Maple River tops BEA in tennis action

Mackenzie Lein
The Maple River Eagles tennis team proved to have too much power on the court, as they overwhelmed the Blue Earth Area Buc-caneers 6-1 in tennis action last Tuesday night.
The Bucs lone victory came at No. 1 doubles. The senior duo of Jessica Skaare and Olivia Skaare cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over the Eagles’ Josie Walters and Michaela Hislop.
BEA’s Mackenzie Lein and Autumn Drake lost at No. 2 doubles, 6-2, 6-4, to Claire Duncanson and Sarah Barteu of Maple River.
Blaire Zierke and Jordan Hanevik combined at No. 3 doubles and put up quite a battle against Maple River’s Amelia Malakowsky and Sam Proehl. The BEA duo lost in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
All four BEA singles players fell to Maple River.
At No. 1 singles, the Bucs’ Emily Slama suffered a rare loss, falling 6-3, 7-5 to the Eagles’ Mandi Stencel.
Slama was honored last week, being named the KEYC-TV, Mankato, Prep Athlete of the Week on Wednesday night.
Annika Johnson, at No. 2 singles, lost 6-1, 6-0 to Sara Anderson. At No. 3 singles Abby Nimz lost to Steph Smith 6-0, 6-0, and Mariah Garver was defeated by the same score at No. 4 singles by Tabitha Woitas.
The loss puts the Bucs season record at 4-9, with a 2-3 record in the South Central Conference.