Oskaloosa Girls Tennis Falls On The Road

The Oskaloosa Girls Tennis team hit the road again Thursday night to play Pella Christian.The weather was in the 50’s and sunny.

Even though we lost the meet 3-8, the girls continue to have a very positive attitude. With 17 out of 22 girls to have never played tennis before this season, it’s learn on the fly. The girls had some really nice rallies and serves got better tonight.

Picking up wins were Presley and Lucy respectively at #1 and #2 singles and then fighting back in there doubles match after dropping the first set. They got things going in the second set and rolled through the tiebreaker.

Varsity Singles:
#1 Pressley Blommers Won 6-2, 6-3 over Katy Roose
#2 Lucy Roach Won 7-6(7-4),6-3 over Claire Vander Molen
#3 Ava Ridenour Lost 1-6,0-6 against Sydney Van Arendonk
#4 Jenna DeBoef Lost 1-6,1-6 against Laurey Johnson
#5 Hannah Nelsonss Lost 1-6,2-6 against Rachel Lanferman
#6 Lexi Prather Lost 1-6,2-6 against Reagan DeVries

Varsity Doubles:
#1 Blommers & Roach Won 3-6,6-3 ,1-0(10-2) over Roose/ Van Arendonk
#2 Ridenour & Nelson Lost 0-6,2-6 against Vander Molen/ Johnson
#3 DeBoef & Prather Lost 0-6,0-6 against Lanferman/DeVries
#4 Kylie Teeter & Lily Bonnett Lost 2-6,1-6 against L. Mulder/ E. Vos
#5 Leah Cohrt & Lohgan Edgar Lost 0-6,0-6 against E. Van Soelen/ A. Breems

Junior Varsity:
#1 Lidia Pogany & Addison Landers
3-4
#2 Vivian Bolibaugh & Kobie Criss
3-4, 4-3, 3-6
#3 Addison Landers & Karley Armstrong
2-4, 3-6, 3-6
#4 Kelleigh Kinman & Aysica Morrow
2-4, 4-1
#5 Emma Whitt & Sahraya Probst
3-4, 4-0, 6-4
#6 Chloe Yang & Rayalin Russell
1-4, 3-4
#7 Karley Armstrong & Kylie Owens
4-1
#8 Lidia Pogany & Kylie Owens
4-1 4-2
#9 Kylie Owens & Rayalin Russell
6-2

The JV girls are learning a ton and have made huge improvments already this year. Our JV team is all freshman and many playing for the first time. We had a lot of matches tonight and the girls have fun and are competitive. We fell just short losing 8 to 10.