Escanaba Tennis Ties Negaunee; Gladstone Loses
The Escanaba High School tennis team faced its biggest dual meet challenge of the season on Monday, and the Eskymo girls ended up with a 4-4 tie against the Negaunee Miners. The result kept both the Eskymos and Miners undefeated in dual meets. Meanwhile, Gladstone lost on the road at Ishpeming, 5-3. The Braves won three of the four singles matches, but were swept in all four doubles encounters. In other matches on Monday, Marquette edged Kingsford, 5-3, Westwood shut out Gwinn, 8-0; and Iron Mountain slipped past Menominee, 5-3. The individual statistics from the Escanaba-Negaunee match were unavailable as of Monday night. The stats from the Gladstone-Ishpeming match are posted below. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos and videos from the Escanaba-Negaunee match. Monday's result: ISHPEMING 5, GLADSTONE 3 Singles 1. Jessica Penale (Ish) def. Paige Schwartz (Glad), 6-2, 6-3. 2. Kacie Tryan (Glad) def. Kassey Kytola (Ish), 6-0, 6-0. 3. Kirsten Williams (Glad) def. Emma Bleau (Ish), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. 4. Shelby Marinucci (Glad) def. Ashley Bertucci (Ish), 6-4, 6-2. Doubles 1. Libbie Doney/Hailley Thompson (Ish) def. Paige Loehr/Kara Salo (Glad), 6-1, 6-2. 2. Jordan Christian/Alexis Lyke (Ish) def. Sophia Lippens/Sydney Herioux (Glad), 6-3, 6-2. 3. Madison Pruett/Kaeleigh Talbacka (Ish) def. Taylor Berthaume/Kelly Godfrey (Glad), 6-1, 6-1. 4. Jayden Andriacchi/Kassidy Pirkola (Ish) def. Nicole Noblett/Claire Tembruell (Glad), 6-2, 6-1. Monday's result: ESCANABA 4, NEGAUNEE 4 Individual Results not reported |