Leesville Road girls tennis
Leesville Road's Julianne Dragan returns a volley during Monday's match against Sanderson.
Pride tennis serves up 7-2 win Monday
The Leesville Road girls tennis team kicked off the second half of its conference schedule with a convincing 7-2 victory over visiting Sanderson Monday.
The Pride's No. 1 player Alicia Busch set the tone early, recording a 6-0, 6-0 win over Kassi Wehbie.
Amy Weischedel, Julianne Dragan and Kate Medynskaya followed suit for Leesville, each posting a victory in their respective singles matches.
While the Lady Spartans managed just two wins, both came in thrilling tiebreakers.
Sanderson's Christine Buch — playing No. 4 singles — outlasted Jessica Kenny, pulling out a 6-3, 4-6, 10-1 decision.
And in No. 6 singles match, Abbie Schindo bested Emily Foulke 7-5, 4-6, 10-8.
The Pride swept the doubles' action, with the duos of Alicia Busch/Weischedel and Bailey Wilson/Dragan winning 8-1 and 8-0, respectively.
Leesville's Abby Boyce and Connor Grant narrowly defeated Maria Caldwell and Matti Smith by a score of 9-7.
Sanderson visits Enloe Thursday, Sept. 25.
Leesville hosts WF-R Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Sanderson's Jenna Watral hits a forehand Monday afternoon.
