Kuemper Boys Tennis Takes 2nd At Hawkeye 10, Audubon Falls to SW Valley

Boys Tennis Results Tuesday, May 4^th

Kuemper At Hawkeye 10 Conference Tournament At Denison

The Knights advanced three of their four teams into the semifinals but were only able to advance one player into the finals as they took 2^nd place with 22 points. Denison Schleswig went 2-1 against the Knights in the semifinal matches allowing them to bring home the team title with 27 points. The Knights ended the day with a good overall record going 8-5 in total matches including 4-2 in singles and 4-3 in doubles. Kuemper held off St Albert going 1-1 against them on the day.

Sam Janssen advanced into the finals in number 2 singles before falling 6-3, 6-4 to Carter White of St Albert in the finals. He finished the day 2-1 and in 2^nd place. Luke Hicks also went 2-1 in number 1 singles but lost in the semifinals before winning 8-0 over Nathan Brown of Clarinda for 3^rd place. In doubles play Will Pugh and Gus Collison teamed up in number 2 doubles and finished 1-2 and in 4^th place. They advanced into the semifinals before losing 9-8(7-2) to Denison Schleswig. They then lost the 3^rd place match 8-6 to Avery Fuller and Foster McCutchen of Creston. Carter Soppe and Blake Pottebaum went 3-1 but lost in the quarterfinals before battling through the consolation bracket. They went 2-1 on the backside and finished 5^th in number 1 doubles with an 8-4 win over Teagan Matheny and Tyler Harger of Glenwood.

Team Standings

1. Denison Schleswig 27
2. Kuemper 22
3. St Albert 18
4. Shenandoah 17
5. Atlantic 16
6. Creston 15
7. Lewis Central 10
8. Harlan 7
9. Clarinda 6
10. Glenwood 5
11. Red Oak 1

#1 Singles

Luke Hicks of Kuemper won 8-1 over Max DeVries of Red Oak in Quarterfinals

Colin Reis of Denison Schleswig won 8-1 over Luke Hicks of Kuemper in Semifinals

Luke Hicks of Kuemper won 8-0 over Nathan Brown of Clarinda in 3^rd Place match

#2 Singles

Sam Janssen of Kuemper won 8-1 over Luke Baker of Clarinda in Quarterfinals

Sam Janssen of Kuemper won 8-2 over Adolfo Vargas of Denison Schleswig in Semifinals

Carter White of St Albert won 6-3, 6-4 over Sam Janssen of Kuemper in Championship

#1 Doubles

Carter Soppe and Blake Pottebaum of Kuemper won 8-3 over Lance Regehr and Kale Downey of Clarinda in 1^st Round

Harrison Dahm and Carson Seuntjens of Denison Schleswig won 8-2 over Carter Soppe and Blake Pottebaum of Kuemper in Quarterfinals

Carter Soppe and Blake Pottebaum won 8-5 over James Kunz and Daniel Merritt of Creston in Consolation Semi’s

Carter Soppe and Blake Pottebaum of Kuemper won 8-4 over Teagan Matheny and Tyler Harger of Glenwood in 5^th Place match

#2 Doubles

Will Pugh and Gus Collison won 8-0 over Reese Pekny and William Tallman of St Albert in Quarterfinals

Isaac Leinen and Wyatt Johnson of Denison Schleswig won 9-8(7-2) over Will Pugh and Gus Collison of Kuemper in Semifinals

Avery Fuller and Foster McCutchan of Creston won 8-6 over Will Pugh and Gus Collison in 3^rd Place match

SW Valley At Audubon

SW Valley 6

Audubon 0

The Wheelers fell to an outstanding SW Valley team going 1-32 in singles matches and 2-16 in doubles play. Connor Christensen of the Wheelers was the top singles player for the Wheelers, winning one game. Tyler Rugaard teamed up with Eli Deist to win 2 games in doubles.

Singles

Kade Hutchings of SW Valley won 8-0 over Tyler Rugaard of Audubon

Gabe Fuller of SW Valley won 8-0 over Eli Deist of Audubon

Evan Timmerman of SW Valley won 8-1 over Connor Christensen of Audubon

Dom Nicolas of SW Valley won 8-0 over Jake Lauritsen of Audubon

Doubles

Kade Hutchings and Gabe Fuller of SW Valley won 8-2 over Eli Deist and Tyler Rugaard of Audubon

Evan Timmerman and Dom Nicolas of SW Valley won 8-0 over Connor Christensen and Jake Lauritsen of Audubon