Isabella Abrahams showed off her stuff in her first singles match against a very athletic Cate Kehoe. Bella did a great job of pushing Cate back in the court and taking advantage when she was given a short ball. The two played a very tight first set that Bella took 6-4 before she just became too much for Cate to fight off and Bella earned the second set relatively easily at 6-1. Bella is really coming into her own at this first singles position and dictating play well. This was a great match for her. Ruby Ellison simply rolled through her match 6-1, 6-0. Ruby has just been dominating her matches in this second spot by playing smart and aggressive tennis. Ruby has a very solid all-court game that has been spot on so far this year.
Layla Zosel follows through on her forehand. PHOTO PROVIDED
In doubles action, Hattie Fullhart and Ashtyn Lill continue to dominate their matches, dropping just a couple games to start the match. Once these two get rolling, they have been working very well and finding success. One goal for them will be to always come right out of the gate at full throttle. Against the best players in the section, you cannot afford a slow start, so we will target that as a new goal for them. Our other doubles win came from Dillyn Lill and Carsyn Lill at 3rd doubles. This duo dropped just one game in their 6-0, 6-1 victory. Carsyn and Dillyn are really finding success in large part to their court awareness and ability to execute the right shot at the right time. They aren't going to overpower anybody or get real flashy, but they are proving to be steady and consistent each time they step on the court.
This was another nice team win for us today. Now we're grabbing ice cream and a little air conditioning before we host Moorhead in a section 8AA matchup at 4:30 this afternoon.
Isabella Abrahmas reaches out for a backhand return. PHOTO PROVIDED
Layla Zosel played in the third singles slot this morning in our closest match of the day. Layla started a bit slow today and had to work her way into her match. After dropping the first set 6-4, she was able to flip the switch and play much more her style of tennis, winning the second set 6-1 and the third set super tiebreaker 10-6. Layla should be gaining confidence each match as she adjusts to her new varsity role this season. This was a great comebacker for Layla today. Ali Bredenberg snagged another singles win pretty handily in the 4th singles slot.
Singles:
1. Isabella Abrahams (FF) defeated Cate Kehoe (M) 6-4, 6-1.
2. Ruby Ellison (FF) defeated Chloe Zimmel (M) 6-1, 6-0.
3. Layla Zosel (FF) defeated Lilia Asmus (M) 4-6, 6-1, 10-6.
4. Ali Bredenberg (FF) defeated Ava Breuer (M) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles:
1. Hattie Fullhart/Ashtyn Lill (FF) defeated Ashley Koehl/Nora Meek (M) 6-2, 6-1.
2. Grace Hauglie/Izajbell Hoffman (M) defeated Clara Stephan/Kaia Ness (FF) k7-5, 6-2.
3. Dillyn Lill/Carsyn Lill (FF) defeated Heidi Seales/Ellen Reed (M) 6-0, 6-1.
JV wins:
Maddie Lien/Kylie King 8-3, Annie Mayer/Siiri Smestad 8-1. Annie Proudfoot 8-5.
