The Pella High boys’ tennis team was strong once again, winning 9 – 2 over Little Hawkeye Conference foe, Grinnell. Pella dropped just one singles match to the Tigers’ top player, Will Hamilton, but were able to beat their doubles team. Head coach, Nick Seipel says that though the final score was well in their favor, his team made a lot of uncharacteristic unforced errors and played some sloppy doubles tennis. Pella is now 2 – 0 on the year and will next be at Southeast Polk on Thursday for another meet.
Pella
Singles
1. David Lapthorn (11) lost to Will Hamilton (12) 1-6, 2-6
2. Jamison Roozeboom (10) defeated Kirk Rudolph (11) 6-3, 6-4
3. Michael Schemm (12) defeated Nathan Smith (11) 6-2, 6-1
4. Tom Palmer (11) defeated Hayes Durbin (11) 6-0, 6-2
5. Tom Pettit (10) defeated Gavin Lang (12) 4-6, 6-3, (7)
6. Aaron Van Maanen (11) defeated Nathan Oster (11) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Lapthorn/Roozeboom defeated Hamilton/Sam Burt (12) 7-5, 7-6 (5)
2. Palmer/Van Maanen defeated Lang/Rudolph 6-4, 7-5
3. Pettit/Schemm defeated Durbin/Smith 6-2, 3-6, (9)
4. Sam Dykstra (10)/Colin Jones (10) lost to Troy Smith (12)/Nathan Smith (11) 1-6, 3-6
5. Andrew Lockridge (12)/Sam Palmer (12) defeated Jonah Benning Shorb (9)/Edward Lopatto (9) 2-6, 6-1, (8)