EAST TROY — The Monroe Cheesemakers girls tennis team open their season with a 7-0 sweep over Fort Atkinson/Cambridge and a 6-1 victory against Whitewater at the East Troy Invitational on Monday, August 18.
Monroe 7, Fort Atkinson 0
No. 1 Singles — Adeline Eckerman, Monroe def. Kate Rogers, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 2 Singles — Ryann Dahlman, Monroe def. Daisy Heussner, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 3 Singles — Jade Tran, Monroe def. Scarlett Jelinek, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 4 Singles — Mads Josephs, Monroe def. Isabel Raub, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-1, 7-6.
No. 1 Doubles — Rylee Svendsen and Layla Pallesen, Monroe def. Ainsley Copp, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge and Cassy Farrar, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 2 Doubles — Kaya Holverson and Alexis Gertsch, Monroe def. Gracie Rude and Samantha Drollinger, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3 Doubles — Caedyn Blackburn and Elise McKenzie, Monroe def. Hailey Acosta, and Bryssa Carrera-Ramos, Fort Atkinson/Cambridge, 6-0, 6-2.
Cheesemakers head coach Matt Bordner came away very impressed with the first outing of the season for Monroe.
“We opened up with our singles lineup and I was very pleased with how consistent Addy, Ryann, Jade, and Mads played,” he said. “Mads worked hard to close out her match, coming back from down 0-3 to win her match with a second set tiebreaker shutout. Our doubles teams played extremely well. We have lots to work on with doubles, but the consistency and chemistry appeared to be great to start out the season. Layla and Rylee looked extremely confident as they return together after last year’s strong season.”
Last season, the Cheesemakers lost 4-3 to Fort Atkinson/Cambridge at the East Troy Invite.
Monroe 6, Whitewater 1
No. 1 Singles — Taryn Rothwell, Whitewater def. Adeline Eckerman, Monroe, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
No. 2 Singles — Ryann Dahlman, Monroe def. Lillian Navejas-Ortiz, Whitewater, 6-1 , 6-0.
No. 3 Singles — Miah Coppes, Monroe def. Adamari Barajas, Whitewater, 6-4, 6-0.
No. 4 Singles — Sophia Wu, Monroe def. Mia Mendez, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-2.
“We dropped a very competitive match at No. 1 singles, with Addy losing to Rothwell who played extremely well,” Bordner said. “Miah and Sophia slid into our singles lineup and played their first varsity matches of their career.”
No. 1 Doubles — Layla Pallesen and Rylee Svendsen, Monroe def. Madeline Joseph and Kiani Aranda, Whitewater, 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2 Doubles — Kaya Holverson and Alexis Gertsch, Monroe def. Elizabeth Lawton and Natalia Casillas, Whitewater, 6-3 , 6-1.
No. 3 Doubles — Sophie Conway and Caedyn Blackburn, Monroe def. Maria Pena-Aburto and Ruth Lopez, Whitewater, 6-0, 6-2.
“Doubles again played well and took advantage of a relatively young Whitewater lineup. I think we have an aggressive group of doubles players on this team and I’m looking forward to their development as we get further into the season,” Bordner said. “We were scheduled to play a third round today against Edgerton but a strong storm came through as we started the third round and we were rained out. We will play Edgerton tomorrow on Day 2 of the East Troy Invite as we travel to Delavan-Darien to play.”
