Lady Leopards Bounce Back Against Dukes – Girls Tennis
Kennedy Keister won in #2 Singles 6-0, 6-1 and the #2 Doubles Team of Mandy Plaskett and Mackenzie Murphy also won in straight sets to lead Louisville to a 4-1 home win against Marlington.
Kennedy Keister won in #2 Singles 6-0, 6-1 and the #2 Doubles Team of Mandy Plaskett and Mackenzie Murphy also won in straight sets to lead Louisville to a 4-1 home win against Marlington.
The Leopards Megan Hampe broke the shutout by scoring with 1:44 left in the game, but the Vikings prevailed 6-1. Kayla Gibson tallied the assist on the play as Louisville dropped to 0-1-1 on the year.
Louisville fell to visiting North Canton Hoover 5-0 Monday. The Lady Vikings took all three singles matches 5-0, 5-0 and won both doubles matches in straight sets. The Leopards are now 2-3 on the season.
Morgan Cole placed 4th to lead the Lady Leopards to finish 9th as a team and Logan Ison took 40th to pace the Louisville Boys who took 15th at the GlenOak Golden Eagle Invitational Saturday.
Louisville fell to Lake 20-25, 19-25, 22-25 in their home opener Thursday. Morgan Cole had 20 assists, Erin Hahn had 10 kills, Ellie Jackson finished with 9 digs, and Ashley Zifer had 8 points serving.
Leopards Singles Players Kennedy Keister and Jo Menegay each won in straight sets as did the Louisville Doubles team of Lexi Collins & Mackenzie Murphy in the team’s 3-2 win over crosstown St. Thomas Aquinas.
Megan Chatelain and Jenny Hamsher both scored first half goals to put the Leopards ahead 2-1 at the break. The Blue Streaks scored in the second half to force a 2-2 opening night stalemate.
Tori Esposito, Jo Menegay, and the doubles team of Mackenzie Murphy & Mandy Paskett all won 6-0, 6-0 to lead Louisville to a 5-0 shutout at Barberton. Kennedy Keister and the doubles team of Kat Brown & Sherilynn Mullett also won.
Cassidy Kiko finished 5th individually to lead the Lady Leopards to a 6th place finish. Miklos Hendricks paced the Louisville boys who placed 7th as a team in their race.
Morgan Cole had team-highs of 24 assists and 10 points serving but the Lady Leopards fell on the road to the Vikings 25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 21-25. Erin Hahn also had 12 kills, Ashley Zifer had 10 points serving, Cami Nau had 18 digs, and Emily Fresenko finished with 3 blocks.