Boys Tennis Roundup, May 3: Farmington tops Poplar Bluff behind wins in tiebreaker

Poplar Bluff's Parker Nagy returns a volley during his doubles match against Farmington with partner Gavin Vaughn on Monday, May 3, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Senior High School.

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The Poplar Bluff tennis team lost a pair of tiebreakers Monday and another close match in falling 7-2 to visiting Farmington.

The Knights took two doubles matches, winning the top-seeded match 9-8 (7-4) against Poplar Bluff’s Parker Nagy and Gavin Vaughn.

Nagy lost the top-seeded singles match 8-5 to Colton Woody while Gavin Mense lost his second-seeded match 8-1. Poplar Bluff’s Collin Scobey won 8-6 while Vaughn lost by the same score. Isaac Reid lost 8-5 while Jordan Moss lost a tiebreaker 9-8 (7-1).

Reid and Moss had the lone doubles win for the Mules at 8-6 while Mense and Scobey fell 8-2.

Poplar Bluff (6-2), which had its five-match winning streak snapped, placed second to host Farmington at a tournament there Friday. The Mules travel Wednesday to Mehlville before hosting Notre Dame for Senior Day on Thursday.

FARMINGTON 7, POPLAR BLUFF 2
SINGLES: 1. C.Woody (F) def. P.Nagy 8-5; 2. B.Waller (F) def. G.Mense 8-1; 3. C.Scobey (PB) def. T.Berghaus 8-6; 4. C.Barnes (F) def. G.Vaughn 8-6; 5. W.Bach (F) def. I.Reid 8-5; 6. L.Veach (F) def. J.Moss 9-8 (7-1).
DOUBLES: 1. Wood-Waller (F) def. Nagy-Vaughn 9-8 (7-4); 2. Bergaus-Barnes (F) def. Mense-Scobey 8-2; 3. Reid-Moss (PB) def. Bach-Veach 8-6.