Hibbing Too Much For Jacks In Girls Tennis

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Aug 28, 2012

Kerry Rodd-NSO

Year-in and year-out the Hibbing tennis team is one of the top girls tennis teams in the area. On Tuesday the Blue Jackets handled Cloquet-Esko-Carlton by a 7-0 margin in an early season match proving once again they are a tennis force in northern Minnesota.

The Blue Jackets handled all four singles matches which started at #1 when Emily Milani downed CEC’s Reilly Kedrowski 6-2, 6-3. At #2 singles it was Hibbing’s Mikayla Krmpotich defeating CEC’s Breanne Baker 6-1, 6-0.

Tina Matetcih of Hibbing took a 6-0, 6-1 win over CEC’s Rachel Collier and at #4 it was another win for Hibbing as Nicole Blagoue ousted CEC’s Lora Chalich 6-0, 6-0.

The closest CEC came to a win was in doubles play. At #3 doubles Rosalie Lundquist and Courtney Ketola dropped a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Rachel Smilanich and Maddy Pusteri.

The Jacks also had a great shot in the #2 doubles slot when Abby Wangen and Katelyn Litke fell 6-4, 7-6, 7-5. Finally the CEC #1 doubles team of Alyssa Acheson and Katrina Smith fell 6-1, 6-1 to Miranda Morris and Janelle Shen.

The Jacks are now off until after the Labor Day break when they travel to Hermantown to take on the Hawks on Sept 4.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com