Lady Tigers place second at Warrensburg doubles tournament, blank Lamar 9-0
The Nevada Lady Tigers finished in a tie for second place at last Friday’s Warrensburg doubles tournament. Nevada then returned to the court Tuesday, where they flattened Lamar 9-0 in a non-conference home match. Nevada continued its hot play on Wednesday at the eight-team Monett Invitational, where the Lady Tiger netters netted a second place finish.
Warrensburg doubles tourney
At the doubles tournament in Warrensburg, Nevada finished in a tie for second with host Warrensburg, while Bolivar collected the top prize. Other teams competing, were: Clinton, Higginsville, Harrisonville, Knob Noster and St. Michael’s.
The Lady Tigers top tandem, Emma Cheaney and Erika Watanabe placed second overall. In the first round, at No. 1 doubles, Cheaney and Watanabe bested Knob Noster’s Ella Konrad and Alexis Allen, 8-3. In the semifinals, Cheaney and Watanabe dealt Warrensburg’s Hope Dahlhoff and Nina Thessen a 6-1, 6-4 defeat.
In the finals, Cheaney and Watanabe fell to Mackenzie Roberts and Paige Martin of Bolivar — 6-1, 6-6 (7-5), 10-4.
At No. 2 doubles, Nevada’s Kaitlyn Hogan and Katherine Pruitt were upended in the first round by Bolivar’s Megan Roberts and Allee Sheppeck, 8-1. In the fifth place matchup, Hogan and Pruitt were edged by Harrisonville’s Tabi Davis and Savana Hayward 8-8 (7-4)
At No. 3 doubles, Nevada’s Hallie Short and Mikena Padgett placed second overall. Short and Padgett breezed to a first round victory over Knob Noster’s Daja Holloway and Madison Eccleton, 8-1. In the semifinals, Short and Padgett continued their dominant play, besting Emily Rogge and Juliana Diaz of St. Michael’s, 6-1. 6-0.
In the finals, Short and Padgett were finally stopped, falling to Bolivar’s Lexi Berry and Raegan Kelly 6-3, 6-3.
Lady Tigers sweep Lamar
In Tuesday’s home match with Lamar, Cheaney, at No. 1 singles, throttled Morgan Brisbin 8-1.
At No. 2 Watanabe coasted to an 8-2 victory over Emily McClasin.
At No. 3 Pruitt blanked Kyndyl Tuck, 8-0.
At No. 4 Hogan toppled Taylor Darrow, 8-1.
At No. 5 Carlie McCaffree netted an 8-3 win over Alsira Juarez.
At No. 6 Eden Fisher derailed Kiersten Mahurin, 8-3.
At No. 1 doubles, Cheaney and Watanabe dispatched Lamar’s Brisbin and McCaslin 8-1. In the No. 2 doubles match, Padgett and Short shut out Tuck and Mahurin 8-0. And in the No. 3 doubles match, Karishma Goswami and Hogan prevailed over Darrow and Juarez 8-3.
Monett Invitational
At the eight-team Monett tournament, the Lady Tigers competed against Carthage, Aurora, Bolivar, Monett, Clever, Thomas Jefferson, and Lamar on their way to a second straight second place tournament finish in less than a week.
The Monett tournament featured 16 singles players and 16 doubles teams, with the Nevada’s top duo Cheaney and Watanabe claiming the doubles championship.
At No. 1 doubles, Cheaney and Watanabe breezed to an 8-0 opening round victory over Roberts and Sheppeck (Bolivar). In the quarterfinals, Watanabe and Cheaney steamrolled Imogen Eads and Johanna Jeyaraj of Thomas Jefferson, 8-1.
In its semifinals matchup, Nevada’s top pair again won handily, dispatching Clever’s Rooke Buehler and Savannah Decker, 8-2. Squaring off against Bolivar’s Mackenzie Roberts and Paige Martin in the title match, Cheaney and Watanabe triumphed 8-4 en route to the doubles championship.
At No. 2 doubles for the Lady Tigers, the team of Short, a sophomore, and Padgett, a senior, won three of four, including the consolation championship.
Short and Padgett’s lone loss came in the opening round, as the duo fell to Carthage’s Kierra Lee and Lily Smith, 8-1. Short and Padgett then bounced back to notch a 6-3 consolation quarterfinals victory over Monett’s Tiffany Hull and Ruby Vela.
In the consolation semifinals Short and Padgett edged Aurora’s Hannah Estes and Alexis Heftiezer, 6-4, to earn a spot in the finals.
In the consolation title match, Short and Padgett prevailed over Brisbin and McCaslin of Lamar in a 6-6 (7-4) tiebreak.
At No. 1 singles for the Lady Tigers, Pruitt placed fourth overall. In the opening round Pruitt doubled up Clever’s Corrie Carnahan 8-4. In the quarterfinals, Pruitt bested Aurora’s Sarah Woodall 8-5.
In the semifinals, Pruitt was upended by Haley Neighmond of Thomas Jefferson, 8-1. In the third place match, Pruitt was tripped up by Carthage’s Mariah Copeland, 6-3.
At No. 2 singles for Nevada, Kaitlyn Hogan opened play with an 8-6 defeat of Bolivar’s Regan Kelly. Hogan was then derailed in the quarterfinals by Thomas Jefferson’s Audrey Neighmond, 8-4.
Hogan then earned an 8-3 win over Monett’s Stacy Hurtado. In the championship bracket fifth place match, Hogan was toppled by Lexi Berry of Bolivar, 6-3.