The Atlantic boys’ tennis team picked up a 9-0 victory over the Kuemper Knights in the first tennis meet of the season Tuesday, April 3.

With a new lineup, coach Shawn Petersen was pleased with his team’s performance. Petersen also noted that the boys’ will have to perform even better on the road against Creston, to pull out the win on Thursday night.

Results
Singles:

#1 Mitch Leiferman 12 (A) over Brian Dentlinger 12 (K) 10-1
#2 Tyler Fischer 11 (A) over Robby Steffes 10 (K) 10-6
#3 Matt Cook 12 (A) over Mitchell Behrens 10 (K) 10-4
#4 Gunnar Blum 12 (A) over Michael Van Erdewyk 11 (K) 10-2
#5 Scott Caslow 11 (A) over Matthew Irlbeck 10 (K) 10-8
#6 Jake Arneson 10 (A) over Kenan Schrad 11 (K) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Leiferman/Blum (A) over Dentlinger/Steffes (K) 10-6
#2 Fischer/Noah Welter 11 (A) over Behrens/Van Erdewyk (K) 10-6
#3 Cook/Arneson (A) over Irlbeck/Schrad (K) 10-3

With the departure of every varsity starter from a season ago, the Trojann tennis team suffered the a crushing 8-1 loss on the road at Kuemper.

Coach Petersen said that he is confident that the girls’ will continue to improve as the season goes on, considering that none of the girls’ have had any varsity experience before Tuesday night.

The Trojanns host the Creston Panthers on Thursday night.

Results

Singles:

#1 Leah Greteman 10 (K) over Tori Dolch 11 (A) 10-3
#2 Sami Schmitz 11 (K) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 10-6
#3 Lexi Allen 10 (A) over CoryAnn Steinkamp 11 (K) 10-6
#4 Mattie Potthoff 10 (K) over Abby Johnson 11 (A) 10-0
#5 Carla Knobbe 10 (K) over Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 10-1
#6 Nicole Becker 10 (K) over Kaley Miller 11 (A) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Greteman/Schmitz (K) over Dolch/Tjepkes (A) 10-8
#2 Steinkamp/Potthoff (K) over Allen/Johnson (A) 10-4
#3 Knobbe/Tayler Boldt 10 (K) over Gearheart/Libby Gifford 11 (A) 10-2