One day after a difficult trip to Hendersonville, Polk County responded with a much different result.
The Wolverines won five of six singles matches Wednesday, then added a victory at No. 1 doubles to defeat Mountain Heritage 6-3 in a Western Highlands Conference girls tennis match at Polk County.
The victory came less than 24 hours after Polk suffered a 9-0 loss at WHC-leading Hendersonville.
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Jill Brown started Wednesday’s strong singles showing with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Makayla Jones at No. 1. Virginia Then added a 6-4, 6-4 win over Calia Wheeler at No. 3, while Leah Morton defeated Madeline Autrey 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5.
Alexandria Henderson lost just one game in her No. 6 match, defeating Daisha Morales 6-0, 6-1.
Paige White had the most competitive of Polk’s singles victories. White won the opening set against Lydia Smith 6-1 before Smith answered with a 6-3 win in the second. White then took the deciding tiebreaker 10-5 to claim the No. 2 match.
Mountain Heritage’s Yarel Herrera earned the Cougars’ lone singles victory, defeating Malia Robinette 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4.
Brown and Then teamed for Polk’s final point, defeating Smith and Wheeler 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.
Mountain Heritage (1-6) won the final two doubles matches. Autrey and Jones defeated Morton and Robinette 8-2 at No. 2, while Herrera and Morales topped Allie Lewis and Emma Whitehurst 8-4 at No. 3.
Polk County improved to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Wolverines are scheduled to travel Monday to Avery for another WHC match.
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