PAOLA — Iola’s tennis team won first place at Paola Monday night.
The Mustangs amassed five wins, while Baldwin took a second-place finish with four wins. Paola finished in third place with three wins.
Mustang Keira Fawson earned a first place finish in singles play while Iola’s duo of Kyndal Bycroft and Harper Desmarteau took first place in doubles play.
“They were all on their A game. Keira beat a player she had lost to before, and Harper and Kyndal were playing really well as a team,” Iola head coach Chris Belknap said. “They were making some really good shots. Everyone was on fire, and it was really fun to watch. They were playing confident.”
Fawson began her play by defeating Paola’s Rachel Aistrup, 8-2 and then knocked down Baldwin’s Linnea Hagman, 8-3.
Rebekah Coltrane went 1-1 in singles play. She started out by beating Paola’s Bryn Sanders, 8-0, before losing to Baldwin’s Emily Howarter, 8-3.
Bycroft and Desmarteau defeated Paola’s Claire Foster and Anna Campa, 8-6, before taking down Baldwin’s Lillian Judy and Isabelle Searl, 8-4.
Iola’s duo of Molly Riebel and Melanie Palmer lost to Paola’s Hayley Hines and Emma Bull, 8-3, before falling to Baldwin’s Ella Ward and Emma Searl, 8-3.
The Mustangs will compete at regionals in Independence on Oct. 7.
