SC netters fall to Corydon

Corydon Central netted its first victory of the season in county tennis action on Wednesday.
The Panthers narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory over visiting South Central. Two of the five matches went three sets.
“We lost six players off last year’s team and only have one player with a lot of varsity experience, so we’re still finding our way,” Corydon coach Nathan Freed said.
In No. 1 singles, Jeremy Ledford scored the hosts’ first point with a 7-5, 6-1 decision over Joey Babcock. At No. 2, Dustin Thomas gritted out a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 affair over South’s Ben Hanus and at No. 3, it was the Rebels’ Levi Anderson who produced a pair of 6-1 victories over Rob Hipple.
On the No. 1 doubles court, second service errors came back to haunt Brad Mercer and Deavon Wiseman of South Central as they fell to Nick Engleman and Grant Pennington, 6-2, 6-2. Rebels teammates Patrick Hogan and Dustin Lewis rallied from a 6-7 loss in the first set to win the next two, 6-2, 6-4, over Corydon’s Adam Vannis and Jeff Thomas.
“We’ve got several guys back from last year, but haven’t quite improved the way I would have liked,” Rebels coach Rick Uhl said. “We just aren’t consistent right now.”