TENNIS TIE: Delta County Rivals Battle To Draw

GLADSTONE---The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played two matches on Monday. Well, sort of. The Eskymos beat the Braves in the completion of a suspended match, and then the two teams played to a 4-4 tie in Gladstone.

It rained two weeks ago in Escanaba, and seven of the eight matches were completed, with Escanaba winning four of them and Gladstone taking three.

The only match that wasn't complete...the #4 singles match between Escanaba's Amber Young and Gladstone's Lilly Griebel. That match was tied after two sets, and the third set was finished on Monday. Yang won the final set, 6-3, so Escanaba won the match, 5-3.

The regularly-scheduled match was about as close as can be, with both the Eskymos and Braves winning two singles matches and two doublesmatches apiece.

The only match to go three sets was at #3 singles, with Gladstone's Kate Matthews topping Escanaba's Ukiah Penegor in come-from-behinf fashion, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos and video clips from Monday's match.

ESCANABA ESKYMOS 4, GLADSTONE BRAVES 4

Singles

No. 1 - Andie Balenger, GLADSTONE def. Jasmine Clark, ESCANABA, 6-4, 6-4.

No. 2 - Jacey Moreau, ESCANABA def. Alaina Trudeau, GLADSTONE, 6-4, 6-1.

No. 3 - Kate Matthews, GLADSTONE def. Ukiah Penegor, ESCANABA, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

No. 4 - Amber Yang, ESCANABA def. Lilly Griebel, GLADSTONE, 6-3, 6-0.

Doubles

No. 1 - Maddy Ide - Alison Sommers, ESCANABA def. Marnnea Lafave - Olivia Saari, GLADSTONE, 6-3, 6-3.

No. 2 - Emma Delaire - Emily Marenger, GLADSTONE def. Anna Branstrom - Laura Sliva, ESCANABA, 6-4, 6-3.

No. 3 - Madison Mishica - Gracie Wickham, ESCANABA def. Alesha Marenger - Sara Eilola, GLADSTONE, 6-2, 6-4,

No. 4 - Emma Wagner - Taelor Zeise, GLADSTONE def. Rylee Kuehl - Ashley Sylvester, ESCANABA, 6-1, 6-3.