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Waseca tennis squad splits at Rochester
By DALE KUGATH
Scoop Sports Editor
ROCHESTER - The Waseca tennis team continued its rugged first week of the season with a split against two Big Nine Conference foes from Rochester Aug. 27.
Coach Kyle Collins's Jays could win just one match in a 6-1 loss to Rochester Mayo.
The Bluejays bounced back with a 4-3 victory over Rochester John Marshall.
Waseca is 2-2 overall in its first week of the season.
Mayo
Sophomore Shanly Nelson was the lone Waseca winner as the Mayo Spartans rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Bluejays in the first of two matches Friday.
Nelson's win came at the fourth singles' position where she defeated Mayo junior Marion Renault in straight sets, 6-1 and 7-6 (1).
Waseca was no match for Rochester in the remaining singles' matches, all going to the Spartans in decisive straight sets.
Caitlyn Hayford suffered a pair of 6-2 setbacks to Mayo freshman Meryl Nath at third singles.
At second singles, Rochester eighth-grader Kate Rosenow overwhelmed Taylor Nelson by identical 6-0 scores.
Abby Collins lost her first singles' match to Spartan eighth-grader Kylie Boyer, 6-0 and 6-2.
The Bluejays put up a better fight at the doubles' matches, but could not get any wins.
At the top doubles' position, junior Jacqueline Cliby and sophomore Paige Becher teamed up to defeat Lexie Ulfers and Hannah Flor of the Bluejays, 6-3 and 6-2.
Senior Jessica Edwards and freshman Delany Edwards had no problem holding off Bluejays Tessa Krueger and Alicia Knoll at second doubles by identical 6-1 scores.
Madi Zimmerman and Abbe Hoehn of Waseca had the best doubles' match at the third position.
They lost to Mayo senior Hannah Stroebel and junior Christina Hagen by a 6-3, 7-6 (6) margin.
Mayo romped to a 9-2 victory in the junior varsity match.
John Marshall
Two singles' wins and a pair of doubles' victories propelled the Bluejays to a 4-3 triumph over Rochester John Marshall in the second match of Friday's doubleheader.
Ulfers and Krueger teamed up at the top doubles' position and provided the Jays with a dominating 6-1, 6-0 victory over junior Laura Van Vooren and freshman Ashley Jochurn of the Rockets.
Waseca added another doubles' win at the third position. Zimmerman and Bailey Krueger rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Rochester sophomores Christine Gorman and Lizzy Parry.
The Jays clinched the win with singles' victories at the third and fourth positions.
At third singles, Hayford dominated JM junior Susie Han by a pair of 6-1 decisions.
Shanly Nelson needed three sets for her win at fourth singles. She defeated Rocket sophomore Claire Kingsley 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Rochester earned wins at the top two singles' spots.
At first singles, JM junior Katie Krull defeated Waseca's Collins 6-3 and 6-4.
Taylor Nelson lost her second singles' match, falling to Rochester seventh-grader Steff Tetzloff 6-2 and 7-5.
Waseca also lost at second doubles. Knoll and Hoehn lost a three-setter to JM junior Rachel Yadlosky and sophomore Melissa Parry 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1).
The Waseca and John Marshall junior varsities tied 6-6.
Waseca has a non-conference match at Northfield Sept. 1.
The Bluejays open South Central Conference play at St. Peter Sept. 9
Mayo 6, Waseca 1
1)-Boyer (RM) def. Collins (W) 6-0, 6-2.
2)-Rosenow (RM) def. T. Nelson (W) 6-0, 6-0.
3)-Nath (RM) def. Hayford (W) 6-2, 6-2.
4)-S. Nelson (W) def. Renault (RM) 6-1, 7-6 (1).
Doubles
1)-Becher/Cliby (RM) def. Ulfers/Flor (W) 6-3, 6-2.
2)-J. Edwards/D. Edwards (RM) def. Krueger/Knoll (W) 6-1, 6-1.
3)-Stroebel/Hagan (RM) def. Zimmerman/Hoehn (W) 6-1, 7-6 (6).
Waseca 4, JM 3
1)-Krull (JM) def. Collins (W) 6-3, 6-4.
2)-Tetzloff (JM) def. T. Nelson (W) 6-2, 7-5.
3)-Hayford (W) def. Han (JM) 6-1, 6-1.
4)-S. Nelson (W) def. Kingsley (JM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles
1)-Ulfers/Krueger (W) def. Jochurn/Van Vooren (JM) 6-1, 6-0.
2)-Yadlosky/M. Parry (JM) def. Knoll/Hoehn (W) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1).
3)-Zimmerman/B. Krueger (W) def. Gorman/L. Parry (JM) 6-3, 6-1.
NEXT: Sept. 1-Waseca at Northfield, 3:45 p.m.
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