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PREP ROUNDUP: Sikeston tennis drops team district match, Mirly pitches Saxony past Sikeston
SIKESTON -- The Poplar Bluff tennis team was the first to five wins Wednesday defeating Sikeston during the Class 2, District 1 team tournament at the Sikeston High School tennis courts.
The fourth-seeded Lady Mules (6-12) swept the three doubles matches then scored two victories in singles to advance to the tournament semifinals. They fell to top-seeded Jackson later in the day.
No. 5 Sikeston ended its team season with a record of 2-13 but will take part in the singles tournament on Friday at Farmington with a start time of 9 a.m.
"Our season as a team is over and now we move on to individual play," Sikeston tennis coach Russ Dial said. "We played to the best of our abilities today against Poplar Bluff. Unfortunately, it wasn't good enough. We were in such a deep hole going into the singles portion of the dual match that we couldn't afford to lose one of the remaining matches. I will say we were in each doubles match at the beginning, but toward the end of each match our mental focus broke down and the unforced errors began to increase. That cost us our season."
DOUBLES
Elizabeth Bottorff/Stephanie Hobbs (P) def. Ali Price/Mackenzie Alsup (S), 9-7
Nikia Hickman/Jazlyn Barnes (P) def. Allenna Landers/Emily Braden (S), 8-4
Sydney Miller/Kailee Kanell (P) def. Claire Hamlin/Kaylan Butler (S), 8-5
SINGLES
Hobbs (P) def. Braden (S), 6-0, 6-1
Miller (P) def. Hamlin (S), 6-3, 6-2
FALL SOFTBALL
Saxony Lutheran 3, Sikeston 0
JACKSON -- Sikeston was shutout on the road.
Sophomore starter Kylie Noe was handed the loss after six innings of work in the circle. She gave up two earned runs with Sikeston's defense committing one error.
Grace Mirly earned the win for Saxony (11-6).
Sikeston (7-15) will play its final regular season game on Monday at home against Naylor.