Whitefish netters vanquish Vals

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH - Danni Paulson, No. 1 singles, and Whitefish stayed perfect on the tennis season Thursday with a 6-1 dual victory over Bigfork.

Paulson, 9-0 on the spring, cruised by Trisha Smith, 6-0, 6-0.

Whitefish won 1-2-3 singles and swept the three doubles matches to move to 5-0 in dual play.

Whitefish has lost just one dual in the last 2 1/2 years.

"We shook up our lineup and I thought we played extremely well in doubles," said Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden.

"I don't know if it was the new combinations, but I think it was more the improved play, especially at the net."

Whitefish gets a break in the action, waiting until April 27th for a dual with Libby.

"We'll do a lot of challenge matches the next week," said Dryden.

"We've had too tight a schedule (to be able to do that so far). We have to keep tweaking the doubles until we have the right combination."

BULLDOGS 6, VALKYRIES 1

Singles - Danni Paulson, W, def. Trisha Smith, 6-0, 6-0; Brielle Menegazzi, W, def. Quinde Averill, 6-2, 6-4; Jessie Kuennen, W, def. Whitney Wilson, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Roxy Thurman, B, def. Jessica Anderson, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

Doubles - Maresa Jenson/Kyla Roy, W, def. Rebecca Buffington/Brianna Hughes, 6-0, 6-1; Taylor Beach/Kate Whitaker, W, def. Nicolette Peterson/Jennifer Worth, 6-2, 6-0; Sabrya Martin/Mariah Driscoll, W, def. Ashley Rasmussen/Courtney Allen, 6-0, 6-0.

Exhibition

Singles - Molly Lauterbach, W, def. Jennifer Worth, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles - Sabrya Martin/Mariah Driscoll, W, def. Brianna Hughes/Quinde Averill, 10-2.