Farmington, Missouri - The Lady 'Cats Tennis Team traveled to Farmington, Missouri on Saturday, September 28th to compete in one of two tournaments this season.  Their only other tournament will be at Notre Dame on Saturday, October 5th.

It was a very close tournament for the girls. Notre Dame was able to edge them out of first place by 1/2 point.

Singles:

Baylee Cooper lost to Notre Dame's Carly Hopkins (tourney champ) 2-8, then beat Fulton School's Lena Cramer 8-0.

Erica Morgan beat Farmington's Kennedy Hartwig 8-5, then lost to Notre Dame's Reagan Kapp 2-8.

Doubles:

Waldner/Stevenson beat St. Pius Smreker/Elbl 8-3, then beat Fulton School's Huber/Edwards 8-6.  The girls then beat Notre Dame's Walker/Soutar 8-0, and won the championship over Farmington's Brady/Slinkard 8-0. 

Way to go MaKayla Waldner and Kendra Stevenson!!!

Owens/Miller lost to Farmington's Brady/Slinkard 1-8, then beat Fanara/Tran from Bishop DuBourg 6-4.

"Overall we took second out of seven teams in the tournament," stated Coach Kurt Lovelady.  "Notre Dame had 11.5 points on the day. We had 11 points on the day."

The Lady 'Cats have just a few matches left for this season.  Coming up are Monday 9/30 Kennett (Away); Wednesday 10/2 Sikeston (Away) and Saturday 10/5 Notre Dame Tournament (Away).