Cardinals defeat Carthage in 5-4 nail-biter

Webb City Boys Tennis won a close match Thursday at Carthage. The team came home with a 5-4 victory over their conference rivals and an improved record (3-4).

DOUBLES

Webb City’s Alex Stanley & Lester Pascua won 8-6 vs. Carthage’s Braden Jones & Kyler Bates

Webb City’s Easton McDonald & Cameron Stone lost in a tie-breaker 9-8 to Carthage’s Esman Chanchavac Cancinos & Ivan Barrios Lopez

Webb City’s Justice Bonnow & Jayden Bowker won 8-5 vs. Carthage’s Steven Chavez Merida & Kris Cancinos

SINGLES

Webb City’s Stanley lost 8-0 to Carthage’s Braden Jones

Easton McDonald lost 8-1 to Kyler Bates

Lester Pascua won 8-5 vs. Esman Chanchavac Cancinos

Justice Bonnow lost 9-7 to Ivan Barrios Lopez

Cameron Stone won 8-2 vs. Steven Chavez Merida

Jayden Bowker won 8-4 vs. Chris Monzon Estrada

“Big win tonight. Big,” said coach Stephany Pace. “It was down to the wire. We needed at least two wins in doubles, and we got them. We almost got the third, as well. Coach Derryberry and I are beyond proud of our guys. This puts us at 3-4 on the season, and our guys really had a great night tonight. We’re happy to leave Carthage with that W.”

The Cardinals added two more victories to their record this week. They won 9-0 at Mt. Vernon on Monday and 7-2 at home Tuesday against Neosho.