PIERRE, SD (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Roncalli Girls tennis squad went winless over the weekend, but head coach Jonah Dignan & the squad leaves the capital city optimistic for the future.
Roncalli lost a pair of duals on Friday to Rapid City Stevens & Rapid City Christian, 9-0 in both duals and then competed hard on Saturday, ultimately falling to Spearfish 6-3 & then to Madison 8-1. In singles play, the Cavs got wins from Molleigh Hofer in flight four & Abby Andersen in flight five against Spearfish. They also picked up a doubles win in flight three from Abby Andersen & Natalie Sieh. Andersen also delivered another singles win against Madison for their lone win.
There were a lot of positives to take from the weekend, Jonah Dignan said, “we brought a lot of girls that had little to no varsity experience and not once did I feel like they ever backed down or thought they couldn’t compete. That will serve them well as they continue in their careers. Abby Andersen and Molleigh Hofer each respectively had a great weekend. They were able to get some match wins for us and always had a great attitude…overall, I think this weekend gave us a lot of experience that’ll serve us well as we progress through the season.”
Roncalli will enjoy a bit of downtime and hit the practice courts, before returning to action against Brookings & Yankton on August 30th on the road.
FRIDAY
RC Christian 9
Ab. Roncalli 0
– Ab. Roncalli Singles Play:
– Flight 1: Keira Rivett (L) to Riley Geyer (10-0).
– Flight 2: Sydney Bohle (L) to Addie Palmer (10-3).
– Flight 3: Josie Mitzel (L) to Evie Biers (10-0).
– Flight 4: Molleigh Hofer (L) to Alex Love (10-2).
– Flight 5: Abigail Andersen (L) to Marissa Heidecker (10-4).
– Flight 6: Natalie Sieh (L) to Julia Oaks (10-0).
Flight 1 doubles: Rivett/Bohle (L) to Palmer/Biers (10-1).
Flight 2 doubles: Mitzel/Hofer (L) to Geyer/Love (10-3).
Flight 3 doubles: Andersen/Sieh (L) to Oaks/Herrington (10-1).
RC Stevens 9
Ab. Roncalli 0
– Ab. Roncalli Singles Play:
– Flight 1: Keira Rivett (L) to Arabella Scott (10-0).
– Flight 2: Sydney Bohle (L) to Sylvie Mortimer (10-0).
– Flight 3: Josie Mitzel (L) to Ella Potvin (10-0).
– Flight 4: Molleigh Hofer (L) to Madison Marsh (10-0).
– Flight 5: Abigail Andersen (L) to Bella Nelson (10-0).
– Flight 6: Natalie Sieh (L) to Kaia Carlson (10-0).
Flight 1 doubles: Rivett/Bohle (L) to Martimer/Marsh (10-0).
Flight 2 doubles: Mitzel/Hofer (L) to Scott/Potvin (10-1).
Flight 3 doubles: Andersen/Sieh (L) to Nelson/Carlson (10-0).
SATURDAY
Spearfish 6
Ab. Roncalli 3
– Ab. Roncalli Singles Play:
– Flight 1: Keira Rivett (L) to Eliza Bailey (10-2).
– Flight 2: Sydney Bohle (L) to Allie Mondloch (10-7).
– Flight 3: Josie Mitzel (L) to Lydia Schutz (10-1).
– Flight 4: Molleigh Hofer (W) over Calisa Alderson (10-9 [7-4]).
– Flight 5: Abigail Andersen (W) Michaela Harvey (10-8).
– Flight 6: Natalie Sieh (L) to Natalie Schutz (10-2).
Flight 1 doubles: Rivett/Bohle (L) to Mondloch/L. Schutz (10-6).
Flight 2 doubles: Mitzel/Hofer (L) to Bailey/Alderson (10-3).
Flight 3 doubles: Andersen/Sieh (W) over Harvey/ N/ Schutz (10-7).
Madison 8
Ab. Roncalli 1
– Ab. Roncalli Singles Play:
– Flight 1: Keira Rivett (L) to Delilah Maxwell (10-0).
– Flight 2: Sydney Bohle (L) to Sienna Maxwell (10-0).
– Flight 3: Josie Mitzel (L) to Miranda Gonyo (10-4).
– Flight 4: Molleigh Hofer (L) to Audrey Allen (10-7).
– Flight 5: Abigail Andersen (W) over Lydia Breddin (10-7).
– Flight 6: Natalie Sieh (L) to Shelby Poncelect (10-0).
Flight 1 doubles: Rivett/Bohle (L) to Maxwell/Maxwell (10-2).
Flight 2 doubles: Mitzel/Hofer (L) to Gonyo/Poncelet (10-6).
Flight 3 doubles: Andersen/Sieh (L) to Allen/Breddin (10-2).