Hounds top Cameron, 7-2

By Phil Cobb | September 17, 2015 |

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Maryville junior Bethel Orshiso returns a casual forehand on Thursday in doubles play against Cameron during a 7-2 win for the Spoofhounds.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville girls’ tennis team hosted Cameron Thursday night in Midland Empire Conference play, taking a 7-2 victory.

In doubles competition, senior Kelly Filips and junior Lauren Macali defeated Cameron’s Morgan Choate and Nicole Gittens, 8-2.

Spoofhounds senior Maddy Stelter and junior Bailey White fell to Cameron’s duo of Kelly Baker and Taylor Richardson, 8-3.

In the final doubles competition, Maryville’s duo of junior Bethel Orshiso and senior Hanah Kizer topped the Dragons’ Nita Ruuskanen and Victoria Negas.

In singles, Kizer defeated Negas, 8-2; Orshiso took down Ruuskanen, 8-0; White topped Gitthens, 8-1; Stelter defeated Baker, 8-1; and Macali picked up the victory over Richardson, 8-4.

The Spoofhounds suffered one loss in singles play, as Filips fell to Choate, 8-5.

Maryville (9-1) returns to action at 4 p.m. Monday for senior night against Bishop LeBlond.

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Spoofhounds senior Kelly Filips fights off a tough serve during No. 1 doubles against Cameron on Thursday at the Northwest tennis courts.