Girls tennis wins their first duel against Olathe North
Girls tennis starts the season off winning 6-3 at home
September 2, 2015
The girls tennis team won their first duel 6-3 against Olathe North on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The duel ended with a score of 2-1 in doubles and 4-2 in singles.
Being the first match of the season senior Paige Wiebe and her doubles partner junior Lauren Tracht experienced some early challenges.
“I think the season started out great. We worked really well together; we played great rallies,” Wiebe said. “I’m not even that mad we lost because our rallies were amazing and we had awesome points. I think it was a great start.”
At the end of a tough back and forth, doubles team seniors Sally Carey and Katie Burke won their match 8-6.
“We started [our match] really well. We were winning, 5-1 then we got sloppy because we were tired and kind of cocky,” senior Sally Carey said. “They started catching up but we pulled our stuff together and came back on top with a win.”
Head coach Abby Teetsel is happy with the team’s performance in their first matches. This is her first year coaching at the high school level. Although the top of the latter took a hit, she is excited about the returning talent.
“I think [our first duel] went pretty well. Olathe North has really good number one and number two singles and doubles players and that’s where we really struggled,” Teetsel said. “Otherwise we were really able to capitalize on our deep team and I think we definitely had greater depth than they did.”
Also competing were:
senior Paige Wiebe in singles 4-8
junior Lauren Tracht in singles 5-8
senior Katie Burke in singles 8-5
senior Sally Carey in singles 8-2
junior Alea Ashford in singles 8-1
senior Shelby Hudson in singles 8-2
senior Shelby Hudson and junior Alea Ashford in doubles 8-3
Senior Kate Ocker is returning for her third year on the JAG staff. She is a writer, designer and student life editor. Ocker is involved in NHS, SLT and Student Ambassadors. Outside of school, she enjoys making mix CDs, watching “The Office” and thrift shopping while sipping on iced coffee.
Sarah Morgan is a senior member of the JAG yearbook staff. This year she is a co-editor-in-chief but will continue to take pictures and write along the way. When Sarah is not in C101, she enjoys singing in choir and the musical, volunteering in her community through NHS, Relay for Life and SLT and most importantly whipping to Jordan Pruitt’s “Who Likes Who.”
This is senior Kristen Garrett’s third year on the JAG yearbook staff. She is a photo editor this year, as well as a photographer. Kristen’s only other activity is NHS. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, visiting local coffee shops and hanging out with her cat Minnie.
Senior Kaitlyn Buisch is taking on her third and final year on the JAG yearbook staff as a photographer and is one of three editor-in-chiefs this year. Kaitlyn is very passionate about Mill Valley, she participates in the Women's Treble Choir and is also a varsity wrestling manager. Outside of school, you can catch her lying in bed for an unhealthy amount of time while watching Netflix, hanging out with her pals or working at your local Pizza Shoppe.
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