Girls tennis picks up first ACAC win

BLUFFTON — The Patriots finally picked up their first win in Allen County Athletic Conference play.

The Jay County High School girls tennis team took down the Bluffton Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.

The match was originally scheduled for April 11, but rain and other scheduling conflicts has kept the teams off the court until now.

Brenna Bailey had the most dominant victory of the day for Jay County (6-4, 1-2 ACAC). She took down her No. 2 singles opponent 6-1, 6-2. 

Brenna Haines played consistently in the No. 1 singles position. She pulled off a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

The other victory came from the No. 2 doubles duo of Zion Beiswanger and Lucie Henneaux. The duo earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Tigers.

Meredith Dirksen and Sophia Sprunger took the first set of the No. 1 doubles match, but couldn’t hold on. They dropped the contest 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 to the Tigers.

Maggie Dillon was defeated by Bluffton’s No. 3 singles player 6-4, 6-2.

The junior varsity team put together a strong day as well. It won six out of eight matches.

Sophomores Faith Faulkner and Raylah Newton pulled off singles wins with scores of 8-3, 8-4, respectively. Freshman Tessa Frazee also notched a singles win at 8-6.

The Patriots won three out of the five doubles matches. Those three victories came from Macee Stephen and Trinity Glassford (8-6), Taven Bentley and Lydia Johnson (8-3) and Chloe Mulenkamp and Adriene Denney (9-7).