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Punxsy girls start season by edging Lady Bisons |
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Written by Dan Walk
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
HYDE — The Punxsy girls' tennis team outlasted Clearfield on the road and improved to 1-0 after a 5-4 victory Monday afternoon.
"We had some close matches at our season opener, but the girls remained focused throughout their entire matches," Punxsy head coach Rose Graffius said.
The decisive edge was Punxsy's play in singles action, as it took three of five matches. Meanwhile, both teams won two doubles matches.
Punxsy was led by seniors and co-captains Emily Graffius and Amber Baker, as both won their singles matches, and the pair teamed up two earn a victory in their doubles match.
Junior Lindsey Paulina took part in Punxsy's other triumphs. She won her singles match before teaming up with Keshia Farnsworth to win Punxsy's second doubles match.
Graffius cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jenny Miller before Clearfield tied the match when Farnsworth was defeated by Madison Sopic, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.
Baker (6-3, 6-3 over Kristen McKenzie) and Paulina (6-1, 6-0 over Suzie Colesar) picked up their singles victories for Punxsy before it took two hours for Clearfield's Bekah Greenland to down Jenna Miller, 4-6, 7-5, 11-9.
With victories in the top two doubles matches, Punxsy clinched the win.
Graffius and Baker teamed up to beat Jenny Miller and Sopic, 8-6, and the Farnsworth/Paulina tandem was two points better than McKenzie and Colesar, 9-7.
Jenna Miller and first-year junior Maddison Kernich were bested by Sierra Grice and Greenland (8-3), and first-year sophmore Tori Brooks and freshman Kyle Krise were defeated by the Lady Bisons' Jenna Cowder and Hillary Buck, 8-1.
The Lady Chucks play again at 3:30 p.m. today in DuBois. The Lady Chucks were runners-up to the District IX Class AAA Team Champion Lady Beavers last season.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 September 2009 )
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