Miners (5, 6) Pick Up Two More Wins Against Menominee (3) & Munising (2)

NEGAUNEE, MI – 9/18/2014 –The weather cooperated for the Negaunee Girls tennis team, and enabled them to pick up two more wins on the season to improve to 9-1-1.  The singles teams continued their dominance, not dropping a game in either meet.  According to Coach Saari, the doubles teams played, what he felt, was their best tennis of the season.  The results are as follows:

SINGLES vs. Menominee

1. Allison Carlson (Neg) def. Allison Odea (Men)  6-0, 6-0
2. Angie Ring (Neg) def. Liz Stegman (Men)  6-0, 6-0
3. Dana DeBretto (Neg) def. Linsey LaPointe (Men)  6-0, 6-0
4. Allison Ring (Neg) def. Carley Beyer (Men)  6-0, 6-0

SINGLES vs. Munising

1. Allison Carlson def. Frankie Mattson (Mun)  6-0, 6-0
2. Angie Ring def. Marissa Acherman (Mun)  6-1, 6-1
3. Dana DeBretto def. Kelsey Anderson (Mun)  6-0, 6-0
4. Allison Ring def. Marissa Immel (Mun)  6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES vs. Menominee

1. Hanna & Elly Kantola (Neg) def. Mikayla Kowley & Ali Christian (Mun)  6-1, 6-1
2. Danielle Saurie & P. Plutchak (Men) def. Lauren Anderson & Kassy Harsila (Neg)  6-3, 4-6, 6-4
3. Jodi LeMay & Madison Mitchell (Men) def. Megan Syrjala & Nicole Violetta (Neg)  6-4, 2-6, 6-2
4. Karli Beyer & Tess Mothies (Men) def. Brooke Bossert & Katrina Turecky (Neg)  1-6, 6-4, 7-5

DOUBLES vs. Munising

1. Adele Gendron & Alex Paquette (Mun) def. Hanna & Elly Kantola (Neg)  6-3, 7-6 [5]
2. Izzy Nebel & Basley Odums (Mun) def. Lauren Anderson & Kassy Harsila (Neg)  4-6, 6-4, 11-9
3. Megan Syrjala & Nicole Violetta (Neg) def. Taylor Kahlstoit & Morgan Flynn (Mun)  6-2, 2-6, 6-0
4. Brooke Bossert & Katrina Turecky (Neg) def. Via Oslettet & Sydney Grinis (Mun)

In his post (vs. Munising) meet statement, Head Coach Kyle Saari had this to say:

“Today was a perfect day to play weather-wise.  Our four doubles played the best matches of their year so far.  There was a really nice match at #1 doubles too that will help us in the long run.  As a team, we’re very close to where we want to be.”

The Miners will be hosting the MPC meet next Wednesday, September 24th starting at 10am.  The season is wrapping up quickly, so be sure to keep up with all of the action with us here at Sunny.FM!

-Carl Leander Johnson