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Escanaba Tennis Team Rolls Past Kingsford Flivvers
 ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School tennis team posted a 6-2 win over the Kingsford Flivvers on Thursday in Escanaba. The Eskymos won three singles and three doubles matches, with all but one of those flights coming in straight sets. Escanaba's #1 singles player, senior Taylor Gauthier, bounced back from her loss the day before in Marquette by beating Stephanie List, 6-1, 6-1. At #2 singles, Escanaba's Megan Marenger (pictured above) defeated Ema Whittkopf, 6-1, 6-2; and at third singles, Jasmine Clark had a quick win over Kira Peters, 6-1, 6-1.  The Flivvers got the win when Petschar took the third set, 7-5. Meanwhile, in Ludington Park, Kingsford also won at #1 doubles, as Carly Schneider and Kenzie Schuamlien lost the first set to Abby Knudsen and Heather Bergstrom, 6-1. But the Flivver duo won the final two sets, 6-3 and 7-5, to take the match, preventing an Eskymo doubles sweep. The other three doubles flights went to the Eskymos, all in straight sets. Escanaba's Claire McInerney and Alison Sommers won, 6-1 and 7-5, at second doubles; Rene Perrault and Mykenzie Monkevich won, 6-4 and 7-5 at third doubles; and Jessica Koish and Lauren Dykema won, 6-1 and 7-5, at fourth doubles. The girls host Negaunee on Monday and travel to Menominee on Tuesday. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos abd videos from Thursday's match.  |
