Wildcats Edge Central Columbia in Nail-Biting 3–2 Finish

MILL HALL-The Central Mountain girls tennis team pulled out a nail-biter Monday afternoon, rallying for a 3-2 win over Central Columbia.

The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead when defending state champion Addison Lindsay rolled to a straight-set victory at No. 1 singles. From there, however, Central Columbia looked poised to take control. The Blue Jays captured the opening sets at No. 2 and No. 3 singles as well as both doubles matches, then secured the second set in both doubles to move ahead 2-1 in the team score.

The match swung when freshmen sisters Lucy and Lane Walker fought back in their singles contests. Lucy was ahead 5-4 and serving for the match in the third set when her opponent, Sydney Barry, was forced to retire, knotting the score at 2-2. That left everything riding on Lane’s showdown at No. 3 singles. After splitting the first two sets, the match went to a tiebreaker. The back-and-forth battle reached 8-8 before Lane closed out the final two points, clinching the team victory.

Singles
Addison Lindsay (CM) def. Cassandra Marte (CC) 6-0, 6-0
Lucy Walker (CM) def. Sydney Barry (CC) 3-6, 6-3, 5-4 (ret.)
Lane Walker (CM) def. Truc-Nhu Nguyen (CC) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)

Doubles
Savana Thomas/Chloe Winters (CC) def. Audra Eaton/Kassie Williams (CM) 6-2, 7-5
Emily LaRouche/Alexis Kulp (CC) def. CM 6-0, 6-

With the hard-fought win, Central Mountain improves its record and will travel to Danville on Tuesday.