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On Thursday, Carbon traveled to Manti for a match on the tennis courts. It was not a good day for the Dinos as they were swept 5-0.
Lindsey Snow lost 1-6, 1-6. Ana Olivas fell 0-6, 2-6 while Nicole Swasey was defeated 1-6, 2-6. Lizzie Blackburn and Alex Cartwright won the first set 6-4 but lost the match after losing the next two sets 5-7 and 5-10. Tennysen Coon and Kaydance Scovill also came up short with 2-6, 2-6.
The team was on the road on Friday and Saturday to participate in the Uintah Basin Mash-Up. The competition included serval schools and consisted of a one set, first to eight games in every round.
Carbon played Uintah in the first round and was swept for the second consecutive match. The Lady Dinos rebounded in the second round to beat Grand 3-2. Snow and both doubles teams featuring Coon and Scoville and Cartwright and Blackburn won their respective matches to lead Carbon to the win.
Round three found the Lady Dinos narrowly defeated by Union, 2-3. Again, Carbon bounced back well and beat Canyon View 4-1. Snow won her last three sets of the mash-up. Swasey, Olivas, and Cartwright and Blackburn all left the tournament with a victory in round four.