Jonathan Page and William Jones won their respective singles matches as the Houston tennis team opened the 2008 season Monday with a 6-3 loss at Salem.
Ashton Kell and Jones secured the Tigers’ other victory with an 8-2 doubles win.
Page, the team’s No. 1 singles player, defeated Lute Heithold 8-6. He lost to Heithold twice last season.
Jones cruised to an 8-1 victory in his singles match.
The JV was defeated 5-0.
“There were a lot of positives to come from this loss,” Houston coach John Jordan said. ” I know some kids were disappointed with the way they played, and with experience they will begin to play as they practice.”
VARSITY
SINGLES
No. 1 – Jon Page won 8-6
No. 2 – Ashton Kell lost 8-3
No. 3 – Jeff Stilley lost 8-1
No. 4 – William Jones won 8-1
No. 5 – Andrew Finn lost 8-4
No. 6 – Emily Stubbs lost 8-5
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Page/Stilley lost 8-3
No. 2 – Kell/Jones won 8-2
No. 3 – Mollie Warner/Stubbs lost 8-4
JUNIOR VARISTY
SINGLES
No. 1 – Alex Ceplina lost 6-2
No. 2 – Marli Richeson lost 6-0.
No. 3 – Samantha Jones lost 6-4.
No. 4 – Lainey Casper lost 6-3.
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Ceplina/Richeson lost 6-0
No. 2 – Casper/Jones lost 6-3
No. 3 – Erica Keeney/Sarah Pierce lost 6-1
No. 4 – Danielle Pounds/Kelsi Adey lost 6-0
No. 5 – Andrew Finn/Nicholette Hagler lost 6-3
