The Milbank Area girls tennis team added two wins to its season and moved to 5-5 overall following the Brandon Valley Invitational September 11... Bulldog Netters Collect Wins

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The Milbank Area girls tennis team added two wins to its season and moved to 5-5 overall following the Brandon Valley Invitational September 11 and 12. “I am very pleased with the girls winning 7-2 and 6-3 on Saturday over Rapid City Central and Spearfish,” stated head tennis coach Jim Dahl. “It was a good two days for the team with plenty of tennis. Two matches used the three-set format and the other two, the ten-game pro sets.”
The Lady Bulldogs dropped 9-0 to Brandon Valley and Sioux Falls Lincoln in their first two matches Friday. The locals came back to win 7-2 over Rapid City Central and 6-3 over Spearfish Saturday.
Paige Johnson had a strong three-set loss to Sioux Falls Lincoln at number three singles. Rebekah Tuchscherer had a close loss at 7-10 with her opponent from Brandon Valley at the number four singles position.

Following are the complete results from the Brandon Valley Invitational:

Milbank Area 0, Brandon Valley 9

Singles

1. Cara Berkner fell to Jessica Sadler, 10-0; 2. Tatiana Stemsrud lost to Marie Schmitz, 10-3; 3. Paige Johnson dropped to Sophia Janssen, 10-5; 4. Rebekah Tuchscherer fell to Chandler Hastad, 10-7; 5. Jamie DeVaal lost to Tanna Lehfeldt, 10-1; 6. Sarah Jarman dropped to Katie Wright, 10-2.

Doubles

1. Berkner/Tuchscherer fell to Sadler/Schmitz, 10-2; 2. Stemsrud/Johnson lost to Hastad/Lechfeldt, 10-6; 3. Jamie DeVaal/Jarman dropped to Janssen/Wright, 10-1.

Exhibition

Jodi DeVaal fell to Kate Lundberg, 10-7.

Milbank Area 0, Sioux Falls Lincoln 9

Singles

1. Cara Berkner fell to Jess Ackert, 6-0, 6-2; 2. Tatiana Stemsrud lost to Meredith Benson, 6-1,6-0; 3. Paige Johnson dropped to Emily Whitney, 7-6, (7-5) 6-4; 4. Rebekah Tuchscherer fell to Ava Leonard, 6-2, 6-0; 5. Jamie DeVaal lost to Sarah Ponwith, 6-0, 6-0; 6. Sarah Jarman dropped to Brooke Lavrien, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles

1. Berkner/Johnson fell to Ackert/Benson, 6-0, 6-2; 2. Stemsrud/Tuchscherer lost to Whitney/Leonard, 6-3, 6-2; 3. Jamie DeVaal/Jarman dropped to Ponwith/Lavrien, 6-0, 6-0.

Exhibition

Jodi DeVaal fell to Margaret Heege, 6-1, 6-1.

Milbank Area 7, Rapid City Central 2

Singles

1. Cara Berkner defeated Hayien Franke, 6-2, 6-0; 2. Tatiana Stemsrud won over Sage Hurley, 6-3, 6-4; 3. Paige Johnson fell to Roordoax, 6-2, 6-4, 10-3 MTB; 4. Rebekah Tuchscherer defeated Karen Ly, 6-0, 6-0; 5. Jamie DeVaal won over Genesia Reynolds, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 MTB; 6. Sarah Jarman downed Emily Toms, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5).

Doubles

1. Berkner/Stemsrud defeated Franke/Ly, 6-2, 2-6, 10-4 MTB; 2. Johnson/Tuchscherer won over Hurley/Roordoax, 6-2, 6-2; 3. Jamie DeVaal/Jarman lost to Reynolds/Toms, 6-0, 7-5.

Exhibition

Jodi DeVaal defeated Dayten Franke, 6-2; Jodi DeVaal fell to McKenzy Crowley, 6-3.

Milbank Area 6, Spearfish 3

Singles

1. Cara Berkner defeated Maren Long, 10-8; 2. Tatiana Stemsrud won over Gabby Lewis, 10-1; 3. Paige Johnson downed Anne Marie Rolando, 10-1; 4. Rebekah Tuchscherer defeated Madison Kailfors, 10-0; 5. Jamie DeVaal fell to Hannah Punn, 10-1; 6. Sarah Jarman lost to Sierra F. 10-4.

Doubles

1. Berkner/Stemsrud defeated Long/Kailfors, 10-6; 2. Johnson/Tuchscherer won over Lewis/Punn, 10-2; 3. Jamie DeVaal/Jarman fell 10-3.

Exhibition

Jodi DeVaal defeated Shawnda McDaniel, 10-3.

JUNIOR VARSITY
Milbank Area JV 5, LQPV, MN, JV, 4

The Milbank Area junior varsity team hosted LQPV, MN, September 14 at Cantine Courts in Milbank and came away with a 5-4 victory. The JV team improved to 3-2 on the season. The locals started out with a 2-1 advantage after doubles play with wins from Halli Essington/Jenna Johnson and Kaitlin Schmitt/Bailey Frerichs. In singles action, Essington, Frerichs and Schmitt defeated their opponents to give the young Lady Bulldogs the slight one-point advantage.
Following are the results from the match:

Singles

1. Rhianna Cantine fell 8-2; 2. Halli Essington won 8-4; 3. Rhianna Welberg lost 8-3; 4. Jenna Johnson dropped 8-5; 5. Kaitlin Schmitt won 8-6; 6. Bailey Frerichs won 8-6.

Doubles

1. Cantine/Welberg fell 8-5; 2. Essington/Johnson won 8-2; 3. Schmitt/Frerichs won 8-4.

Exhibition

Shelby Lee won 6-3; Mackenzie Michels won 6-4; Lee/Michels won 8-5.

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