Lady Fighting Tigers’ tennis loses heartbreaker to Jackson
Published 2:05 am Friday, August 29, 2014
![Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ senior Ariel Whitt uses a backhand swing to return a volley during a tennis match on Thursday. Jackson rallied in the final match to beat Ironton 3-2. (Kent Sanborn of Southern Ohio Sports Photos)](https://www.irontontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2014/08/Whitt-on-web.jpg)
Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ senior Ariel Whitt uses a backhand swing to return a volley during a tennis match on Thursday. Jackson rallied in the final match to beat Ironton 3-2. (Kent Sanborn of Southern Ohio Sports Photos)
Staff Report
In a match that went down to the final set, the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 tennis game to the Jackson Ironladies Thursday.
A singles win by Aleigha Justice and a doubles win by the team of Kylie Barcus and Holly Bruce left Ironton and Jackson tied at 2-2.
In the decisive match, Ironton’s No. 1 doubles team of Brianna Klaiber and Kara Spencer were leading 5-4 in the third set after splitting the first two sets.
But the Jackson team battled back to win the match and the game.
Ironton hosts Lucasville Valley at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.