The Becker Bulldog girls tennis team went 3-3 in six matches this past week to raise their season record to 8-9.

 

Becker traveled to Buffalo to play a three-game match against Buffalo, Mound-Westonka and Waseca last weekend.

 

The Bulldogs got wins from Anna Ritchie at #2 singles, Ally Kangas and Courtney Nuest at #2 doubles, Emily Kotten and Alayna Lindquist at #3 doubles and Laura Niday and Nicole Knudsen at #4 doubles.

 

Ritchie won her match, 7-5, 6-3 over Ella Stevens.

 

Kangas and Nuest beat Buffalo’s Gina Miller and Hillary Hovland, 6-2, 6-4. Kotten and Lindquist knocked off Cassie McNitt and Nicole McHenry, 6-3, 6-1. Niday and Knudsen went to three sets, but beat Molly Jungwirth and Lydia Peterson, 6-0, 6-6, 7-3.

 

The Bulldogs got wins from Ritchie at #2 singles, Blair Pappenfus at #3 singles, Julia Bengtson at #4 singles, Kangas and Nuest at #2 doubles and Kotten and Lindquist at #3 doubles.

 

Ritchie beat her opponent (not identified) by a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (10-3) score. Pappenfus beat her opponent, 7-5, 6-4 and Bengtson won her match, 6-1, 6-1.

 

Kangas and Nuest won their match, 6-1, 7-5 and Kotten and Lindquist theirs by a score of 6-0, 6-2.

 

Mound-Westonka 4, Becker 3

The Bulldogs only got wins from their doubles teams as Megan Nelson and Payton Bernstrom won at #1 doubles by a score of 7-6, (7-4), 6-0. Kangas and Nuest won at #2 doubles by a score of 6-1, 6-1.

 

Kotten and Lindquist survived their match at #3 doubles by beating their opponents, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-6).

 

Becker got wins from three of the four singles players and all three doubles teams Monday in Mora.

 

Taylor Pawlicki beat Taylor Neil at #1 singles, 6-1, 6-0. Pappenfus beat Ann Marie Oberhausen, 6-0, 6-3 at #3 singles. Nuest beat Grace Harmon, 6-1, 6-2 at #4 singles.

 

Nelson and Hannah Bengtson beat Theja Ingebrand and Jordan Harning, 6-1, 6-1 at #1 doubles. Kangas and Bernstrom beat Kelsey Reynolds and Ada Krueger, 6-2, 6-2 at #2 doubles. Kotten and Lindquist beat Tori Dion and Valerie Horning, 6-1, 6-0 at #3 doubles.

 

Becker hosted Pierz Tuesday afternoon and came away with a big win.

 

Pawlicki easily took care of Rebecca Langer at #1 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 victory. Pappenfus beat Kailyn Gritzmacher at #3 singles, 6-0, 7-5. Nuest beat Abby Andrea at #4 singles by a score of 6-2, 6-4.

 

Nelson and Hannah Bengtson dispatched of Brittney Boser and Hannah Andrea at #1 doubles by a score of 6-2, 6-4. Kotten and Lindquist got the other big win at #3 doubles by beating Avy Lease and Anlessa Leidnefrost by a 6-4, 6-1 score.

 

Nuest was the only Bulldog tennis player to come out victorious Thursday evening on the road. She beat her opponent (not identified) by a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1 score.

 

Pawlicki lost 0-6, 0-6 at #1 singles. Ritchie lost 0-6, 0-6 at #2 singles and Pappenfus lost 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 at #3 singles.

 

The duo of Nelson and Hannah Bengtson lost 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 at #1 doubles. Kangas and Bernstrom lost 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (4-7) at #2 doubles and Kotten and Lindquist lost 2-6, 6-2, 4-6 at #3 doubles.

 

The Bulldogs play at Big Lake Monday, then host Little Falls Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.