Manchester Tennis Falls To Columbia City

The Squire boys tennis team lost to Columbia City, 5-0, at home Monday night, Sept. 19.

The young Manchester team competed well, according to head coach Matt Carver, but didn’t have enough to get past the experienced Eagles with five seniors and two juniors.

The closest matches came in doubles play where the No. 1 team of Connor Trump and Cole Henderson lost 6-3, 6-3, and the No. 2 team of Sammie Lambert and Owen Harshman fell in a tight 6-4, 6-4 loss.

Peyton Jones lost 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, Josh Steely lost 6-3, 6-2 at No. singles, and Milo Hupp lost 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.

In JV action, A.J. Weaver and Hank Dyson lost an 8-1 doubles pro-set, followed by Weaver losing 8-1 in a singles match while Dyson lost 6-0.

The Squires travel to Triton Tuesday night with first serve at 5 p.m.

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