Kuemper Girls Tennis 2nd at Spencer Tournament With Pair of Championships

Girls Tennis Results Saturday, April 10^th

Kuemper At Spencer Tournament

Team Standings

1. Spirit Lake 26
2. Kuemper 24
3. Sioux City North 20
4. Spencer 12
5. Sioux City West 10
6. Bishop Heelan 10
7. ELC 10

Kuemper nearly defended their tournament title from 2019 just being edged out by Spirit Lake in a talented seven team field. Spirit Lake claimed the team championship with 26 points while Kuemper was 2^nd with 24 points.

Kuemper finished with a champion in both singles and in doubles. Jordan Schwabe took 1^st place in the #2 doubles and the team of Samantha Tidgren and Alyssa Brant won the #1 doubles as all three players had strong days. Kuemper finished 2^nd in #2 doubles with Keziah Janssen and Morgan Muhlbauer while Vanessa Breedlove as 3^rd in #1 singles.

Kuemper Results

#1 Doubles

Samantha Tidgren and Alyssa Brant 1^st Place

It was a good day for Tidgren and Brant as they went 6-0 in matches and won 37 games overall. They picked up 7 games wins against Elli Hanson and Sophia Butler of Spirit Lake to clinch the championship while winning 6 games in match wins over Abby Sander and Kya Thiel of ELC, Olivia Venne and Ellen Halbur of Heelan, Sapphira Dinh and Olivia Nelson of Sioux City North, Emma Hall and Nancy Flores of Sioux City West and Haly Berends and Elle Heisinger of Spencer.

#2 Doubles

Keziah Janssen and Morgan Muhlbauer 2^nd Place

Janssen and Muhlbauer helped show the good depth of this young Kuemper team taking 2^nd place and going 5-1 in matches with 32 game wins. Their only loss was to Izzie Wycoff and Taylor Schneider of Spirit Lake (won 1 game). They defeated everyone else with a 7 game win over Brenna Evans and Claire Brant of ELC and 6 game wins over Anna McCarthy and Emily Bracht of Heelan, Maddie Craighead and Ella Conley of Sioux City North, Carolina Garcia and Araceli Lopea of Sioux City West and Lauren Ellis and Sydney Stanley of Spencer.

#1 Singles

Vanessa Breedlove 3^rd Place

Breedlove finished 3-3 in matches, winning a total of 22 games. She defeated Molly McCarthy of Bishop Heelan, Phuong-Anh Huynh of Sioux City West and Emily Ewalf of Spencer. Her three losses were to Anna Maas of Sioux City North (won 4 games), Grace Ruschy of ELC (won 0 games) and Catherine Straus of Spirit Lake (won 0 games).

#2 Singles

Jordan Schwabe 1^st Place

Schwabe finished the day 6-0 in matches and won 37 games overall with 7 wins against Abbie Oleson of Spirit Lake. She won 6 games in wins over Grace Johnson of ELC, Lilly Friis of Heelan, Jeanie Le of Sioux City North, Jordan Krei of Sioux City West and Olivia Irmiter of Spencer.