Lady Jays doubles team advances to state

CAMDENTON, Mo. - The Jefferson City doubles team of Athira Nambiar and Erica Dunn advanced to the Class 2 individual state tennis tournament with a victory Tuesday in sectionals.

Nambiar and Dunn advanced with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Kickapoo's Claire Conway and Annie Lewis.

The other Jefferson City doubles team in action Tuesday, Susan Meyer and Bailey Patrick, lost 6-4, 6-0 to Kickapoo's Megan Zengel and Coral Tracy and failed to advance.

The individual state meet will be held Oct. 16-17 at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.

On Saturday, the entire Jefferson City team will play in the sectional/quarterfinal round at Kickapoo. The Lady Jays (17-8) will play Joplin (14-4) at 9 a.m. in a sectional pairing, with the winner moving on to play either Kickapoo (17-2) or Nixa (11-3) at 1 p.m. with a Final Four berth on the line.

The Lady Jays team returns to action in team sectionals against Joplin at 9 a.m. Saturday in Springfield.