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Marshall Tennis dominates YME, 7-0

CHRIS DRUMMOND

Sports Writer

By Chris Drummond

cdrummond@marshallindependent.com

GRANITE FALLS- The Marshall Tigers tennis team got back to its winning ways Monday evening as they won all seven of their matches in a clean sweep over the Yellow Medicine East Sting.

No.1 singles player for the Tigers senior Reagan Loft started off with a straight set win 6-1, 6-0 and giving Marshall their first point of the match.No.2 singles player for the Tigers sophomore Taylor Depover defeated her opponent in straight sets and same score of 6-1, 6-0. No. 3 singles player senior Taylor Miller would also only drop one game in both sets winning 6-0, 6-1.and the last of the singles matches featured No 4 singles player junior Siri Christensen winning in straight sets as well 6-2, 6-2.

The four wins in singles guaranteed the match for the Tigers. In the three double matches, the Tigers would win in straight sets in two of those. The first one of these was with the No 2 doubles team juniors Olivia Penske and Eliza Holmgren, who won their match without even dropping a game, 6-0, 6-0. The other one was with the No. 3 doubles team, also juniors, Reese Graven and Reagan Boerboom who won in straight sets as well 6-1, 6-1. The only match of the day where the Tigers would drop a set in was with the No. 1 doubles team of junior Naomi Schroeder and freshman Aubrey Schaefer. The duo would lose set two and have to go to a third set to close out the match. Schroeder and Schaefer won the match 6-2, 5-7 and 10-8, giving the Tigers all seven points of the matchup. Head coach for the Tigers Alexander Cleppe spoke on getting back to the consistency being shown and how his players did in the contest today.

“This year with this team we have been trying to find the right balance between chemistry and consistency with our players,” Cleppe said. “We had a good long talk after the Luverne match and I challenged them. Today, the girls stepped up and showed that consistency we’ve been talking about YME is a young team with talent on their side but good day for us.”

Cleppe added that he wanted his team to continue with the consistency and limit unforced errors in the matches. He also advocated about the team goals of the season and if they want to be reached, they know what they have to do.

“Pipestone is a tough team and it is always a tough battle with them,” Cleppe added. ” It should be fun tomorrow and we’ll see what happens.

The Marshall Tigers (5-8) overall will travel to face-off against Pipestone tomorrow evening.