Tabor tennis concludes regular season

Tabor faced three conference opponents last week to wrap up the regular season.

The men hold a 4-3 KCAC record (6-9 overall) for fourth place, while the women are fifth at 3-4 (5-9 overall).

Ottawa?After facing Bethany earlier in the day Saturday, Tabor played a rescheduled game against Ottawa at home. Both the men and the women came back from earlier losses to sweep the Braves.

The Tabor men won, 7-2.

?Key victories were David Simmet at No. 1 singles, Kelyn Vix and Tyler Dort, who won at No. 2 doubles and each (won) their singles (matches),? coach John Ruder said. ?Also the brothers Brucks?Jake and Sam?who won at No. 3 doubles as well as taking their singles matches.?

The women defeated the Braves, 5-4.

?The women did not let their loss to Bethany discourage them as they came back to defeat Ottawa in the afternoon,? Ruder said.

?Key players were Becky Faber and Katie Becker who won at No. 1 doubles and then took their singles matches; Anna Friesen and Karly Lindroth Yates, who won at No. 2 doubles, with Anna winning at No. 2 singles as well.

?Marisa Hiett played very well, losing a long three-set match at No. 5 singles.?

 

TC men 7, Ottawa 2

Doubles: David Simmet & Nate Pantajja (TC) lost to Jacob Brendenwehl & Chase Dippel 8-3; Kelyn Vix &?Tyler Dort (TC) def. Matthew Grom & Boenson Vile 8-6; Jake Brucks &?Sam Brucks (TC) def. Tanner Lantz & Boad Bleoch 8-5.

Singles: Simmet def. Brendenwehl 7-5, 6-2; Vix def. Dippel 7-5, 6-4; Dort def. Vile 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Panttaja lost to Lantz 6-3, 6-0; J. Brucks def. Grom 6-2, 6-2; S. Brucks def. Bleoch 6-2, 6-0.

 

TC women 5, Ottawa 4

Doubles: Becky Faber & Katie Becker (TC) def. Madeline Bellew & Danika Good 8-6; Anna Friesen & Karly Lindroth-Yates (TC) def. Michelle Westerman & Ellen Agnew 8-6; Krista Schmidt & Alexa Wilker (TC) lost to Kimisha Peterson & Bekka Bailey 8-2.

Singles: Faber def. Bellew 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; Friesen def. Westerman 6-1, 6-2; Lindroth-Yates lost to Peterson 6-4, 6-4; Becker def. Agnew 7-5, 6-0; Hiett lost to Good 5-7, 6-2, 3-6; Wilker lost to Bailey 6-1, 6-0.

Bethany?Both Tabor teams dropped matches to the Swedes on Saturday; the men lost 9-0, the women 8-1.

The Bethany men are second in the KCAC at 5-0, 19-1 overall, while the Swede women are third at 4-2, 9-4.

?Although we played strong, the strength of the Bethany team was too much,? coach John Ruder said. ?However, David Simmet took the Bethany No. 1 to three sets. It was an outstanding match with many long and well-played points.

?Our women played very well against Bethany, but lost three close matches,? Ruder said. ?Becky Faber played strong at No. 1 singles, winning in three sets.?

 

Bethany 8, TC women 1

Doubles: Becky Faber & Katie Becker (TC) lost to Kara Agamaite & Kierstyn Hansen 8-3; Anna Friesen & Karly Lindroth-Yates (TC) lost to Monica Chapman & Olivia Fabrizius 8-4; Krista Schmidt & Marisa Hiett lost to Mackenzi Choitz & Amelia Fabrizius 8-4.

Singles: Becky Faber def. Hansen 3-6, 6-4, (10-8); Friesen lost to Agamaite 3-6, 6-2, (5-10); Lindroth-Yates lost to Chapman 6-0, 6-0; Becker lost to O. Fabrizius 6-0, 7-5; Schmidt lost to Choitz 6-4, 4-6, (5-10); Hiett lost to A. Fabrizius 6-2, 6-2.

 

Bethany 9, TC men 0

Doubles: David Simmet & Jake Brucks (TC) lost to Laurentsi Arakhamiya & Van Den Bogaert 8-2; Kelyn Vix & Tyler Dort (TC) lost to Kane Olsen & Marcelo Alecio 8-2; Darryn Davis & Jared Friesen (TC) lost to Alex Sandri & Shane Huggins 8-1.

Singles: Simmet lost to Arakhamiya 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 3-6; Vix lost to Van Den Bogaert 6-1, 6-2; Dort lost to Olsen 6-1, 6-0; Nate Panttaja (TC) lost to Huggins 6-1, 6-0; J. Brucks lost to Will Wiseman 6-1, 6-0; Sam Brucks lost to Sandri 6-1, 6-1.

McPherson?The Bluejays split matches with McPherson last Monday. The women picked up a 5-0 win; the men lost, 9-0.

?Our women won 5-0, since McPherson had only three players and had already lost the match,? coach John Ruder said. ?So we played eight-game pro sets against the three women who came.

?Our ladies played strong and with purpose,? Ruder added. ?We now need to defeat Ottawa and Bethany to get into the season-ending tournament.?

The Tabor men, meanwhile, lost all nine matches to a talented, 19th-ranked Bulldog team.

?Despite the score, our men played very well,? Ruder said. ?Kelyn Vix and Tyler Dort played an outstanding doubles match. David Simmet played strong at No. 1 singles, and Jake Brucks played a very good match at No. 5 singles.?

 

TC women 5, McPherson 0

Doubles: Anna Friesen & Karly Lind?roth-Yates (TC) def. Kara Wright & Ashlee Allmon 8-4.

Singles: Becky Faber (TC) def. Wright 8-2; Friesen (TC) def. Allmon 8-5; Katie Becker (TC) def. Robin De Young 8-1.

 

McPherson 9, TC men 0

Doubles: David Simmet & Nate Panttaja (TC) lost to Rafael Bulnes & Sean De Young 8-4; Kelyn Vix & Tyler Dort (TC) lost to Mark Mahan & Torsten Keil-Long 8-6; Jake Brucks & Sam Brucks (TC) lost to Ronaldo Filno & Adolfo Serafin 8-1.

Singles: Simmet lost to Bulnes 6-2, 7-5; Vix lost to Mahan 6-2, 6-1; Dort lost to Keil-Long 6-1, 6-1; Panttaja lost to De Young 6-1, 6-2 ; Jake Brucks lost to Filno, 6-7 (5-7), 3-6; Sam Brucks lost to Stewart 6-2, 6-2.

Coming?Both teams will compete at the KCAC Individual Tournament in Salina Friday.

By securing a fourth-place conference finish, the Tabor men will advance to the KCAC Team Tournament in Wichita May 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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