Bison netters fall to Hastings

HASTINGS -- The McCook High School girls tennis team dropped 6-of-9 varsity matches Monday at Hastings.

All three victories came in singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, McCook's Kim Serbousek defeated Steph Seemer 9-7.

Tausha Escher, who played No. 3 singles, defeated Beth Hastings 8-5.

At No. 4 singles, Alicia Shaffer defeated Hastings' Allie Feezel 9-7.

Dropping singles matches for McCook were Regina Rawlings, No. 2, to Mikayla Albin 8-2; Natalie Brooks, No. 5, to Leah Koopman 8-2; and Jennifer Chmiel, No. 6, to Dani Reineke 8-6.

Dropping doubles matches were Serbousek-Escher, No. 1, to Hastings-Hogan 9-7; Shaffer-Brooks, No. 2, to Feezell-Koopman 8-4; and Rawlings-Chmiel, No. 3, to Albin-Seemer 8-5.

Junior varsity singles winners for McCook were Ashley Hancock, 6-4; Allyx Shields, 6-0; Kirstyn Shaffer, 6-1; Christi Burrows, 6-1; Whitney Fagot, 6-3; Morgan Shaddock, 6-0; Allison Lester, 6-0; and Alex Achilles, 6-1.

JV players dropping singles matches were Jessica Battreall, 6-3; Ashley Kilgore, 6-4; Angela Lichtenwaldt, 6-3; Julie Howard, 6-4; Jessica Fritsch, 6-1; Courtney Clapp, 6-1; Kayla Meixner, 6-1; and Erica Kinne, 6-3.

Winning doubles matches for the JV squad were Kinne-Lester, 6-3; Achilles-Vanessa Lai, 6-0; Achilles-Lai, 6-1; and Burrows-Shaddock, 6-1.

Dropping JV doubles matches were Fagot-Kinne, 6-2; and Burrows-Shaddock, 6-3.

"The team played well but came up a couple matches short," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers. "I was pleased with the effort by the team, but was disappointed with our unforced errors.

"We outplayed Hastings, but we also committed more errors. The girls need to understand committing errors will make it difficult to have success. Hastings did a good job of using the court and placing their hits.

"Kim Serbousek played the match of the day, coming from being down 4-7 and winning 9-7. She had an awesome match and beat a solid opponent.

"Kim plays with so much determination and never backs down at any time in the match."

The Bison competes at the North Platte Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Friday.