Baylor Boys Tennis Team Beats Kentucky State Champions

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Baylor School boys tennis team traveled to Louisville on Thursday and beat 2010 Kentucky state champion St. Xavier 6-3.

Baylor was state runner up last year and will play New Hanover High School from Wilmington, NC in the first round of the Decoturf National High School Championships Friday.

Baylor vs St Xavier results:

Singles

1 Anderson Scarpa (B) defeated Sean Donohue (ST X) 6-2,2-6, 10-5
2 Alex Gornet (ST X) defeated Nathan Schley (B) 6-2,6-1
3 Jackson Pride (B) defeated Daniel Miller (ST X) 6-3,6-0
4 Andrew Eifferman (ST X) defeated Eric Roddy (B) 6-4,6-2
5 Zach Moore (B) defeated Parker Thieneman (ST X) 6-2, 6-7, 11-9
6 Jack Gray (B) defeated Garnett Stansbury (ST X) 6-4,6-1

7 (Exhibition0 Andrew Austin (B) defeated Coleman Cox (ST X) 8-6

Doubles

1 Donohue/Gornet (ST X) defeated Scarpa/Alex Cooper 8-3
2 Schley/Roddy (B) defeated Eifferman/Daniel (ST X) 9-7
3 Moore/Bo Brynteson (B) defeated Thieneman/Stansbury 8-3

4 (Exhibition) Gray/Pride (B) defeated Alex Layton/Chris Colosi (ST X) 9-7


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