Boys’ tennis bounces back to beat Denison; girls struggle

The Atlantic Trojan boys’ tennis team bounced back from two devastating loss a week ago with a win Tuesday night against the Denison Monarchs, 7-2. The boys swept doubles play and went 4-2 in singles.

Denison came into the undefeated on the season.

The boys’ host Clarinda on Thursday.

Atlantic 7 Denison 2

Singles:

#1 Mitch Leiferman 12 (A) over Riley Sondag 12 (D) 10-0
#2 Tyler Fischer 11 (A) over Joshua Tucker 11 (D) 10-4
#3 Nathan Fastje 10 (D) over Matt Cook 12 (A) 10-3
#4 T.J. Pauley 11 (D) over Gunnar Blum 12 (A) 10-1
#5 Noah Welter 11 (A) over Ben Claypool 12 (D) 10-5
#6 Jake Arneson 10 (A) over Mitch Kinsey 9 (D) 10-8

Doubles:

#1 Leiferman/Fischer (A) over Sondag/Pauley (D) 10-2
#2 Cook/Blum (A) over Tucker/Fastje (D) 10-6
#3 Welter/Arneson (A) over Claypool/Kinsey (D) 11-9

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The Atlantic Trojanns ran into stiff competition on Tuesday night in Denison. The Monarchs remain undefeated on the season after beating the Trojanns 9-0.

According to coach Shawn Petersen the girls’ never quit even with the large challenge they knew they were getting involved with.

The girls travel to Clarinda on Thursday and host the Trojann Tournament on Saturday.

Denison 9 Atlantic 0

Singles:

#1 Rachael Ingram 12 (D) over Tori Dolch 11 (A) 6-1 6-1
#2 Michaela Fineran 12 (D) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 6-0 6-0
#3 Kassidy Ipsen 12 (D) over Lexi Allen (A) 6-2 6-1
#4 Carly Sis 12 (D) over Abby Johnson 11 (A) 6-0 6-0
#5 Megan Kinsey 12 (D) over Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 6-1 6-0
#6 Sydney Kinzer 11 (D) over Kaley Miller 11 (A) 6-1 6-0

Doubles:

#1 Ingram/Ipsen (D) over Dolch/Tjepkes (A) 6-0 6-0
#2 Fineran/Kathy Ibarra 12 (D) over Allen/Johnson (A) 6-0 6-1
#3 Sis/Kinsey (D) over Gearheart/Libby Gifford 11 (A) 6-4 6-0