Posted 2:19 am Sunday, August 14, 2011
Raiders Sweep Dual Matches
CORSICANA -- Robert E. Lee tennis started the season strong Friday with a sweep in their dual match against Corsicana and Midlothian.
Playing in triple-digit temperatures, Lee got past Corsicana 10-6 before using six girls victories to defeat Midlothian by the same score.
"I am very, very pleased with them considering on the boys side we are almost starting with a fresh team," said Lee coach Jessica Taylor. "The girls are the veterans and they worked hard this summer and I could tell on the court."
Lee will next be in action against Kilgore at 1 p.m. Thursday at the REL courts.
Lee 10, Corsicana 6
The Red Raider boys led the way with junior Rahil Doctor and senior Henry Schmoker accounting for three points themselves. The team of Doctor/Schmoker won their No. 1 doubles match, 6-4, 6-2. Singles was changed to a pro set because of the heat with Doctor winning 8-2 and Schmoker winning 8-1.
The senior-laded team of Robby Hill and Mason Berry also won their doubles match (6-3, 7-5) with junior Preston White winning his No. 1 singles (8-4) and mixed doubles (6-1, 6-1), teaming up with senior Deidre Oliver. Jacob Sheats also took care of business in his boys singles match (8-2).
The girls received a doubles win from seniors Casey Hadsall and Catherine Butschi (6-4, 5-6, 10-5) with Hadsall (8-2) and Haley Belt (8-5) winning in singles.
Lee 10, Midlothian 6
The girls carried Lee to victory with Hadsall and Oliver accounting for four points thanks to wins in singles and doubles. Hadsall and Butschi rallied from a set down, like in the win over Corsicana, to emerge with a 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 victory. Hadsall followed it up by winning her No. 1 singles match, 8-5.
Oliver made it 2-for-2 in mixed doubles and she and teammate White won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Oliver cruised in singles to an 8-2 win.
The all-freshman girls duo of Taylor Robinson and Nicole Robertson won in three sets (6-3, 1-6, 10-5) with Robinson also winning her No. 6 singles match (8-3). Finally, Haley Belt completed a sweep of her two singles matches, winning 8-2.
The boys were paced in doubles by Jacob Mogle and Jack Jamison as the senior team rallied to win in three sets (4-6, 6-1, 10-2). White ended with a perfect 4-0 day as he also won his singles match (8-5), along with Berry (8-1) and Sheats (8-4).
