Prairie won three extra set matches and beat Jefferson, 5-4, Saturday in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys tennis meet at Prairie.

The Hawks won the meet when its No. 2 doubles team of Jeremy Cline and Tyce Hoskins won a hard-fought third set match from Jefferson's Jacob Donald and Daniel Britton, 10-8. Cline and Hoskins won the first set on a tiebreaker, 7-6 (6-2) but Donald and Britton won the second, 6-4.

The Hawks forced an extra set twice in singles to keep their hopes alive. Prairie's Kevin LeCaptain beat Donald in a second-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (6-4) then beat the Jefferson freshman 11-9 in a third set for the No. 2 singles match. The Hawks' Derek Willard did likewise to Jefferson's Alec Saunders at No. 6 singles. Saunders won the first set, 6-3, Willard won the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (6-1) then took the third, 10-7, for the match.

The match was tied, 3-3, after singles.

The Prairie No. 1 doubles team of Kyle Suther and LeCaptain disposed of Jefferson's Eddie Segarra and Andrew Miller, 6-3, 6-3. Jefferson's No. 3 doubles team of Andrew Meyer and Caleb Pfeil disposed of Prairie's Derek Wheatley and Tim Ferry also in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.

Prairie 5, Jefferson 4

Singles
1. Eddie Segarra (J) def. Kyle Suther, 6-4, 6-1
2. Kevin LeCaptain (P) def. Jacob Donald, 5-7, 7-6 (4) 11-9
3. Andrew Miller (J) def. Jeremy Cline, 6-3, 6-4
4. Tyce Hoskins (P) def. Andrew Meyer, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
5. Daniel Britton (J) def. Derek Wheatley, 6-1, 6-1
6. Derek Willard (P) def. Alec Saunders, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 10-7

Doubles
1. Suther/LeCaptain (P) def. Segarra/Miller, 6-3, 6-3
2. Cline/Hoskins (P) def. Donald/Britton, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 10-8
3. Meyer/Caleb Pfeil (J) def. Wheatley/Tim Ferry, 6-3, 6-4