Nevada tennis falls to top seed at district tourney

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Nevada Daily Mail

WARRENSBURG -- Top-seeded Warrensburg defeated fifth-seeded Nevada 5-0 on Tuesday night in a semifinal match of the Class 1, District 12 girls tennis tournament.

"They were a tough team," Nevada Coach Samantha Short said. "They'll probably win the district."

Host Warrensburg swept every match on Tuesday against the Tigers, who advanced by beating Lamar one night earlier.

Warrensburg's Alyssa Fox defeated Nevada's Leah Creasy at number-one singles (6-0), Margaret Kaesmacker defeated Regan Kimbrough 6-0, 6-1 at number-two and McKayla Wells beat Alexa Cubbage at number-three, 6-1, 6-1.

Warrensburg's Alyssa Parsells beat Jessica DeCocq 6-2, 6-0 at number-four singles and Kathrin Ambrose beat Brandi Perrin 6-0, 6-0 at number-five.

Natalie Waitzman beat Nevada's Lauren Phillips 6-1, 6-0 at number-six singles.

Warrensburg took on Harrisonville for the district championship on Wednesday.

Nevada heads back to Warrensburg on Saturday for the individual tournament.

District 12 results

First round

Nevada 5, Lamar 3

Clinton 5, Knob Noster 0

Semifinals

Warrensburg 5, Nevada 0

Harrisonville 5, Clinton 2

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