Visiting Carl Junction rallied to clip Joplin in a high school volleyball opener  in the gym at the 9-10 Campus on Tuesday night.

The Bulldogs prevailed 22-25, 25-14, 25-20.

“We needed to play our entire match like we did in the first game,” Eagle coach Staci Saunders said.

“But credit Carl Junction (coached by Sarah Wall),” Saunders said. “They flat dab hit the ball hard.

“I was proud of our defense,” Saunders said. “I thought we played well. The teams battled back and forth.

“There was great energy in the gym,” Saunders said. “The crowd was awesome. It was fun.”

Carl Junction leaders included Bradyn Wall (27 assists), Maria Chism (21 serve points), Katie Wiele (19 digs) and MacKenzie Irwin (11 kills, three blocks).

Joplin leaders included Erin Lawellin (15 assists, 11 points), Jenna Herr (18 digs), Olivia Hampton (six kills, three blocks) and Bekah Bjorklund (11 points).

Cardinals drop opener

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Playing under Arkansas volleyball guidlines, Springdale Har-Ber dropped Webb City in five sets, 17-25, 25-15, 25-15, 15-25, 15-10.

Jesse Heurtz led the Cardinals with seven assists. Mackenzie Lewis had four aces, two blocks and six kills.

Softball

College Heights 11, Wheaton 0

WHEATON, Mo. — Kirsty Green pitched a no-hitter, struck out 13 batters and walked one for College Heights Christian.

The Cougars plated six runs in the second inning to take control.

Hailey Riesenmy collected three hits and had an RBI. Brianna Shores, Green’s batterymate, picked up two hits and an RBI.  

Webb City 13, Monett 2

MONETT, Mo. — Webb City jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning en route to the nonconference victory.

Kaitlin Beason started in the circle for the Cardinals and scattered two hits over four innings, allowing an earned run and striking out seven. Alex Brake pitched two-hit ball and allowed a run over the final three innings with five strikeouts.

Desirae Buerge collected two hits and two runs batted in for the Cardinals, and Brake added two hits and an RBI. Webb City also received a double from Beason and triples from Buerge and Lacy Resa.

Soccer

Joplin 7, Lebanon 0

LEBANON, Mo. — Garrett Ward scored a hat trick in Joplin’s season-opening victory in an Ozark Conference match at Lebanon.

Two of Ward’s goals came in the first half as Joplin built a 3-0 halftime lead. Joplin outshot Lebanon 23-0.

“In the first half, we came out a little flat,” said Joplin head coach Ed Miller. “We changed some things around in the second half and did a lot better job. It was the first game, so we have some things to fix.”

Ryan Estus had four assists, two of them on goals by Domi Salcedo. Luis Santillan scored early in the second half with an assist by Will Krolman, and Justice Ward scored the Eagles seventh goal assisted by Estus. Locke McAllister assisted Ward’s third goal.

“I thought we did a great job moving the ball through the midfield,” Miller said. “The defense did a great job, moved the ball from side to side.”

Thomas Jefferson 4, Columbus 2

Freshman midfielder Alex Renfro had two goals and an assist as the Cavaliers successfully opened their season.

Thomas Jefferson scored three goals in the second half after a 1-1 stalemate.

Renfro was assisted by Mario Destephen in the first half and his second-half goal on an assist by Matt Eads made it 3-1.

John Bowman, who was assisted by Renfro, and Destephen had the other Cavalier goals.

Brice Bennett had both goals for the Titans.

College Heights 6, Webb City 1

Brantley Gossett is trying to make it tough for anyone to reach his career scoring record at College Heights Christian.

After breaking the school record in the Cougars’ last game, Gossett scored five times against Webb City for a total of 88 career goals ... and counting.

Kellen Grantham scored the other goal for the Cougars. They led 3-0 at the half before Gossett added a hat trick in the second half. Dalton Zarrabi contributed three assists and Josiah Braeckel had two.

“Our concern at the beginning of the year was defense,” Cougars coach Daniel Lewis said. “(Our players) are really stepping up and doing a good job.”

Chandler Johnson scored the Cardinals’ only goal, unassisted, in the 79th minute.

The Cougars fired 18 shots to the Cardinals’ three. Keeper Caleb Stratton had a pair of saves for the Cougars while River Orns had 10 for the Cardinals.

Tennis

Joplin earns sweep

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Joplin, after surpassing eligibility hurdles, had its team together for a doubleheader at the Cooper Complex.

The Eagles edged Camdenton 5-4 and West Plains 6-3.

Paula Lanta, Laela Zaidi, Sydney Butler and Sarah Ingle had singles victories against Camdenton, which nipped the Eagles in tournament play last week. The doubles team of Lanta-Zaidi also prevailed.

Against West Plains, Zaidi, Butler, Suma Ancha, Sarah Ingle and Gretchen White had singles wins. Lanta-Zaidi won in doubles.

“We played very well,” Eagles coach Sean McWilliams said. “We’re excited to have the whole team together. We had a couple of very solid wins. The girls stuck it out.” Catholic 5, Thomas Jefferson 3

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Irish spoiled the Cavaliers’ season debut.

Thisbe Schofield-Johnson and Evadne Rodriguez won in singles for Thomas Jefferson. Ophelia Chen and Scholfield-Johnson won for the Cavaliers at No. 1 doubles.

Thomas Jefferson, with just five players, forfeited two matches.

Golf

Carthage wins quad

Carthage edged Girard 190-194 in a quadrangular at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club. Joplin shot 210 and Carl Junction 228.

Joplin’s Samantha Stout was the medalist, carding a 40.

Courtney Catron led Carthage with a 44. Carly Heatherly matched that score for Girard and Madie Ferson had a 51 for Carl Junction.