Mt. Pleasant tennis sees victory and defeat

Both the Mt. Pleasant boys and girls tennis teams were in action Thursday evening against the Chiefs of Keokuk.

The boys grabbed a flawless win on the road against Keokuk, 9-0, while the girls were bested at home, 7-2.

On the boys side, Mt. Pleasant gave up only one set in the contest.

Owen Vansickel battle hard in the No. 1 singles match, coming away with a 2-1 victory after three sets, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 1-0 (10-6).

Jake Ensminger won his No. 2 sets 6-1 and 6-0. In the No. 3 match, Levi Graber took care of business winning 6-3 and 6-0.

Tim Cam followed with a 6-2 and 6-1 victory. Elliot Cook defeated the opposition 6-0 in both sets and Lou Schimmelpfennig was a winner by forfeit.

In the doubles matches, Vansickel and Ensminger were winners in each of their two sets 6-4 and 6-0.

Graber and Cam picked up another win for the Panthers with 6-1 and 6-4 victories in the No. 2 doubles game.

The Panthers were winners in the No. 3 match as Cook and Schimmelpfennig took the forfeit.

For the Mt. Pleasant girls, each of its two wins came in the No. 1 singles and doubles matches.

Mt. Pleasant’s Savana Walls was the sole winner in the singles matches. Walls won her one set match 8-2.

Melanie Olivas was defeated in the No. 2 match 8-3.

Gisele Fajardo, Malena Yocum, Eliana Situmeang and Victoria Smith all fell 8-4 in their single set.

In doubles, Walls and Olivas triumphed 8-1 in the No. 1 match. Fajardo and Yocum fell short 8-5 in the No. 2 position. Situmeang and Smith were bested 8-1 in the third and final doubles match.

The boys improve to 4-1 on the season and will host Fort Madison (1-3) in their next competition.

The girls are still in search of their first win, 0-6, and will travel to Burlington Notre Dame for a matchup with the Nikes.