Girls Tennis Roundup: West High Edges Cedar Rapids Xavier
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West High kept its unbeaten record intact on Wednesday with a 6-3 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier in a Mississippi Valley Conference match in Cedar Rapids.
Caroline Chandler won a key match via tie-breaker at number three singles to put West High up 4-2 after singles play as the Women of Troy improved to 12-0 on the season.
Cedar Rapids Xavier dropped to 10-3 on the season with the loss.
Four of the nine total matches needed a tie-breaker to be determined with Jessica Moonjely defeating Miyako Coffey 7-6 (5), 6-1 at number one singles and Chandler downing Maddie Abu Nameh 6-7 (8), 6-2, 1-0 (8) in her match.
Audrey Koch and Caroline Mascardo also won singles matches for West High.
Moonjely and Koch edged Coffey and Emily Jasper 1-6, 6-1 1-0 (8) at number one singles.
West High will host Cedar Rapids Prairie on Thursday and plays Waterloo West and unbeaten Cedar Falls next week to close out MVC play.
West High 6, Cedar Rapids Xavier 3
Singles
1. Jessica Moonjely (ICW) def. Miyako Coffey 7-6 (5) 6-1
2. Audrey Koch (ICW) def. Emily Jasper 6-0, 6-0
3. Caroline Mascardo (ICW) def. Sarah Abu Nameh 6-2, 6-1
4. Caroline Chandler (ICW) def. Maddie Abu Nameh 6-7 (8), 6-2, 1-0 (8)
5. Courtney Carstensen (CRX) def. Vivian Mitchell 7-6, 6-4
6. Ally Burger (CRX) def. Natalie Katz 6-1, 7-5
Doubles
1. Moonjely/Koch (ICW) def. Coffey/Jasper 1-6, 6-1 1-0 (8)
2. Mitchell/Mascardo (ICW) def. S. Nameh/Burger 6-2, 6-3
3. Carstensen/Macy Lembeck (CRX) def. Chandler/Katz 6-3, 2-6 1-0 (6)