JANESVILLE - Monroe's tennis team went 2-0-1 during Wednesday's Janesville Craig Invitational at Palmer Park.
Monroe topped Jefferson 6-1 in the first round, edged Craig 4-3 in the second round, but rain forced the championship match with Fort Atkinson to be called off with both teams tied 2-2.
In the Cheesemakers' win over Jefferson, junior Kristin McArdle rolled through the No. 1 singles match, winning 6-0, 6-0 over Christy Schuld. Sophomore Ellie Shuda won 6-1, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles and sophomore Lily Priewe won the No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-1. Kiera Berger, Monroe's No. 3 singles, lost 6-1, 6-4.
Monroe's No. 1 doubles team, made up of seniors Ashley Hermanson and Kelsey Erickson, won 6-1, 6-4. Seniors Gwen Sutter and Emily Grossen won the No. 2 doubles 6-2, 6-3 and McKenzie Bruce and Madeline Arnold teamed up to win 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 3 doubles match.
Against Janesville Craig, Monroe head coach Stephanie Miller mixed up her lineup.
Berger was dropped from No. 3 singles to No. 4, and McKenzie Bruce went from doubles to No. 3 singles. Alyssa Quinn took Bruce's place in No. 3 doubles. Emily Grossen also moved up to No. 1 doubles to play with Erickson, and Hermanson dropped down to No. 2 doubles, where she teamed up with Sutter. In 2008, Sutter and Hermanson were paired together all season.
"We played a very close second round match," Miller said, of facing Janesville Craig.
Sutter and Hermanson won the only doubles match, 6-2, 6-3. McArdle needed three sets to top Niki Westenberger at No. 1 singles, 3-6, 6-2, 10-6. Shuda also needed the extra frame, topping Kelly Collins 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-4. Berger won in the No. 4 singles match, 7-6(3), 6-2.
Bruce lost in the No. 3 singles 1-6, 6-4, 10-7. Grossen and Erickson fell 6-2, 6-2 and Quinn and Arnold were downed 6-1, 7-5.
In the championship match, Grossen and Hermanson won the No. 1 doubles match, 6-4, 6-4 and Sutter and Bruce won the No. 2 match, 6-3, 6-3. The other to matches that went final were McArdle, who fell 6-2, 6-0, and Shuda, 6-2, 6-4.
Erickson was trailing 6-1, 0-4 in the second set of the No. 3 singles. Priewe trailed 2-1 in the first set of the No. 4 singles, and Quinn and Berger had yet to get underway in the No. 3 doubles.
Monroe will host a doubles invitational this Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Matches will take place at each of the courts in town.
Monroe topped Jefferson 6-1 in the first round, edged Craig 4-3 in the second round, but rain forced the championship match with Fort Atkinson to be called off with both teams tied 2-2.
In the Cheesemakers' win over Jefferson, junior Kristin McArdle rolled through the No. 1 singles match, winning 6-0, 6-0 over Christy Schuld. Sophomore Ellie Shuda won 6-1, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles and sophomore Lily Priewe won the No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-1. Kiera Berger, Monroe's No. 3 singles, lost 6-1, 6-4.
Monroe's No. 1 doubles team, made up of seniors Ashley Hermanson and Kelsey Erickson, won 6-1, 6-4. Seniors Gwen Sutter and Emily Grossen won the No. 2 doubles 6-2, 6-3 and McKenzie Bruce and Madeline Arnold teamed up to win 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 3 doubles match.
Against Janesville Craig, Monroe head coach Stephanie Miller mixed up her lineup.
Berger was dropped from No. 3 singles to No. 4, and McKenzie Bruce went from doubles to No. 3 singles. Alyssa Quinn took Bruce's place in No. 3 doubles. Emily Grossen also moved up to No. 1 doubles to play with Erickson, and Hermanson dropped down to No. 2 doubles, where she teamed up with Sutter. In 2008, Sutter and Hermanson were paired together all season.
"We played a very close second round match," Miller said, of facing Janesville Craig.
Sutter and Hermanson won the only doubles match, 6-2, 6-3. McArdle needed three sets to top Niki Westenberger at No. 1 singles, 3-6, 6-2, 10-6. Shuda also needed the extra frame, topping Kelly Collins 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-4. Berger won in the No. 4 singles match, 7-6(3), 6-2.
Bruce lost in the No. 3 singles 1-6, 6-4, 10-7. Grossen and Erickson fell 6-2, 6-2 and Quinn and Arnold were downed 6-1, 7-5.
In the championship match, Grossen and Hermanson won the No. 1 doubles match, 6-4, 6-4 and Sutter and Bruce won the No. 2 match, 6-3, 6-3. The other to matches that went final were McArdle, who fell 6-2, 6-0, and Shuda, 6-2, 6-4.
Erickson was trailing 6-1, 0-4 in the second set of the No. 3 singles. Priewe trailed 2-1 in the first set of the No. 4 singles, and Quinn and Berger had yet to get underway in the No. 3 doubles.
Monroe will host a doubles invitational this Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Matches will take place at each of the courts in town.
