Tigers Girls Tennis Squad Continues To Dominate, Blanks SWC Rival Belleville West 9-0

Sep 17, 2020 3:09 PM

GIRLS TENNIS

EDWARDSVILLE 9, BELLEVILLE WEST 0: Edwardsville's top-notch girls tennis team continues to steamroll over its opponents. On Tuesday, the Tigers blanked Southwestern Conference rival Belleville West at Belleville West.

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The Tigers travel today to another SWC rival - Belleville East - for a another dual match. On Tuesday, Edwardsville's girls host Collinsville in another dual that begins at 3:30 p.m.

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Hannah Colbert rallied from behind to defeat Alyssa Riley 6-4, 7-5 (8-6 in the tiebreak) to complete Edwardsville's sweep of the host Maroons at Belleville West.

In the singles matches, Chloe Koons won over Mari Pellmann 6-0, 6-0, while Colbert won over Riley at number two. Chloe Trimpe then won over Hailey Neal 6-1, 6-2, and Grace Hackett defeated Bella Kreher 6-0, 6-2. Emma Herman won the number five match over Natalie Hampsten 6-2, 6-2, and Eileen Pan won over Olivia Eiskant by the same 6-2, 6-2 score.

In the doubles, Colbert and Trimpe defeated Riley and Neal 8-1, while Koons and Hackett won over Pellman and Kreher by the same 8-1 score, and Herman and Morgan Marshall won the final doubles match over Hampsten and Eiskant, also 8-1.