Bucs continue strong tennis play

BEA’s Carol Schrader returns a shot during a recent No. 1 doubles match at a home tennis meet in Blue Earth.

s team added another win to their record on Sept. 3 when they traveled to New Ulm and earned a 5-2 victory over the Eagles.

BEA swept all three doubles matches and split the singles matches with each squad picking up two wins.

Carol Schrader and Erin Prescher won their No. 1 doubles match over Aubrey Demarais and Everly Batt 6-1, 6-0.

The Bucs’ tandem of Grace Schavey and Brooklyn Rosenau won their first set at No. 2 doubles against Lillian Kral and Kaylee Evans by a close 7-5 score before shutting out the New Ulm duo in the second set 6-0.

McKinley Hanson and Katelyn Storbeck triumphed over Natalie Schwartz and Brielle Evans by identical 6-1 scores in the No. 3 doubles match.

Addison Prescher picked up another win for the Bucs in the No. 2 singles match with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Joci Pettersen.

The Bucs’ final win was in the No. 4 singles match when Abigail Greff defeated Natalie Fischer 6-2, 6-0.

New Ulm picked up one of their victories at No. 1 singles when the Eagles’ Karlee Prahl downed Grace Hanson 6-2, 7-6 (3).

The No. 3 singles match also went to New Ulm when Carmen Schotzko triumphed over Abbey Lorenz 6-3, 6-0.

BEA 5, Fairmont 2

It took two days, but the Blue Earth Area girls tennis team triumphed over the Fairmont Cardinals 5-2.

The meet was originally scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29. However, because of expected rain showers, the meet was moved up to 2 p.m. instead.

The teams managed to complete four of the seven matches before rain halted the action on Thursday and it was decided to complete the contest the next day.

“Heading into Friday, we were up 3-1,” BEA coach Spencer Monson said. “Our No. 3 doubles team was heading into their third set. Addi (Addison Prescher) was down a set at No. 1 singles, but was up 4-2 in the second set. She then fell behind 4-5 before coming back to win the next nine games straight.”

The two teams split the singles matches while the Bucs swept the doubles matches.

“This was a fun match because we are two pretty evenly matched young teams,” Monson commented. “The growth of our doubles teams showed in this match. Their level of play was what helped us pull the match out.”

Fairmont’s two wins came at No. 1 and No. 4 singles.

In the No. 1 singles match, the Cards’ Emelia Klanderud defeated Grace Hanson 6-1, 6-0.

Fairmont’s Ella Wubbena got by BEA’s Abigail Greff 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 4 singles match.

BEA’s Prescher rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory over Alison Slama in the No. 2 singles match.

In the No. 3 singles match, the Bucs’ Abbey Lorenz won in straight sets over Madisyn Peyman 6-4, 6-0.

Carol Schrader and Erin

Prescher triumphed in the No. 1 doubles match over Claire Brockman and Cailwyn Jobe 6-1, 6-4.

Grace Schavey and Brooklyn Rosenau tallied another win for BEA with their 6-2, 6-0 victory over Madysen Tonne and Carly Gustafson at No. 2 doubles.

McKinley Hanson and Katelyn Storbeck completed the sweep in the doubles matches by winning their No. 3 doubles match over Samantha Thatcher and Katherine Zelaya 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.