VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)- Shanley snapped Valley City’s 5 match winning streak Tuesday night. The Deacons defeated The Hi-Liners 5-4 in Valley City to drop their record to 5-2 in The Eastern Dakota Conference.
Valley City will host Mandan Friday night in a non-conference match.
VC 4
Shanley 5
Singles:
- Reagan Ingstad lost to Karsen Aune 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Cali Halgrimson beat Dina Rabadi 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
- Hannah Dockter lost to Sophie Keelin 6-2, 6-3
- Hope Petersen beat Abby Conrad 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Angela Larson lost to Pooja Potluri 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Hannah Aberle beat Hailey Giauque 6-2, 6-7(5), 11-9 (STB)
Doubles:
- Ingstad/Kayla Triebold lost to Aune Keelin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Halgrimson/Aberle lost to Rabadi/Conrad 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Petersen/Larson beat Potluri/Giauque 6-4, 6-0
Coach’s Comments
Wow. Another match another barn burner. We have seen another form a close within this match.
Seven…three-set…matches.
I have neven been a part of a 7 3-set match nor ever heard of one within North Dakota high school tennis. First serve was at 4pm and we didn’t finish until 8:20pm. I don’t know of any other sport where a varsity player competes for over four hours.
Within the three set matches, we went 3-4. We needed to win one more to win the match. In those four losses, every loss was only by 2 games at 4-6. We were right there.
We were a step slow today. We took points/strokes off mentally and physically. We played tentative at times. We weren’t patient and went for too much at times.
But we fought. We fought through fatigue. We fought through the elements. We fought through a new line-up. We fought through outside stressors. I’m proud of our team for our fight.
Cali came back from a set down to beat a 2-time state singles qualifier. Hannah Aberle won a very tight match in which she just played tennis. Hope and Angela cruised to a 2-set victory. Kayla Triebold played #1 doubles for the first time and lost in three sets. Reagan, Cali, and Hannah A. all played 6 sets today while Angela and Hope played 5.
Great match Hi-Liners. We will learn from this match and become better from it.