Emporia High’s girls tennis team won two out of 28 matches Saturday as the Spartans opened their season by sending 10 players to the Salina Central Mustang Duels. Emporia finished fifth out of the five teams competing.
Noelle Waters, playing at No. 3 singles, scored the Spartans’ first victory, defeating Salina South’s Emily Jones 8-3. Later, in the Spartans’ series of face-offs against Arkansas City, EHS’ No. 3 doubles team of Brooke Gutierrez and Alice Tunks-Jones beat Taylor Crow and Laci Hadorn 8-6.
The Spartans went 1-6 against both Salina South and Ark City and went 0-7 against Salina Central and St. Thomas Aquinas. Emporia’s singles players were Jordan Sosa at No. 1 singles, Holly Kraft at No. 2, Waters at No. 3 and Krysta Andrade at No. 4. Besides Gutierrez/Tunks-Jones at No. 3, Emporia’s other doubles teams were Kaitlin Gile/Nancy Delgado at No. 1 doubles and Danielle Anliker/Natalie Juarez at No. 2.
Along with her victory over Jones, Waters also pushed Salina Central’s Rachel Norris, losing 8-7. Gile/Delgado gave Arkansas City’s No. 1 doubles team a close match, losing to Courtney Saia/Janelle Headrick 8-6.
Saturday at Salina
Team results (match record in parentheses)
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (24-4), 2. Salina Central (23-5), 3. Arkansas City (13-15), 4. Salina South (8-20), 5. Emporia (2-26).
Emporia results
No. 1 singles — Holman SS, def. Sosa 8-2; Mitchel, SC, def. Sosa 8-1; Jara, STA, def. Sosa 8-0; Vargas, ARK, def. Sosa 8-2.
No. 2 singles — Frazier, SS, def. Kraft 8-2; Brown, SC, def. Kraft 8-2; Lovetro, STA, def. Kraft 8-1; Beauchamp, ARK, def. Kraft 8-2.
No. 3 singles — Waters def. Jones, SS, 8-3; Norris, SC, def. Waters 8-7 (4); Fowler, STA, def. Waters 8-0; Byers, ARK, def. Waters 8-1.
No. 4 singles — Storniolo, SS, def. Andrade 8-0; Parker, SC, def. Andrade 8-1; Porter, STA, def. Andrade 8-1; Hammel, ARK, def. Andrade 8-3.
No. 1 doubles — Quinley/Robl, SS, def. Gile/Delgado 8-1; DeTurk/Hauserman, SC, def. Gile/Delgado 8-0; Orlanes/Huddlestun, STA, def. Gile/Delgado 8-0; Saia/Headrick, ARK, def. Gile/Delgado 8-6.
No. 2 doubles — Matthews/Cook, SS, def. Anliker/Juarez 8-2; Morris/Briggs, SC, def. Anliker/Juarez 8-0; Krim/Hicks, STA, def. Anliker/Juarez 8-2; Jackson/Ellis, ARK, def. Anliker/Juarez 8-3.
No. 3 doubles — Cook/Haynes, SS, def. Gutierrez/Tunks-Jones 8-3; Mansfield/Cooper, SC, def. Gutierrez/Tunks-Jones 8-1; Powers/Olberding, STA, def. Gutierrez/Tunks-Jones 8-0; Gutierrez/Tunks-Jones def. Crow/Hadorn, ARK, 8-6.