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Tennis Bucs drop 7-0 decision to Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT – The Buckhannon-Upshur tennis Bucs lost a 7-0 decision on the road to the Bridgeport Indians in Big 10 Conference action last Thursday.

The Bucs failed to win a match against the talented Indians.

The Bucs were without No. 2 singles player Matthew Adams who is out with an injury.

“The boys all had to step up because Matthew is out with an injury right now,” stated Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Jason Rock. “I thought they held their own and stayed in most of the points. Cody (Trainer) did a great job in his first varsity singles tennis match of the season and Mitchell (Tracy) played well up at No. 3 doubles.”

The loss dropped the Bucs to 0-7 overall and 0-5 in the Big 10 Conference.

They were slated to play Lincoln on Monday.

They will be back action Wednesday hosting Morgantown in a non-conference clash at 4 p.m.

The results:

Bridgeport 7  Buckhannon-Upshur 0

Singles

No. 1 – Jacob Holbert (Bport) def. Jude Snyder, 8-0

No. 2 – Elijah Daugherty (Bport) def. Bradly Helmick, 8-0

No. 3 – Josh Jackson (Bport) def. Tommy Swift, 8-0

No. 4 – Gregory Noone (Bport) def. Cody Trainer, 8-0

Doubles

No. 1 – Holbert and Daugherty (Bport) def. Snyder and Helmick, 8-0

No. 2 – Jackson and Will Madden (Bport) def. Swift and Trainer, 8-0

No. 3 – Noone and Eli Jones (Bport) def. Mitchell Tracy and Jacob Ham, 8-0

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