Photo by Brian Hoffman
The Lord Botetourt girls are leading the Blue Ridge District after winning three tennis matches last week. The girls are the only team who has not lost a match in the district.
Botetourt opened last week with a 9-0 win over William Fleming at Hollins University. Meredith Claterbaugh won her first match as a seeded player in singles this season, beating Fleming’s number six girl 8-0. Zoe Brown and Reagan Meade continued their good play at number one doubles and won 8-0.
On Thursday in Moneta the girls took down Staunton River, 8-1. Kadence Overstreet won in a match tiebreaker at third singles, 7-4.
“We were playing eight-game pro-sets and Kadence was down 7-4 and came back and won in the tiebreaker,” said LB coach Sam Belcher. “It was an awesome comeback.”
LB’s number one seed, Meade, beat Staunton River’s top seed, 8-4. Last year Reagan lost to the same girl, 8-0.
Friday the girls won at Northside, 9-0. Kennedy Dorsey played at third singles and won 8-0 and Elaina Brown played at the six seed and won 8-1.
The boys also played those three teams last week and won two of three. Fleming edged the Cavaliers, 5-4, but Botetourt bounced back to beat Staunton River, 6-3, and Northside, 8-1.
This week both teams were scheduled to play Franklin County on Tuesday. On Thursday the Cavaliers will take on Christiansburg in non-district matches with the girls at Christiansburg and the boys at Hollins.
