Tiger tennis team loses three matches

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team dropped conference matches to Bishop Kelly, Skyview and Emmett last week

Bishop Kelly 12

Mountain Home 0

The defending 4A State tennis champion Bishop Kelly Knights appear to be reloaded. That was evident in their 12-0 win over the Mountain Home Tigers on April 4 at Bishop Kelly.

Julie Remington lost the number one girls singles match to Sarina StadMueller, 1-6, 0-6. Laura Lothrop was blanked in straight sets to Olivia Weitz in the number two girls singles, and Mary Booth lost to Jessica Harrison, 1-6, 0-6.

Mountain Home did not fare any better in the boys singles, as Dan Remington lost 0-6, 0-6, to Alejandro Cinigloo in the number one boys singles. Luke Anderson lost to Matt Gellert, 0-6, 0-6, in the number two boys singles, and Jason Ward lost 2-6, 0-6 to Chris Mui in the number three singles.

In girls doubles, Breanna White and Daryl Enriquez lost 0-6, 0-6 to Annie Watkins and Kassie Seger, and Samantha Springer and Cami Pachner lost to Kayla Berquist and Claire Fisher, 1-6, 0-6.

In boys doubles, Justin Richins and Jordan Niksich lost to Matt Shaff and Kyle Balmer, 1-6, 1-6, and Phil Roemer and Trevor Lema lost, 0-6, 1-6, to Alex Miller and Tom Witt.

In mixed doubles, Sean James and Erika McGill lost to Dominique Elcox and Samantha Peterson, 0-6, 0-6, while Matt McCluskey and Lindsay Horgan lost to Noah Moody and Elise Helvie, 1-6, 1-6.

"B.K. is the defending State Champions and is definitely strong again this year," said Mountain Home Tiger tennis coach Phil McCluskey of their efforts against Bishop Kelly. "We did not play poorly, we were simply out matched. My hope is that our players will continue to concentrate on improving rather than focusing on the loss."

Skyview Hawks 11

Mountain Home 1

The Tiger netters hosted Skyview last Tuesday, and lost to the Hawks 11-1. Julie Remington and Laura Lothrop won their girls doubles match, beating Monica Craciuescu and Samantha Gross, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 for Mountain Home's only win. Erika McGill and Lindsay Horgan lost the other girls doubles match to Jamie Nelson and Francesca Walker, 4-6, 0-6.

In girls singles, Jessica Hoover lost to Jennifer Wall, 0-6, 2-6, Samantha Springer lost to Katie Nussbaum, 2-6, 1-6, and Cami Pachner forced Joy Hood to three sets before losing, 1-6, 7-5, 4-6.

In boys singles, Phil Roemer lost to Dave Kunz, 1-6, 2-6, Zach Fischer lost to Kam Wheeler, 1-6, 0-6, and Jason Ward dropped a 1-6, 1-6 match to Nate Stanger.

In boys doubles, Justin Brummett and Trevor Lema lost to Charles Davenport and Angelo Romano, 5-7, 5-7, and Jordan Niksich and Matt Ward went three sets with Neil Umland and Josh Siverson before losing, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6.

In mixed doubles, Justin Richins and Mary Booth lost to Chris Gates and Marlayna Spargo, 2-6, 1-6, and Sean James and Daryl Enriquez lost to Dave Williams and Alyssa Larsen, 2-6, 2-6.

Emmett Huskies 8

Mountain Home 3

Mountain Home won two of the three boys singles matches, and one of the boys doubles matches against the Emmett Huskies on Thursday at Mountain Home before the rains came.

Zach Fischer won the number two boys singles match, 6-4, 6-4, over Brian Murray, and Jason Ward won the number three boys singles match over Jake Mondor, 6-3, 2-0. Dan Remington dropped the number one boys singles match, 3-6, 4-6, to Zach Erlebach.

In girls singles, Jessica Hoover lost to Muriel Barrus, 2-6, 4-6, Breanna White lost to Teianna Mabe, 1-6, 1-6, and Cami Pachner's match against Janelle Jansen ended in the second set with Pachner up, 5-2. She had dropped the first set to Jansen, 3-6.

In boys doubles, Jordan Niksich and Matt Ward won the number two doubles match, 6-1, 6-2, over Ross Meyer and Danny Wade. Luke Anderson and Trevor Lema lost the number one doubles match to Shawn Wright and Chris Wilson, 3-6, 1-6.

In girls doubles, Julie Remington and Laura Lothrop lost to Ericka Weissenbuehler and Ashley Vogler, 1-6, 3-6, and Erika McGill and Lindsay Horgan lost to Kathryn Pawlick and Amanda Downen, 2-6, 0-6. In mixed doubles, Justin Richins and Mary Booth lost to Shaun Savage and Karissa Mendenhall, 0-6, 1-6, and Sean James and Daryl Enriquez lost to Ben Galloway and Amberley Beckman, 4-6, 3-6.

The Tigers hosted Vallivue on Monday, and travel to Nampa tomorrow (Thursday) and to Kuna on April 18.