but Molly Jeffers battled back from behind to win in a tiebreaker, outlasting Alex Kamm of the Saints in the four position of the lineup. Tied at 2-2, the focus shifted to the doubles play, where the Cardinals needed to steal two of three to upset the ISL school.
Palmer Voorhes and Anne Edwards took the number one singles match by a 8-2 count, then sealed the win with another 8-2 over the number 2 doubles and a 9-7 thriller at number 3 doubles.
Bishop Ireton (0-1) hosts Stone Ridge Wednesday at Wakefield Park, match begins at 4pm. They play their first away match Monday, September 15th when they travel to The Potomac School for a 4:15 start. The junior varsity girls visit Potomac this Monday, September 8th at 4:15.
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