The Bowie tennis team won its first dual match of the season after beating Holliday at home on Thursday night.
The Jackrabbits won by the narrowest margin 10-9 against the Eagles.
Bowie had gotten close this season, narrowly losing to Hirschi earlier this month before getting close again in their dual against Bridgeport on Saturday.
The Jackrabbits lost 11-8 against the Bulls. Bowie was far behind after doubles with only the first position boy’s doubles team of Rush Williams/Gavyn Brown along with the mixed doubles team Heidi Siebert/ Tucker Childers winning their matches.
Bowie made up for it with its singles play. On the girl’s side, Siebert in the first position along with Lily Hodges in third, Alyssa Airington in fourth and Gentry Gray in the sixth position won their matches.
The boys had Williams win in the first position singles and Childers win the second position. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the team fell a few matches short of coming back.
On Thursday against Holliday, the Jackrabbits were not in a hole. Bowie was up 4-3 after doubles play was completed.
The boy’s side swept its matches, with Rush/Brown winning at position one again in a close match 9-8. Position two team with Brendan Dudley/Brooks Gray dominated winning 8-3 and position three team with Alex Castro/Shiv Patel won easily 8-2.
On the girl’s side, only the position three team featuring Gentry Gray/Leah Cantrell won their match with the score of 8-3.
In singles, the boy’s side was strong again as all Bowie players won five of the six matches. Williams won in position one 8-5, Dudley won in position two in a tight match 9-7, Gray won in position four 8-4, Castro won in position five 8-5 and Brown won in position six in dominant fashion 8-2.
The girls needed to win one of its six singles matches and Siebert was the one, winning her match in position one with the score 8-5.
Bowie won its first dual of the season 10-9.

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