There’s working overtime. And then there’s what Shannon Sollars of the Orange women’s tennis team did on Tuesday night. Sollars and Cedar Ridge’s Cameron Mayhew engaged in a four-hour match at #2 singles that remarkably didn’t extend into a third set. With the lights on at Orange High Tennis Center, Sollars finally ended the struggle by winning a second-set tiebreaker 9-7 to take the match. Sollars won the opening set 7-5. If that wasn’t enough Shannon teamed with her younger sister Erin to win the only doubles match 6-4 as the Lady Panthers defeated Cedar Ridge 5-2. It was Orange’s sixth straight win over the Red Wolves in women’s tennis. Shannon Sollars is now 4-2 in singles matches this year for Orange and has won eight overall matches. Erin Sollars is 5-3 in singles play this season. With the win, Orange improves to 5-2 overall and is in sole possession of second place in the Central Carolina Conference. Last season, the Lady Panthers won a match in the 3A State Dual Team Playoffs. They will continue its hunt to a second straight trip to the postseason when they travel to Roxboro and face Person on Thursday. 

Orange tennis’ Erin & Shannon Sollars discuss win over Cedar Ridge

There’s working overtime. And then there’s what Shannon Sollars of the Orange women’s tennis team did on Tuesday night. Sollars and Cedar Ridge’s Cameron Mayhew engaged in a four-hour match at #2 singles that remarkably didn’t extend into a third set.

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