SIOUX
FALLS-The Rapid City Stevens tennis team completed the sweep of
Sioux Falls schools on Saturday and senior Gib Moyle became the
third Raider this season to reach 100 victories in a
career.
Stevens started the day
winning six singles matches and two doubles matches to earn an 8-1
victory over Sioux Falls Lincoln.
Billy Paluch and Jack
Hamburg won the No. 1 and 2 singles matches, respectively. Gib
Moyle downed Kelly Dalton 7-5, 6-2; J.J. Shultz held off Collin
Noldner 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match; No. 4 singles featured
Stephen Tibbles, who outscored Isaac Krueger 6-2, 7-5; and Cody
Eslinger earned a 6-2, 6-2 victory over John Haraldson to round out
singles action.
In doubles competition, the
team of Peter Chang and Haraldson gave Sioux Falls Lincoln their
only win by beating Tibbles and Eslinger, 6-2, 2-6
(10-7).
The visiting Raiders squared
off next with Sioux Falls Roosevelt and came away with a 6-3
victory.
Paluch, Hamburg and Moyle
all notched wins for Stevens. Brandon Weeldreyer posted a 10-4
triumph over Shultz in No. 4 singles and Neal Gregorson downed
Tibbles 10-4 to close the gap for the Rough Riders. Eslinger ended
singles competition handing Ryan Sieler a 10-6
loss.
Rapid City Stevens won
two-of-three doubles matches against Roosevelt. Brock Weeldreyer
and teammate Neal Gregorson sidelined Tibbles and Eslinger 10-6 in
No. 3 doubles.
The Raider tennis team
dominated Sioux Falls Washington 9-0 to finish the
day.
Paluch defeated Jared
Drenkow 6-1, 7-5 in No. 1 singles. Hamburg followed with a 6-1, 6-0
win over Dobby O'Donnell. Moyle and Shultz beat Austin Synders and
Nolan Hazard by identical scores of 6-1, 6-0. Tibbles was a winner
for Rapid City in No. 5 singles by downing Zach Hueners 6-2, 6-0,
and Eslinger recorded a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Luke
Haffeman.
With the sweep, Rapid City
Stevens improved to 13-0 in dual matches this season. The Raiders
will play Sioux Falls O'Gorman and Aberdeen Roncalli in Sioux Falls
on Friday.
Posted in Local on Friday, May 2, 2008 11:00 pm
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