Waldron tennis wins four conference titles at MHC tournament

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Waldron athletes won four of the five individual titles Saturday at the Mid-Hoosier Conference Girls Tennis Tournament.

The Mohawks swept through all three singles brackets and won the No. 2 doubles bracket as well.

At No. 1 singles, Waldron’s Emerson Lindsey defeated Southwestern’s Ella Rice in the semifinal round, 6-0, 7-5, then bested Hauser’s Bella Kilps, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the championship.

Rice advanced to the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Morristown’s Remi Spicklemire.

Emily Tyree won two matches at No. 2 singles to earn the MHC title. Tyree opened with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Edinburgh’s Izzy Richardson then defeated Southwestern’s Aurora Belton in the championship, 6-1, 6-4.

Richardson opened the No. 2 singles bracket with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Morristown’s Bri Flores.

Belton reached the championship match with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Hauser’s Lydia Jordan.

Riley Thurston lost just four games combined in two wins at No. 3 singles. Thurston defeated Hauser’s Kayden Miller, 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals. She then topped Edinburgh’s Zoey Sida in the championship, 6-2, 6-1.

Miller advanced to the semifinals with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Morristown’s Maile Vitz. Sida reached the championship with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Southwestern’s Kelsey Stringer.

At No. 2 doubles, Waldron’s Jackie Corlette and Kathryn Ross defeated Edinburgh’s Bella Turner and Gracie Lawson, 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinal round.

In the championship, the Mohawks defeated Hauser’s Kaycee Ridgeway and Abby Manley, 6-2, 6-0.

Turner and Wilson reached the semifinal round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Morristown’s Emma Wagoner and Jorja Geise.

Ridgeway and Manley advanced to the championship with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Southwestern’s Lily DeSpain and Kate Coffman.

Hauser’s Addyson Barriger and Mattie Foster captured the No. 1 singles title with a 6-4, 3-6, 11-9 win over Waldron’s Riley Price and Audrey Berauer.

In the opening match at No. 1 doubles, Edinburgh’s Mia Dodson and Lily Turner eliminated Morristown’s Katie Theobald and Addie Osborne, 6-3, 6-0.

Price and Berauer then defeated Dodson and Turner, 6-3, 6-3.

Barriger and Foster advanced out of the semifinal round with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Southwestern’s Tanna Tatlock and Tori Burkhart.

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