COLIN HART picked up two wins in Monday¿s match with Danville, one in singles and one in doubles with Ethan Smith. (Photo by Nancy Leedy)
By Nancy LeedyColin Hart netted Lincoln’s only singles win and shared in it’s lone doubles victory in the Patriots’ 5-2 loss to visiting Danville Monday. Hart, Lincoln’s top-seeded player, opened the match by shutting out Danville’s Sam Nelson 8-0 in singles and he teamed up with Ethan Smith, Lincoln’s No. 2 player, to beat Nelson and Josh Joiner 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles match. However, it was all Admirals the rest of the way as Danville swept through the second- through fifth-seeded singles matches and claimed the win in the No. 2 doubles match.But Lincoln’s second- through fifth-seeded singles didn’t go down without a fight. Conner Playforth rallied to tie Michael Graves of Danville and turn an 8-set match into a 9-setter, Smith and Ethan Lasure both took five games before falling and Jake Combs picked up four games. Playforth was down 2-6 in the fourth-seeded match before battling back with four straight games to even the match at 6-6. Graves and Playforth were also tied at 7-7 before Graves went on to take the next two games for the 9-7 win.Smith bowed 8-5 to Michael McChesney at the two seed, Lasure also lost 8-5, bowing to Josh Joiner at three and Combs went down 8-4 to Michael Rankin at five.Complete results from the match were: Danville (D) 5, Lincoln Co. (LC)¿2at LincolnSINGLESNo. 1 - Colin Hart (LC) def. Sam Nelson (D)¿8-0; No. 2 - Michael McChesney (D) def. Ethan Smith (LC) 8-5; No. 3 - Josh Joiner (D) def. Ethan Lasure (LC)¿8-5; No. 4 - Michael Graves (D)¿def. Conner Playforth (LC)¿9-7; No. 5 - Jacob Rankin (D) def. Jake Combs (LC)¿8-4.DOUBLESNo. 1 - Hart/Smith (LC)¿def. Nelson/Joiner (D)¿8-3; No. 2 - Rankin/Graves (D) def. Lasure/Playforth (LC) 8-1.
