Dexter netters suffer first loss

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Dexter took two of the three doubles matches but could only manage two singles wins as the Lady Bearcats suffered their first loss of the season, 5-4, on the road against the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules Thursday afternoon.

Cooper Bailey and Morgan Erica earned a 9-7 win it their doubles match while the team of Jamie Manuel and Hailee Hubbard posted a 8-1 decision. Up 2-1 heading into the six singles matches, the Lady 'Cats could only manage two wins, 8-5 by Cooper over Victoria Frances Bottorff and 9-7 by Shanna Gant over Vivian Jean Turner.

The loss drops the Dexter varsity record to 2-1 on the year.

In junior varsity action, Dexter took a 8-1 win.

VARSITY

Singles

1. Caroline Elise Penney (PB) def, Jessica Snider, 8-5.

2. Baylee Cooper (D) def. Victoria Frances Bottorff, 8-5.

3. Shanna Gant (D) def. Vivian Jean Turner, 9-7.

4. Sarah Kaye Crites (PB) def. Jamie Manuel, 8-2.

5. Shallyn Lee Ward (PB) def. Hailee Hubbard, 9-7.

6. Aishwarya Krishnan (PB) def. Erica Morgan, 8-5.

Doubles

1. Penney/Bottorff (PB) def. Snider/Gant, 8-5.

2. Cooper/Morgan (D) def. Turner/Crites, 9-7.

3. Manuel/Hubbard (D) def. Ward/Krishnan, 8-1.

JUNIOR VARSITY

Singles

1. Aarti Parekh (PB) def. Kendra Stevenson, 6-4.

2. Brannon Heaton (D) def. Allison Lee Andrews, 6-5.

3. Alison Jarrell (D) def. Namara Haq, 6-0.

4. Paige Patterson (D) def. Mercedez Ice, 6-1.

5. Mollie Whitehead (D) def. Mariah Hatch, 6-0.

6. Taylor Owens (D) def. Sierra Peters, 6-0.

Doubles

1. Stevenson/Heaton (D) def. Parekh/Andrews, 6-3.

2. Jarrell/Patterson (D) def. Haq/Ice, 6-0.

3. Whitehead/Owens (D) def. Hatch/Peters, 6-2.