Louisville Falls to South, Wildcats Earn 1st NBC Title Since 2009 – Girls Tennis
Canton South 4, Louisville 1
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Tennis Team fell to the visiting Canton South Wildcats 4-1 Tuesday at the LHS Tennis Courts. With the loss, Louisville drops to 8-5 overall and 5-2 in the NBC.
The lone victory for the Leopards came in #2 Doubles in a hard fought three set victory. The Louisville team of Mackenzie Murphy and Mandy Plaskett won 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 10-8 to claim the win over Aliyah Brown and Paige Pugh.
The undefeated Wildcats (15-0, 8-0) won every other match to clinch at least a share of their first NBC title since 2009. #1 Singles Player Destiny Winans won in straight sets 6-1, 6-0 as did #2 Singles Player Abigail Franks 6-1, 6-2. Canton South’s Elizabeth Scott also won #3 Singles 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
The other victory for the Lady Cats came in #1 Doubles. The team of Gracie Andrews and Mackenzie Rush won in two sets 6-0, 6-1.
Louisville still leads the all-time series over Canton South 44-15. The Leopards had defeated the Wildcats in 14 straight meetings before Canton South earned a season sweep this year. The Lady Cats earned a 5-0 shutout at Louisville in their first matchup back on August 23. That loss snapped the Leopards unprecedented 67-match conference winning streak, the longest in the history of the Northeastern Buckeye Conference for any sport.
Louisville had won the previous 7 NBC Girls Tennis Titles outright, but the Wildcats can clinch the league outright with a road win over the Salem Quakers Wednesday. This is Canton South’s fourth NBC Championship in Girls Tennis since 2006 and would be their third outright. This is also their first league title in any girls sport since 2009 when both Girls Tennis and Girls Basketball earned crowns for CSHS.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Alliance to take on the Aviators on Thursday, September 21 at 4:15 PM.
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