Gladstone Falls At Westwood; Eskymos Rained Out
WEST ISHPEMING---The Gladstone High School girls tennis team lost to the Westwood Patriots, 7-1, on Monday in West Ishpeming. Bridget Becker earned the Braves' only win at #2 singles. The #1 doubles match was a marathon, with Westwood's Katie Rankinen and Shana Caliguri outlasting Gladstone's Anna Caramella and Paige Schwartz in three sets. The third set went on for nearly an hour, with the Westwood girls prevailing, 11-9. Meanwhile, the Escanaba Eskymos drove to Gwinn on Monday, but it started to rain and the match with the Model Towners was postponed. In other U.P. girls tennis matches on Monday, Negaunee beat Marquette, 7-1, while West Iron County topped Menominee, 6-2, and Kingsford beat Iron Mountain, 7-1. Gladstone hosts Iron Mountain on Tuesday at 4:45 ET at Pfotenhauer Park. Escanaba travels to Marquette Tuesday afternoon. at WESTWOOD PATRIOTS (7), GLADSTONE BRAVES (1) Singles #1 Courtney Beauchamp (WW) def. Lauren Parrett (Glad), 6-3, 6-2. #2 Bridget Becker (Glad) def. Gabby Hebert (WW), 6-0, 6-0. #3 Rachel Anderson (WW) def. Mollie Wiltzius (Glad), 6-0, 6-1. #4 Lauren Farley (WW) def. Kacie Tryan (Glad), 6-3, 6-2. Doubles #1 Katie Rankinen/Shana Caliguri (WW) def. Anna Caramella/Paige Schwartz (Glad), 3-6, 7-5, 11-9. #2 Faith Leroy/Olivia Derocha (WW) def. Bailey Griebel/Carly DeVet (Glad), 6-4, 7-6. #3 Lacey Pietro/Jamee Ferris (WW) def. Ashley Letzian/Kara Salo (Glad), 6-0, 6-1. #4 Emily Carlson/Bridget Wood (WW) def. Alyssa Johnson/Paige Loehr (Glad), 6-0, 6-3. |