St. Al tennis scorches district rival ACCS – The Vicksburg Post

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St. Aloysius’ Noah Taylor prepares to serve in the boys’ doubles match against ACCS on Monday. Taylor and partner Ryan Davidson defeated Wanderlei Griffin and Caleb Daugherty 6-1, 6-2. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius’ Hendrix Eldridge returns to bat in the girls’ singles match against Adams County Christian School’s Phoebe Hale on Monday. Eldridge won 6-0, 6-0. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius’ Olivia Larsen hits a shot during the girls’ doubles match against Adams County Christian School on Monday. Larsen and her partner Sarah Beth Johnston defeated Emma Massey and Allie Lindsey 6-1, 6-0. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius’ Noah Taylor hits during the boys’ doubles match against ACCS on Monday. Taylor and partner Ryan Davidson defeated Wanderlei Griffin and Caleb Daugherty 6-1, 6-2. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

ACCS’ Wanderlei Griffin watches a shot during the boys’ doubles match against St. Aloysius on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius’ Noah Taylor and Ryan Davidson walk off the court after defeating ACCS’ Wanderlei Griffin and Caleb Daugherty 6-1, 6-2 in a boys’ doubles tennis match Monday at Halls Ferry Park. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius’ Ryan Davidson hits during the boys’ doubles match against ACCS on Monday. Davidson and partner Noah Taylor defeated Wanderlei Griffin and Caleb Daugherty 6-1, 6-2. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

The St. Aloysius tennis team got off to a quick start on Monday against district rival Adams County Christian School.

The Flashes dropped just one set and went four games without losing a game as they defeated the ACCS 9-0 at Halls Ferry Park. St. Al won for the fourth time in five team games this season.

We were still trying to figure out our lineups, but for the most part we are where we want to be, St. Al coach Rick Shields said.

Several St. Al players went undefeated against district opponents. The No. 1 boys doubles team featured senior Noah Taylor and sophomore Ryan Davidson, who beat Wanderlei Griffin and Caleb Daugherty 6-1, 6-2.

I feel like we played pretty well against them. We played as well as we could. They weren’t half bad. They had a lot of energy, Taylor said. I think the whole team is doing great. I hope it continues like this.

The boys’ doubles team of Walker Lambiotte and James Powell defeated Aiden and Murphy Roch 6-0, 6-0.

In girls doubles, St. Als’ No. 1 team of Ali Blackburn and Carrie Woods beat Camren Strittman and Reagan Rabb 6-0, 6-1, while No. 2 team of Sarah Beth Johnston and Olivia Larsen beat Emma Massey and Alli Lyndsey 6-1, 6. -0 against.

In girls singles, Julia Tuminello and Hendrix Eldridge both defeated Addison Massey and Phoebe Hale 6-0, 6-0.

Walker Moore also defeated Alex Pollard 6-0, 6-0 in boys singles. At No. 1, Caleb Stewart beat John Tyler Luneau 6-0, 6-1.

The only close match was in mixed doubles, where St. Als Laiken Leist and Carter Smithhart went to a tie, winning 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.

St. Al leaves Thursday for another district match against Madison-St. Joe, in Madison at 3:30 p.m

“It’s a test for us,” Shields said. We beat them last year, but it was close and it will be close.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is the sports editor of The Vicksburg Post. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post’s sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper’s 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. During his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and the Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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