Lady Charger Tennis Team Falls at Creston

Chariton Leader, May 13, 2014

Bill Howes, Associate Editor

  The Chariton Lady Charger tennis team battled hard before falling to a very good Creston team, 9-0, at Creston May 6th.  Chariton won five games in singles play and three in doubles play in the match.

  "Creston was a really tough team, they beat Clarke last week.  Both teams exhibited great sportsmanship throughout the night," Chariton Head Coach Chelsy Arnold said.

  In the #1 varsity singles match, Sheena Savage lost to Audrey Fyock, 8-1.  In the #2 match, Aspen Koehn fell to Jenna Taylor, 8-1.  At #3 Courtney Shounkwiler lost to Alli Thomsen, 8-1.  At #4 Justine Hamilton fell to Ashley Harris, 8-0.  In the #5 math, Alexis Mullins lost to Angela Sorenson, 8-0.  In the #6 match, Hale Reece won two games before falling to Caitlin McIlravy, 8-2.

  In doubles action, the #1 team of Savage/Koehn fell to the team of Fyock/Taylor, 8-3.  In the #2 match, the team of Shounkwiler/Goril Michaelsen lost to the team of Thomse/Harris, 8-0.  In the #3 match, the team of Hamilton/Mullins lost to the team of Sorenson/McIlravy, 8-0

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JV Team has first loss

  The JV team had their first loss of the year against Creston losing 3-2.  There were six JV doubles matches played.

  In the #1 doubles match, the team of Rachelle Crabb/Blaire Bingham lost to the team of Sydney Dunphy/Gracie Russell, 6-0.  In the #2 match, the team of Victoria Zinchenko/Nataliya Zinchenko lost a tight match to the team of Ann Waigand/Cassandra Anderson, 6-4.

  In the #3 match, the team of Roni Bauer/Madison Baker lost to the team of Mattie Wheeler/Morgan Shawler, 6-2.  Chariton got a win in the #4 match where the team of Kasey Lahart/Bingham beat the team of Leah Stow/Macy Evans, 6-3.  In the #5 match, the team of Haley Reece/Rachelle Crabb shut out the team of Allison Norton/Erin Hanson, 6-0.