Plymouth tennis alters schedule due to weather, performs well indoors at CMA

With the 8-team Plymouth Varsity Girls Tennis Invite canceled on Saturday, the Plymouth Girls Tennis Team traveled to Culver Academies and played and split two indoor dual matches.

In match one, the Pilgrims lost a nailbiter to district-ranked Crown Point, 3-2, with the final outcome not determined until the final few points of the team match.

Singles:
1. Ana Baron (CP) beat Tynley Gantz 6-1, 6-1
2. Sophia Cantero (P) beat Natalia Svetanoff 3-6, 6-0, 10-4
3. Lena Apolskis (CP) beat Mia Hartley 6-2, 6-1

Doubles:
1. Marley Christy-Emma Jackson (P) beat Addison Jamrok-Jessica Harper 6-3, 7-6(3)
2. Mary Mumaugh-Jessica McDaniel (CP) beat Natalie Sheely-Lydia Wray 3-6, 7-5, 11-9

“Crown Point has a strong team and program and we hung right with them. I thought we showed a lot of mental toughness in this match. Sophia
battled back to win her match after losing the first set, and Marley and Emma battled back from a 5-2 second set deficit to win their match in straight sets.
Overall, Natalie and Lydia played a nice match against a strong opponent at 2D. We had chances in the super tiebreaker and couldn't close it out, but they had a lot of positive moments and positive takeaways from their match. Even Tynley played a lot of good points and rallies against an All State player from last year, so I’m very encouraged by how we played as a team. Sometimes there is just no substitute for experience, and playing these good opponents and getting put into these pressure situations will only make us a better team moving forward, " said Plymouth coach Brad Haeck.

The Plymouth Girls Tennis Team rebounded from the earlier loss with a clean sweep of a solid Kankakee Valley team.
1S Tynley Gantz, 2S Sophia Cantero, 3S Mia Hartley, and 2D Marisa Langfeldt-Natalie Sheely all won their matches in straight sets.

Singles:
1. Tynley Gantz (P) beat Brooklyn Richie 6-4, 6-2
2. Sophia Cantero (P) beat Savannah Garcia 6-2, 6-1
3. Mia Hartley (P) beat Izzy Jones 6-0 6-4

Doubles:
1. Marley Christy-Emma Jackson (P) beat Summer Weaver-Emmie P 4-6, 6-1, 10-6
2. Marisa Langfeldt-Natalie Sheely (P) beat Delanie Birchet-Rhenya Smith 6-3, 6-2

Plymouth hosts Warsaw on Tuesday.