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Tiger tennis ends regular season SHS finished regular play this past week with their two strongest opponents. On Tuesday, March 27th, the teams hosted Screven County who usually perform well in state play every year. The tiger girls went into this week with an impressive undefeated record of 7-0 while the boys were 4-3. Both boys and girls played Screven tougher than the scores evidenced, but fell to defeat. The girls were handed their first loss while the boys went to 4-4 for the season. The closer matches against Screven included a boys' doubles match between Tiger's Phillip Schwabe/Owen Bailey and Screven's Parker/Sommers. The tiger team played some awesome points and lost a thrilling first set score of 5-7 and went down in the second set by a score of 2-6. The other match of the afternoon with a tighter score was played by Livia Morris against Screven's Carley Williams. Morris fought hard but was edged by Williams with a score of 4-6, 3-6. On Thursday, March 29th, the Tigers traveled to Metter. The girls faced another tough competitor and were edged out by the Metter tigers with a score of 1- 4. The team of Erin Garrett/ Lacey London came away with a very decisive win while SHS lost an exciting doubles match by the duo of Haley Lawson/Gena Garrett that had everyone on the edge of their seat awaiting the outcome. In boys' action, SHS was dominant in a clean sweep over Metter. Ty Gillis and Javier Nealy had to go the limit, but both pulled their singles matches out in exciting third sets. Michael Chrysosferidis was impressive by keeping his opponent scoreless. The two doubles teams of Tyler Youmans/Drake Oglesby and Phillip Schwabe/Owen Bailey rolled over their opponents with consistent play. Scores against Metter are as follows: Livia Morris lost to Alex Hendricks 1-6, 2-6 Danielle Farthing lost to Adrienne Lanier 1-6, 1-6 Rachel McNeely lost to Anna Williams 3-6, 4-6 Haley Lawson/Gena Garrett lost to Amy Nagel/Erica Marique 7-5, 3-6 tiebreaker 9-11 Erin Garrett/Lacey London def. Ashley McLamb/Jada McNeely 6- 2, 6-4 Ty Gillis def. Matt Odom 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Javier Nealy def. Tray Waters 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 Michael Chrysosferidis def. Drew Hurtley 6-0, 6-0 Tyler Youmans/Drake Oglesby def. Carson McLamb/Lance Powell 6- 1, 7-5 Phillip Schwabe/Owen Bailey def. Tony Intravia/Kevin Fulmer 6- 1, 6-1
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