Clear Lake girls tennis rolling over competition

The Clear Lake girls tennis team squeezed a lot of their season into one week- and they did it very successfully.

CL 8, Osage 1

On Monday, April 23, the Lions were at Osage and dominated in an 8-1 win to improve to 3-0.  A highlight of the match was sophomore Julia Merfeld’s first varsity singles win. “She showed promise with her shot placement and hustle and her win sealed the overall match for us,” said Coach Mary Jo Peterson. “Each player had a game plan in mind today and stuck to it.  Our doubles also communicated well and made big points at the net.”

Singles:

Gretchen Jones (CL) defeated Hailey Gentz, 10-1.

Chloe Mueller (CL) defeated Erica Nasstrom, 10-2.

Maranda Harrison (CL) defeated Anna Miller, 10-1.

Mikayla Brant (CL) lost to Savannah Williams, 0-10.

Irene Swanson (CL) defeated Victoria Schwarting, 10-3.

Julia Merfeld (CL) defeated Claire Sullivan, 10-3.

Doubles:

Harrison/Mueller (CL) over Gentz/Nasstrom, 10-2.

Jones/Merfeld (CL) over Miller/Sullivan, 10-0.

Swanson/Bailey Goldberg (CL) won, 10-7.

JV Scores:

Mallory Leisure/Kaitlyn Pinkham lost, 4-8.

Leisure over Emily Hemann, 6-0.

Pinkham lost  to Desi Chanel, 0-6.

Jessica Theobald/Kara Reineke lost ,1-3 and tied 2-2

Lil Bergan/Kaila Savage won 3-1 and lost 0-4

Stephanie Penning/Lydia Futrell tied 2-2, won 3-1, and lost 1-3

Mia Katter/Nikki Tesar ost 1-3, won 3-1, and won 4-0

Kaley Meyer/Mattea Skinner lost 0-4, 0-4, and tied 2-2

Abbi Parcher/Gabby Gaubatz  lost 0-4 and 0-4

Dani Mennenga/Rita Patrick  lost 0-4 and tied 2-2

Kara Branstad/Bardha Ahmedi  lost 0-4 and 1-4

JV Singles:

Jessica Theobald won, 4-0

Lil Bergan won, 3-1

Kara Reineke lost, 0-4

CL 8, Charles City 1

The Lions continued to roll on Tuesday, April 24, as they shot down the Charles City Comets, 8-1.  Coach Peterson noted her players needed to make adjustments in the windy conditions.

Singles:

Gretchen Jones defeated Jodie Sinlinger, 10-2

Chloe Mueller defeated Amy Boggess, 10-1

Maranda Harrison defeated McKenzie Wilson, 10-1

Mikayla Brant defeated Taylor Walters, 10-7

Irene Swanson  defeated Kayla Kellogg, 10-5

Bailey Goldberg  defeated Joclyn Cotton, 10-3

Doubles:

Mueller/Harrison  defeated Sinlinger/Boggess, 8-4

Jones/Merfeld  defeated Wilson/Walters, 8-4

Brant/Leisure lost to  Kellogg/Cotton 4-

JV Scores:

Katelyn Pinkham/Jessica Theobald lost 3-4 and won 4-1

Kara Reineke/Lil Bergan lost, 3-4

Kaila Savage/Lydia Futrell lost, 3-4

Stephanie Penning/Kaley Meyer lost, 3-4

Abbi Parcher/Mia Katter lost, 1-4

Mattea Skinner/Nikki Tesar won, 4-2

Gabby Gaubatz/Kara Branstad lost, 1-4

Dani Mennenga/Rita Patrick lost, 1-4

CL 5, MC 4

The Lions kept their record perfect with a close 5-4 victory over Mason City Friday, April 27. The Match featured four super-tiebreakers.  The Lions only won one of the super-tiebreakers, but it made the difference in the final score.

Clear Lake found itself up, 4-2 after singles play.

Gretchen Jones outpaced Bailey Vandusseldorp,  6-2, 6-1; Chloe Mueller defeated Grace Henrich, 6-3, 6-3; and Maranda Harrison defeated Lauren Andrews, 6-1, 6-2.  Mikayla Brant finished off and won a crucial match at number five singles, 4-6, 6-4 and 10-3 in super tie-breaker.

The remaining two singles matches were also close.   Irene Swanson dropped her match 3-6, 4-6 to Peyton Carpenter, and Julia Merfeld lost a super tie-breaker 10-2 after fighting her way back from a 3-6 first set and 6-3 second.

The doubles team of Jones and Mueller scored the fifth win for Clear Lake with their solid play and win over Henrich and Andrews, 6-2, 6-3.

Harrison and Merfeld won their first set 6-3, but lost the second 1-6 and eventually lost the super tie-breaker 5-10.  The team of Swanson and Bailey Goldberg lost the first set 4-6, but came back to win the second.  They also lost their super tie-breaker, 3-10.

“We had a lot of close matches, but we have to work on finishing off important points. Fortunately,