Aberdeen Central's girls' tennis team split a pair of matches with Rapid City opponents Friday at the NSU Courts.
The Golden Eagles started the day with a 7-2 victory over Rapid City Central, followed by a 7-2 loss to the Raiders of Rapid City Stevens. In the dual with Rapid City Central, Aberdeen collected four wins in singles matches and swept the doubles matches.
"We started a little slow in doubles against Rapid City Central, but were able to build momentum and put together some solid points which carried us into our Rapid City Stevens matches," Link said.
Both wins against Stevens came in singles play where Paige Prissel won 11-10 (7-5) at flight four and Kate Allen picked up a 10-7 win at flight six.
"Kate and Paige picked up great singles wins against Stevens and played smart matches," Link said. "Kristen (Hanson), Diana (Peck) and Erica (Carrels) came up against tough singles opponents and had many great rallies, and Ashley (Thone) played some very aggressive points."
Link said facing top-level competition will serve to make the Golden Eagles stronger.
"Anytime you play quality opponents, it's a chance to learn and grow as players, and we feel we did just that," Link said.
The Elliott Extravaganza begins today at 9 a.m. with flights one through three of singles playing at the NSU Courts, flights four and five at the Holgate Courts and flight six at Melgaard Park. All three doubles flights will be at approximately 1:30 p.m. at the NSU Courts.
|Aberdeen Central 7, Rapid City Central 2|
|Singles|
Kristen Hanson, AC, def. Kendall Tucker, 10-4.
Tianna Duda, RCC, def. Diana Peck, 10-5.
Colette Christensen, RCC, def. Erica Hanson, 10-4.
Paige Prissel, AC, def. Devorah Collins, 10-0.
Ashley Thone, AC, def. Miranda Douglas, 10-0.
Kate Allen, AC, def. Chelsey Christensen, 10-2.
|Doubles|
K. Hanson-E. Hanson, AC, def. Tucker-Duda, 10-7.
Prissel-Thone, AC, def. Colette Christensen-Chelsey Christensen, 10-2.
Peck-Allen, AC, def. Collins-Douglas, 10-5.
|Aberdeen Central JV Winners|
Singles: Emily Magera, Caragh Small, Lindsey Simon, Jaelyn Opp, Brianna Conn, Elle Grewe, Madeline Scarlett, Brooke Shishnia.
Doubles: Magera-Simon, Jennifer Janusz-Conn, Small-Opp, Sarah Dutt-Grewe, Christine Herr-Shishnia.
|Rapid City Stevens 7, Aberdeen Central 2|
|Singles|
Sydney Moyle, RCS, def. Kristen Hanson, 10-3.
Taylor Messinger, RCS, def. Diana Peck, 10-0.
Kristina Hammerquist, RCS, def. Erica Hanson, 10-1
Paige Prissel, AC, def. Katie Salkowski, 11-10 (7-5).
Sarah Kelly, RCS, def. Ashley Thone, 10-8.
Kate Allen, AC, def. Stephanie Griffith, 10-7.
|Doubles|
Moyle-Messinger, RCS, def. K. Hanson-E. Hanson, 10-3.
Hammerquist-Salkowski, RCS, def. Prissel-Thone, 10-5.
Kelly-Griffith, RCS, def. Peck-Allen, 11-9.
|Aberdeen Central JV Winners|
Singles: Emily Magera, Lindsey Simon.
Doubles: Magera-Simon.