In an area battle Thursday, Reeths-Puffer got the best of Whitehall, 6-2, in a dual meet that featured a few close matches.
Two
of the matches went to three sets, with each team winning one of them.
At No. 2 singles, Akeelah Martin of Whitehall edged Reeths-Puffer's Hope
Latsch, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8, and the No. 3 doubles match saw R-P's Brylee
Gifford/Elisa Howard pull off an equally dramatic win over the Vikings'
Emily VanDam/Bea Lewis, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.
R-P won all four
doubles matches. Ava Dietz/Makayla Smith, Jayla Brink/Kayleigh Brown and
Lauren Slater/Grace Cosens picked up wins in doubles play.
On
the singles side of the ledger, Riley Shafer won another close match at
No. 3 singles over Molly Matz, 6-4, 7-5 to give Whitehall its second
win. Rocket singles players Olivia Smith and Kaitlyn Durow each got
straight-set wins.
