Tennis sweeps Benton

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Maryville girls’ tennis team continued its strong start to the season with a 9-0 win against Benton on Monday in St. Joseph.

Senior Kelly Filips picked up an 8-1 win against Stephanie Brown in singles and paired with junior Lauren Macali for an 8-4 victory against Brown and Meka Betts. Macali defeated Betts in singles play, 8-5.

In singles, senior Maddy Stelter and junior Bailey White picked up 8-3 and 8-6 victories against Kaylin Silvey and Kiri Mignery, respectively. Stelter and White also combined for an 8-5 win against Silvey and Mignery in doubles.

Junior Bethel Orshiso and senior Hanah Kizer rounded out singles play with 8-1 and 8-2 wins against Haleigh Peters and Allysa Dowell, respectively. Orshiso and Kizer downed Peters and Dowell, 8-0, in doubles.

The Spoofhounds moved to 6-1 on the season, including two wins and one loss in the Benton Tournament on Sept. 5, while Macali improved to 7-0 in singles. Maryville will play again at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Cameron Tournament before a 4 p.m. match against Lafayette on Thursday for the first home match of the year.