PHS girls tennis team enjoys success

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The PHS girls varsity tennis team won the Marshall Tournament Saturday, beating both the host team and Sedelia Smith-Cotton.

The Lady Panthers topped Smith-Cotton, 6-3, before edging Marshall, 5-4.

A 1-8 loss at Quincy High School last Thursday ended a four-match wining streak for the Lady Panthers.

Earning the team’s lone victory was the No. 2 doubles pair of Jeorgia O’Brien and Hadlie Kroeger, 9-7, over Amelia Willing and Andrea Cain.

Palmyra earned a 5-4 victory at home over Mexico, last Tuesday.

Winning singles matches were Maura Gottman (1), 8-1, over Katherine Gooch; Molly Gottman (2), 8-6, over Estella Ramirez-Lopez; and Abbey Mann (5), 8-1, over Lani Blair.

The No. 2 doubles team of O’Brien and Kroeger defeated Jylian Whitworth and Messiah Simpson, 8-5.

Palmyra also downed Fulton at home, 9-0, Sept. 8.

Winning singles matches were Maura Gottman (1), 8-4, over Jayna Davison; Molly Gottman (2), 8-0, over Victoria Hays; O’Brien (3), 8-2, over Madison Plybon; Kroeger (4), 8-6, over Kier Henderson; Mann (5), 8-6 (tiebreaker), over Marwa Sherzad; and Marina Meyer (6), 8-2, over Maelynn Kramer.

Winning doubles matches were: Maura Gottman and Molly Gottman (1), 8-6, over Davison and Henderson; O’Brien and Meyer (2), 8-5, over Hays and Plybon; and Kroeger and Mann (3), 8-2, over Sherzad and Kramer.

On Sept. 6, Palmyra traveled to Macomb, Ill. and won 7-2.

Winning singles matches were Maura Gottman (1), 8-2, over Kylie Jacques; Molly Gottman (2), 8-3, over Celena Managarla; Mann (5), 8-6, over Lanie Jones; and Meyer (6), 8-5, over Eliza Bernards.

Winning doubles matches were Maura Gottman and Molly Gottman (1), 8-2, over Stone and Jacques; O’Brien and Meyer (2), 9-7, over Managarla and Ivy Chapala; and Mann and Kroeger (3), 8-3, over Jones and Bernards.

Palmyra also competed in the Helias Invitational Tournament last Monday.

Placing in doubles were:

The No. 1 pair of Maura and Molly Gottman, first place;

The No. 2 pair of Abby Mann and Hadlie Kroeger, second place; and

The No. 3 pair of Emmelee Drebes and Ashley Bode, second place.

The No. 4 singles player, Laura Noland, took second place.

2022 PHS Girls 

Tennis Schedule

8/30 at Moberly        W 9-0, 1-0

8/31 at QND          L 2-7, 1-1

9/1 Hannibal     W 5-4, 2-1

9/6 at Mac. (Ill.)      W 7-2, 3-1

9/8   Fulton          W, 9-0, 4-1

9/12 at Helias Inv.       TBA

9/13 Mexico          W 5-4, 5-1

9/15 at QHS           L 1-8, 5-2

9/17 Marshall Tourney

9/19 at Hannibal        4 p.m.

9/20 at Kirksville      4 p.m.

9/21 Father Tolton       4 p.m.

9/27 QND                     4 p.m.