The Mendota girls’ tennis team opened the new season with a 4-2 setback at Dixon on Aug. 21.
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The Mendota girls’ tennis team opened the new season with a 4-2 setback at Dixon on Aug. 21.
Picking up wins for the Lady Trojans were the doubles teams of Paityn Barkman-Bradyn Chandler and Pearl Taylor-Reiss Buettner.
Aug. 21
Dixon 4, Mendota 2
Singles: No. 1 – Bally (D) def. Hannah Ambler (M), 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 – Sneek (D) def. Dasie Newkirk (M), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: No. 1 – Bay-Sohail (D) def. Emma Boatman-Gillian Sondgeroth (M), 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 – Paityn Barkman-Bradyn Chandler (M) def. Tribley-Russell (D), 6-2, 2-6 (10-6); No. 3 – Pearl Taylor-Reiss Buettner (M) def. Becker-Olade (D), 6-3, 6-4; No. 4 – Bally-Sneek (D) def. Katherine Wohrley-Rachel Brandner (M), 8-1
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Mendota competed in the Sterling Newman Tournament on Aug. 25 at Sterling. The Lady Trojans finished sixth in the eight-team tournament with 13 points. Belvidere and Newman were the co-champions with 25 points apiece.
Both of Mendota’s singles players – Hannah Ambler and Dasie Newkirk – finished in seventh place in their bracket, as did the doubles team of Barkman-Chandler. Mendota’s other doubles team comprised of Emma Boatman and Gillian Sondgeroth made it to the championship match where they were beaten by a duo from Sterling Newman.
Aug. 25 – Newman Tournament
Belvidere 25, Newman 25, Princeton 24, St. Bede 21, Rockford Lutheran 21, Mendota 13, Kewanee 8, Aces 7
No. 1 singles – Szczepaniak (SB) def. Ambler (M), 6-3, 6-2; Chilton (RL) def. Ambler (M), 6-2, 7-6; Ambler (M) def. Schaab (A), 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 singles – Young (RL) def. Newkirk (M), 6-3, 6-1; Ardis (SN) def. Newkirk (M), 6-3, 6-0; Newkirk (M) received bye
No. 1 doubles – Hochstatter-Carlone (P) def. Barkman-Chandler (M), 6-3, 6-3; Kapraun-Echols (SB) def. Barkman-Chandler (M), 6-1, 1-6 (10-7); Barkman-Chandler (M) def. Fontanez-Duarte (K), 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 doubles – Boatman-Sondgeroth (M) def. Aces, 6-0, 6-2; Boatman-Sondgeroth (M) def. Borys-Brown (P), 4-6, 6-1 (10-7); Klein-Ryan (SN) def. Boatman-Sondgeroth (M), 6-2, 6-1