WATERTOWN – The Watertown High School girls tennis team split two matches Monday in the first of its three scheduled home games of the 2024 season.
After a narrow 5-4 loss to O’Gorman, the Arrows (3-2) bounced back to defeat Sioux Falls Washington 8-1. O’Gorman, now 4-1, swept Washington 9-0 in the middle matchup.
“I’m really proud of the girls today. They played a great match against a strong O’Gorman team and came up just short. There were a lot of close games that could have gone either way,” said Watertown coach Ryan Zink. “Then we played Washington and got a nice win.”
Cayda Weiss and Jade Smith, Watertown’s fifth- and sixth-tier singles players, each achieved a score of 2-0 on the day, as did Ellie Zink and Leyla Meester in No. 1 doubles and Weiss and Smith in No. 3 doubles.
The Arrows will face Brookings and Aberdeen Central at the Brookings Jamboree on Saturday.
Watertown’s only other scheduled home games this fall include a home game against Milbank on Tuesday, September 10, and the Eastern South Dakota Conference tournament on Monday and Tuesday, September 30-October 1.
O’Gorman 5, Watertown 4
Single — Ellie Huber, OG, defeated Ellie Zink, 10-8; Lucy Koziara, OG, defeated Leyla Meester, 10-8 (7-1 tiebreaker); Sarah Jamous, OG, defeated Fafith Berg, 10-9 (9-7 tiebreaker); Wilnel Farhat, OG, defeated Sophia Nichols, 10-6; Cayda Weiss, W, defeated Hadley Garry, 10-8; and Jade Smith, W, defeated Kaitlyn Connelly, 10-7,
Double — Zink-Meester, W, defeated Huber-Koziara, 10-6; Jamous-Farhart, OG, defeated Berg-Nichols, 10-0; and Weiss-Smith, W, defeated Garry-Victoria Chen, 10-7.
Watertown 8, SF Washington 1
Single — Madalyn Dahlmeier, SFW, defeated Hannah Pesek, 10-2; Meester, W, defeated Elizabeth Morgans, 10-0; Berg, W, defeated Zoriah VanDeVendel, 10-2; Nichols, W, defeated Allyson Carp, 10-0; Weiss, W, defeated Alivia Dahlmeier, 10-2; Smith, W, defeated Corinne Cahill, 10-2.
Double — Zink-Meester, W, defeated M. Dahlmeier-Morgans, 10-5; Berg-Nichols, W, defeated VanDeVendel-Corp, 10-0; Weiss-Smith, W, defeated A. Dahlmeier-Cahill, 10-1.
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O’Gorman 9, SF Washington 0
Single — Huber, OG, Def. M. Dahlmeier, 10-2; Koziara, OG, def. Morgan’s, 10-0; Jamous, OG, def. VanDeVendel, 10-3; Farhat, OG, def. Corp, 10-1; Garry, OG, def. A. Dahlmeier, 10-1; Connelly, OG, def. Cahill, 10-6.
Double — Huber-Koziara, SFW, def. M. Dahlmeier-Morgans, 10-3; Jamous-Farhat, OG, defeated VanDeVendel-Corp, 10-1; and Garry-Chen, OG, def. A. Dahlmeier-Cahill, 10-1.
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