PLANO:  The Varsity Tennis team hosted Prestonwood Christian on Tuesday afternoon in the first meeting between the two teams this season.  Coming off of a hard-nosed battle with TCA last week, the Cardinals handled the lions yesterday with relative ease. 

The top two Boys Singles for JPII defeated their PCA opponents without surrendering a game, as both Jake Vo and Jonas Aronsson won 6-0, 6-0.  Girls #1 single Nataly Montemayor also impressed in her 6-0, 6-1 win over Prestonwood's Donya Kinley, who qualified for state last year.  Similarly, Girls #2 single Valeria Gonzalez shut down her adversary 6-4, 6-1.  

Top Boys Doubles team Ryan Ward and Aaron Keith won handily, 6-2, 6-0, while the Girls #1 Doubles pair of Lindsay Keith and Sofia Moldovan were not troubled in their 6-1, 6-1 victory.  Both #2 Doubles teams of Alex Rossigno/Jackson Betz and Alex Christmas/Torie Pensado won with little trouble, taking career of the lions 6-1, 6-0, and 6-2, 6-1, respectively.  The Girls #3 Doubles team of Riley Nelson and Keegan Conaway were brilliant and refused to give up a single game to their challengers, handing out a pair of bagels in their 6-0, 6-0 win.  Boys #3 pair Will Dawson and Donte Truong were handed the only loss for JPII on the day in a match that was closer than the 6-2, 6-2 final score indicates.  

Altogether, the Cardinals outscored the Lions 120 games to 18 in their most dominant performance of the season.  John Paul II will look to build on their momentum next week when they welcome Parish Episcopal to the ESC on Tuesday, February 22nd.  

Full Match Results:

SINGLES
JPII                          RESULT          PCA                                      SCORE
Jake Vo                         def             Aidan O'Connor                    6-0, 6-0
Jonas Aronssons           def             Luke Maayhew                     6-0, 6-0
Nataly Montemayor        def             Donya Kinley                       6-0, 6-1
Valeria Gonzalez             def            Alexis Wilson                       6-4, 6-1

Ryan Ward/Aaron Keith            def        Grant Brashear/Gavin Chen            6-2, 6-0
Alex Rossigno/Jackson Betz     def       Vaughn Scott/Even Jefferson           6-1, 6-0
Will Dawson/Donte Truong         L         Cade Eskew/Andrew Ratcliff            6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES
JPII                                              RESULT        PCA                                                    SCORE
Lindsay Keith/Sofia Moldovan          def             Allison Blackwell/Ayden Snell             6-1, 6-1
Alex Christmas/Torie Pensado          def             Keleigh Corley/Liesel Smurawa         6-2, 6-1
Riley Nelson/Keegan Conaway         def             Sophie Brashear/Brooke Criner         6-0, 6-0