Tennis team takes seven matches against district opponent

Double trouble--Junior Chris Owen makes a return to Pecos's Andy Lin and Jared Mondragon during district play on Sept. 26. Owen and doubles partner senior Royce Snethen took the match, 6-2, 6-3.

Eva Neufeld

Double trouble–Junior Chris Owen makes a return to Pecos’s Andy Lin and Jared Mondragon during district play on Sept. 26. Owen and doubles partner senior Royce Snethen took the match, 6-2, 6-3.

The tennis team took seven of 19 matches during district play against Pecos on the Seminole courts on Sept. 26.

In men’s singles, junior Chris Owen fell to Andy Lin, 7-5, 6-3; senior Royce Snethen defeated Jared Mondragon 6-3, 3-6, 10-5; freshman Austin shorts fell to Ruben Ochoa, 6-3, 6-2; freshman Ronnie Loepky fell to Chris Machuca 6-1, 6-1, junior Peter Padilla fell to Aaron Dominguez 6-3, 6-3; freshman Gatlin Jones fell to Nicosia Dominguez 6-1, 6-2.

In women’s singles, junior Debbie Froese fell to Bethany Carrasco 6-1, 7-6, 11-9; junior Monique Zamora defeated Kaitlin Rayos 6-1, 6-0; sophomore Alondra Gonzales defeated Jennifer Urias, 6-4, 7-5; junior Morgan Gersbach fell to Idalis Esquivel, 6-0, 6-1; sophomore Caanon Gibbons defeated Madison Shumate 6-3, 2-6, 10-8; freshman Barbara Landeros Capetillo fell to Marissa Martinez, 7-5, 7-5.

In men’s doubles, Owen and Snethen defeated Lin and Mondragon 6-2, 6-3; Shortes and Loepky fell to Machuca and A. Dominguez 6-2, 6-3; Padilla and Jones fell to N. Dominguez and Hoyt 6-3, 6-3.

In women’s doubles, Froese and Gersbach fell to Carrasco and Rayos 7-5, 6-3; Zamora and Gonzales defeated Esquivel and Urias 7-5, 7-6; Gibbons and Landeros Capetillo defeated Shumate and Martinez 7-6, 6-2, 10-6.

The tennis team will travel to Monacans for the second round of district play on Oct. 2.