SIOUX FALLS — Mitchell girls tennis capped a busy week of tennis duals with two contests on Saturday, falling to Sioux Falls O’Gorman in the morning before rallying to defeat Sioux Falls Roosevelt later in the day.
The Knights won the team matchup with Mitchell 7-2, while the Kernels topped Roosevelt 9-0. It was Mitchell’s fourth and fifth duals of the week after competing in a triangular on Monday and a road dual at Harrisburg on Thursday.
O’Gorman won five of the six singles matches on the day, with Taryn Bultje providing Mitchell with its only singles win at Flight 6, a 6-2, 5-7, 10-4 win over Charlotte Kayser. Charlee Cimpl narrowly lost to Hadley Garry at Flight 5 (6-3, 1-6, 10-6), while Katie Morgan battled O’Gorman No. 1 Lucy Koziara but fell 7-5, 6-3.
Cimpl and Bultje teamed up well to win 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles for the Kernels. Koziara and Jude Houck took down Mitchell’s No. 1 doubles pair 6-4, 6-3, as the Knights won the Flight 1 and Flight 2 doubles contests.
Against Roosevelt, the Kernels had no issues. Katie Morgan picked up the hard-fought win at No. 1 singles by a score of 3-6, 6-1, 10-7 over the Rough Riders’ Abigail Paulsen. Mia Larson won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Elliot Smith had a clean sweep 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles to power the Kernels to the win.
All three doubles matches were sweeps, including Morgan and Prunty winning 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. Larson and Smith dropped only two games in their No. 2 doubles match, winning 6-1, 6-1.
Mitchell (7-2 in duals) is on the court again on Aug. 27-28 at the Rapid City Invitational at Sioux Park in Rapid City.
Sioux Falls O’Gorman 7, Mitchell 2
Saturday at McKennan Park, Sioux Falls
No. 1: Lucy Koziara (O’G) def. Katie Morgan, 7-5, 6-3
No. 2: Sarah Jamous (O’G) def. Mia Larson, 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Jude Houck (O’G) def. Ava Prunty, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: Ruby Bender (O’G) def. Elliot Smith, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5: Hadley Garry (O’G) def. Charlee Cimpl (M), 6-3, 1-6, 10-6
No. 6: Taryn Bultje (M) def. Charlotte Kayser, 6-2, 5-7, 10-4
No. 1: Lucy Koziara / Jude Houck (O’G) def. Katie Morgan / Ava Prunty, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: Sarah Jamous / Hadley Garry (O’G) def. Mia Larson / Elliot Smith, 6-1, 6-4
No. 3: Charlee Cimpl / Taryn Bultje (M) def. Ruby Bender / Wilnel Farhat, 6-4, 6-4
Mitchell 9, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 0
Saturday at Kuehn Park, Sioux Falls
No. 1: Katie Morgan (M) def. Abigail Paulsen, 3-6, 6-1, 10-7
No. 2: Mia Larson (M) def. Hazel Pederson, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3: Ava Prunty (M) def. Ava Skadsen, 6-2, 6-3
No. 4: Elliot Smith (M) def. Kylee Parish, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5: Charlee Cimpl (M) def. Lily Van Whye, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6: Taryn Bultje (M) def. Tessa Smit, 6-1, 6-1
No. 1: Katie Morgan / Ava Prunty (M) def. Abigail Paulsen / Hazel Pederson, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Mia Larson / Elliot Smith (M) def. Ava Skadsen / Kylee Parish, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Charlee Cimpl / Taryn Bultje (M) def. Lily Van Wyhe / Tessa Smit, 6-3, 6-3
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