In its final home match of the season, the Rockbridge County High School girls tennis team earned its first win this spring by defeating Shenandoah District rival Stuarts Draft on Thursday evening in Lexington.
With the victory, RC’s first win in about two years, the Wildcats improved to 1-14, both overall and in the district. When RC played at Stuarts Draft on April 6, the Cougars won 9-0, with several close matches.
In the rematch, the Wildcats won two of three doubles matches and three of six singles matches. RC singles winners were Allen at No. 1, Claire Taylor at No. 5, and Charlotte Taylor at No. 6.
Before the match, the Wildcats honored their three seniors: Allen, Claire Taylor and Bella Fitch.
The Wildcats will conclude the team portion of their season when they play at Buffalo Gap on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
For the story on this week’s action, with photos from the win, please see our May 13 newspaper.
RC 5, SD 4
SINGLES – Corinna Allen (RC) d. Isabelle Fitzpatrick (SD) 8-3; Zoa Burns (SD) d. Grace Maquera Ramos (RC) 8-6; Addison Colvin (SD) d. Diya Gandhi (RC) 8-1; Charisse Libunao (SD) d. Mila Baker (RC) 8-0; Claire Taylor (RC) d. Alina Liu (SD) 8-1; Charlotte Taylor (RC) d. Neva Miller (SD) 8-1.
DOUBLES – Allen and Ramos (RC) d. Fitzpatrick and Burns (SD) 8-6; Colvin and Libunao (SD) d. Gandhi and Baker (RC) 8-2; Claire and Charlotte Taylor (RC) d. Liu and Jessica Varga (SD) 8-4.
