Hearts Fall, Wooden Shoes Win In Tennis

MOUNT VERNON -- Mount Vernon came calling and claimed a 6-3 tennis victory over Effingham Thursday.

Effingham's Aaron Conley was a winner in singles play, 7-5, 7-6(6) at the No. 1 spot. That was the lone singles victory.

In doubles play, Effingham's Jared Minor and Drake Hill combined to win. The pair lost the opener 6-2 before coming back 6-0, 6-4. Then at No. 2, Aaron Conley and Matt Niebrugge won 6-0, 6-4.

The Hearts drop to 3-4 on the season.

At Effingham

Singles

No. 1 -- Aaron Conley (E) defeated Jared Hatton (MV), 7-6, 7-6(6)

No. 2 -- Dalton McGowen (MV) defeated Drake Hill (E), 6-2, retired

No. 3 -- Will Walton (MV) defeated Ashton Haythrone (E), 7-6, 6-3

No. 4 -- Ausitn Martin (MV) defeated Matt Niebrugge (E), 6-3, 7-5

No. 5 -- Dalton Barnes (MV) defeated Jake Gadberry (E), 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 -- Dylan Dalsanto (MV) defeated Matt Linders (E), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Jared Minor-Hill (E) defeated McGowen-Martin (MV), 2-6, 6-0, 6-4

No. 2 -- Martin-Hatton (MV) defeated Conley-M. Niebrugge (E), 6-0, 6-4

No. 3 -- Haythrone-Gadberry (E) defeated Barnes-Dalsanto (MV), 6-4, 6-4

Exhibition

Brendan Nichols (MV) defeated Will O'Bryan (E), 6-3

Zack Keitel (E) defeated Devin Pigg (MV), 6-4

Wade Xander (MV) defeated Dustin Gurley (E), 5-2

Nick Katz (E) defeated Javier Barocio (MV), 6-1

Xander-Barocio (MV) defeated Katz-Durley (E), 6-3

Nicholas Beck-Kaleb Blake (E) defeated Nichols-Pigg (MV), 6-3

Preston Miller-Antonio Munoz (E) defeated Xander-Barocio (MV), 7-6(5)

At Robinson

Teutopolis blanked Robinson 9-0 to improve to 12-0 on the season Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes clipped through the singles play as Andy Mersman blanked his opponent 6-0, 6-0, Nick Pals and Trevor Lee won 6-1, 6-1, Mitch Meinhart won 6-2, 6-1, Joseph Esker claimed a 6-2, 6-0 win and Alex Probst won 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles, Mersman and Pals combined to win 6-1, 6-2. Meinhart and Noah Pals were 6-2, 2-6, 10-2 winners. Esker and Probst won 6-2, 6-0.

At Robinson

Singles

No. 1 -- Andy Mersman (TT) defeated Tom Goodman (R), 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 -- Nick Pals (TT) defeated David Jenkins (R), 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 -- Mitch Meinhart (TT) defeated Cameron Ireland (R), 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 -- Trevor Lee (TT) defeated Duncan Fiscus (R), 6-1, 6-1

No. 5 -- Joseph Esker (TT) defeated Connor Weber (R), 6-2, 6-0

No. 6 -- Alex Probst (TT) defeated Lukas Baird (R), 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Mersman-Pals (TT) defeated Goodman-Baird (R), 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 -- Meinhart-Noah Pals (TT) defeated Fiscus-Weber (R), 6-2, 2-6, 10-2

No. 3 -- Esker-Probst (TT) defeated Jenkins-Ireland (MV), 6-2, 6-0