MT. VERNON, Mo. -- The Cardinals Boys Tennis team won their first game out of a 4-day stretch of games this week. The team defeated Mt. Vernon 9-0, and improved to 4-4 on the season. The team has now won 3 out of their last 4, while also boasting a 2nd place finish at the Bird-Dog Classic. This is the first time the Cardinals have reached .500 this season.

Here's a breakdown of the results from their match vs. Mt. Vernon:

Doubles

Alex Stanley & Lester Pascua won 8-3 vs. Caleb Cline & Grady Thompson

Easton McDonald & Cameron Stone won 8-0 vs. David Henry & Anthony Creed

Justice Bonnow & Jayden Bowker won 8-0 vs. Wyatt Haskins & Tej Patel

Singles

Stanley won 8-5 vs. Cline

McDonald won 8-3 vs. Thompson

Pascua won 8-0 vs. Henry

Bonnow won 8-1 vs. Creed

Bowker won 8-0 vs. Haskins

Stone won 8-0 vs. Patel

"All things given, .500 feels pretty good. The win was a good one for us, and the progress we're making as a team is evident. We needed to level out our record going into the final stretch of conference play this season," Coach Pace said. "While we didn't play perfectly, we saw some real improvement in some of our guys' play tonight. As we near the end of our season, we need to be playing our best tennis. We're just about there, and that is super exciting. Coach Derryberry and I are really proud of our guys."

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