Lady Fighting Tigers fall in final regular season tennis match
Published 3:26 am Wednesday, September 23, 2015
![Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ junior tennis player Aleigha Justice won her No. 1 singles match on Tuesday at Wheelersburg to finish the regular season with an unbeaten 10-0 record. Ironton lost the match 3-2. (Kent Sanborn of Southern Ohio Sports Photos)](https://www.irontontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/09/Justice-on-web.jpg)
Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ junior tennis player Aleigha Justice won her No. 1 singles match on Tuesday at Wheelersburg to finish the regular season with an unbeaten 10-0 record. Ironton lost the match 3-2. (Kent Sanborn of Southern Ohio Sports Photos)
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
WHEELERSBURG — It was yet another thriller for the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ tennis team.
Playing with one senior, Ironton lost 3-2 to the senior-laden Wheelersburg Lady Pirates on Tuesday.
Wheelersburg had six seniors among their seven players.
Ironton No. 1 singles player Aleigha Justice won her match and finished the regular season 10-0.
Also winning for the Lady Fighting Tigers was No. 1 doubles team Holly Bruce and Sophia Caines.
Ironton will now play in the sectional tournament on Tuesday at Portsmouth. The sectional features 50 singles players and 32 doubles teams.