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. 

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