St. A, EHS Lose in Tennis Competition

Effingham St. Anthony played host to Mount Zion and fell to the visitors 8-1 in tennis competition Thursday.

The lone point for the Bulldogs came in the No. 3 doubles spot as Kelly Rentfrow and Megan Schmidt tallied 6-0, 6-1 victories.

At St. Anthony

Singles

No. 1 -- Megan Balgeman (MZ) defeated Jenny Walters (SA), 7-5, 6-1

No. 2 -- Mara Lebo (MZ) defeated Anna Schutzbach (SA), 6-2, 7-5

No. 3 -- Marissa Gissler (MZ) defeated Kelly Rentfrow (SA), 6-7, 7-6, 7-5

No. 4 -- Megan Crosby (MZ) defeated Tierney Hammer (SA), 6-4, 6-2

No. 5 -- Meredith Jones (MZ) defeated Mary Claire Wegman (SA), 6-0, 6-4

No. 6 -- Anna Hobson (MZ) defeated Paige Koester (SA), 9-7

Doubles

No. 1 -- Crosby-Lebo (MZ) defeated Walters-Lexie Niebrugge (SA), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

No. 2 -- Johnson-Stoecker (MZ) defeated Hammer-Koester (SA), 6-4, 7-6 (5)

No. 3 -- Rentfrow-Schmidt (SA) defeated Gissler-Jones (MZ), 6-0, 6-1

Exhibition

Caili Moore-Carisa Krutsinger (MZ) defeated Wegman-Niebrugge (SA), 8-4

At Olney

Olney High School claimed a 9-0 victory over Effingham. The Tigers went 6-0, 6-0 through five of the six singles matches and took the No. 3 spot 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles play, Olney won at No. 1 6-0, 6-1, claimed the No. 2 spot 6-0, 6-0 and took the No. 3 spot 6-2, 7-6.

At Olney

Singles

No. 1 -- Kelsey Shipman (O) defeated Emma Kull (E), 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 -- Alex Kauble (O) defeated Kyra Bannister (E), 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 -- Jaclyn Shan (O) defeated Megan Allen (E), 6-0, 6-1

No. 4 -- Nicole Shan (O) defeated Ashley Workman (E), 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 -- Sydney Shan (O) defeated Savannah Blake (E), 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 -- Audrey Jensen (O) defeated Miranda Johnson (E), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Shipman-Kauble (O) defeated Kull-Bannister (E), 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 -- N. Shan-Jensen (O) defeated Allen-Haley Miller (E), 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 -- Rachel Snyder-Payton Murphy (O) defeated Workman-Johnson (E), 6-2, 7-6

Exhibition

Megan Hendseman-Kenna Steber (O) defeated Tessa Walter-Olivia Miller (E), 6-0; Tolani Ginder (O) defeated Miller (E), 6-0; Rachel Woods-Keelyn Bailey (O) defeated Blake-Miller (E), 6-0; Walter (E) defeated Hendseman (O), 6-0; Blake-Miller (E) defeated Morgan-Heiler (O), 6-3