While the Shawano Community High School girls tennis team singles players lost some close matches, two doubles teams had success against Green Bay West in a nonconference match Monday in Shawano.
With a sweep of the singles matches, West won the meet 5-2, but Shawano’s No. 1 and No. 3 doubles teams earned victories.
The No. 1 doubles team of Sara Hockenstad and Meghan Hoffman had no trouble defeating West’s Stormy Beauchamp and Breanna Johnson, 6-1, 6-1.
“They played really well,” Shawano coach Tom Webster said. “They were aggressive at the net, they were consistent with their serves, they really hustled. I was very impressed with their win today, only allowing the other team two games.”
A patchwork No. 3 doubles team of Nick Ainsworth and Kathryn Kugel, who was filling in for an ill Louisa Keenan, won their first set against Morgan Yates and Mallory Shefchik, 6-3, but dropped the second set, 6-3. The SCHS duo rallied to win the match, taking the third set 6-4.
“Three doubles had never played together before,” Webster said. “I had to bring up Kathryn, who is our first JV person, and they pulled it out. … It takes a while to get used to (playing with someone new). I was impressed with that.”
Shawano’s No. 2 doubles team of Kelly Mastey and Sydney Steinbach lost to Megan Leisgang and Emilie Smith, 6-3, 6-1.
The day’s top match, which took nearly 2 1/2 hours to complete, was at No. 2 singles. Shawano’s Isabelle Carroll took the first set against Skylar Phillips 6-2, but lost the second set 7-5. Carroll went on to lose the third set, 6-4.
“Isabelle had a heart-breaker today losing in three sets,” Webster said. “Two-and-a-half hours on the court, that’s a long time.”
At No. 3 singles, the Hawks’ Hannah Neumann lost to Raeann Daley 7-6 in their first set after a 7-5 tiebreaker. Neumann lost the second set 6-1.
“Hannah had a was a great first set,” Webster said. “She lost 7-5 in a tiebreak against a girl who was very relentless, would get everything back. She had a good battle there.”
No. 4 Holly Schwecke lost to Kalina Bathke, 6-4, 7-5.
Shawano No. 1 singles player Courtney Ainsworth was swept by Janna Uhde, 6-0, 6-0.
“They haven’t played since a week ago Thursday, and I could tell some of them were a little rusty,” Webster said. “Things that we really have to have from the get-go, we really didn’t have. Some people won their first set and kind of let up a little bit and let them back in.”
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