Manchester Advances To Final; Triton Falls At Bremen
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WABASH — The Manchester girls tennis team will be playing for its sixth sectional title today at Wabash High School. In Thursday’s Wabash Sectional semifinal, the Three Rivers Conference champion Lady Squires downed the hosting Lady Apaches 3-2. In the team win, Manchester received wins from its No. 1 doubles team of Natalee Cain and Katie Peden, as well as Megan Metzger at No. 2 singles and Laurel Ruppert at No. 3 singles. In the title match, which is today at 4:30 p.m., Manchester will face Peru, who defeated Southwood 4-1 Thursday. MANCHESTER 3, WABASH 2 (Wabash Sectional, Semifinal) SINGLES: No. 1 — Kelsey Cromer (W) def. Malyssa Bedke 7-5, 6-1; No. 2 — Megan Metzger (M) def. Charlianne Pardo 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; No. 3 — Laurel Ruppert (M) def. Kaylee Carpenter 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Natalee Cain/Katie Peden (M) def. Pratchi Patel/Jordan Rauh 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 — Claire Cromer/Kristyn Ford (W) def. Amy Collett/Tawni Kincaid 7-5, 7-6
Thursday in Bremen
The Triton girls tennis team’s run ended Thursday with a 5-0 loss to Plymouth in the Bremen Sectional semifinals. Plymouth will go for its 12th-straight sectional crown today at 4:30 p.m. against Bremen. PLYMOUTH 5, TRITON 0 (Bremen Sectional, Semifinal) SINGLES: No. 1 — Kelly Hoeffler (P) def. Marissa Ross 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 — Allie Berger (P) def. Brooke Baker 6-2, 6-0; No. 3 — Ellen Smith (P) def. Holly Stogsdill 6-2, 6-0 DOUBLES: No. 1 — Marissa German/Andria Shook (P) def. Kendall Mason/Kaelyn Mason 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 — Emily Baker/Mikayla German (P) def. Carrie Slabaugh/Savannah Baker 6-1, 6-0
