Lady Knights split week

The Marion County Lady Knights tennis team was able to compete in two matches last week with one against Fort Knox being cancelled due to rain. Marion County played Taylor Wednesday on the road (make-up match from Monday) and took on Central Hardin Thursday at home. The Lady Knights were able to defeat Taylor County 4-1, but were defeated by Central Hardin 1-4.
“The match-ups with Taylor and Central Hardin that we played this week provided competitive matches for the girls,” Head Coach Angela Holt said. “I think all the players recognize after these matches that we need to do some additional conditioning and strive to outlast our opponents by just keeping the ball in play and decreasing our unforced errors.”

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Brooke Lee prepares for the return while doubles teammate Hayley Abell gets ready to serve .

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At home vs. Central Hardin...
The Marion County Lady Knights tennis team took on Central Hardin at home on Thursday. Central Hardin came away with the victory, beating Marion County by a score of 4-1.
In singles action, Marion County’s Olivia Thompson was defeated by Emily Novak in two sets (2-6) and (2-6). Alyssa Farmer lost to Central Hardin’s Riley Keys in two sets (1-6) and (1-6). Marion County’s Allie Evans picked up the only win of the night for the locals, beating Ashley O’Brien in two sets (6-4) and (6-3).
In doubles action, the Marion County duo of Madison Cassidy and Elyssa Holt couldn’t get it done against Central Hardin’s Alli King and Ashley Thomas, losing in two sets (3-6) and (3-6). The Lady Knight team of Hayley Abell and Brooke Lee were also defeated, with Central Hardin’s Emilee O’Brien and Katie Hendrie in two sets (1-6) and (1-6).  
In exhibition matches, the team of Madeline Peterson and Emma Thompson lost to Sarah Reineker and Taylor Mudd (1-8), the duo of Hayley Abell and Alyssa Farmer beat Amber Curtsinger and Quincey Burnham (8-0), and Madison Cassidy teamed with Brooke Lee to defeat Lindsay Nason and Julia Reinmann (8-3).

At Taylor County...
The Marion County Lady Knights tennis team traveled to Campbellsville Wednesday to play Taylor County. The Lady Knights were able to pick up the win, beating Taylor County by an overall score of 4-1.
In singles action, Marion County’s Olivia Thompson was defeated by Aryn Massengale in two sets (2-6) and (6-7). Taylor Corbett beat Taylor County’s Kaitlyn McPhee in two sets (6-4) and (6-1). The third singles match was played by Marion County’s Alyssa Farmer and Taylor County’s Kelsea McCoy. Farmer defeated McCoy in two sets (6-2) and (6-1).
In doubles action, Marion County’s team of Madison Cassidy and Elyssa Holt won the match against Elizabeth Thomas and Rachel Riggs in two sets (6-4) and (6-4).  The duo of Hayley Abell and Allie Evans defeated Taylor County’s team of Brooke Gregory and Kassandra Richerson in two sets (7-6) and (6-0).