The Lake Belton tennis team traveled to the district champs, A&M Consolidated on Friday. The Broncos lost 5-14, but did not have their number 2 line girl. There were 4 matches that went to super tie-breaks and ended in a loss. There was great competition all around, but some standouts were Luke Droege's singles match 4-6, 7-5, 13-15; Jillian Webb's singles match 7-6(7-3), 6-7 (6-10), (4-10); Hannah Maroney 6-4,4-6, (6-10), and Dhruv Bhat/Ethan Muehlstein 6-4,6-7(2-7), (10-7). All matches were against very strong opponents and showed great improvement since the first match up this season.
The winning players were: Emilio Gonzalez/Nathan Dawson 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), (10-7); Jillian Webb/Hannah Maroney 3-6, 6-3, (10-4); Sara Stephens/Victoria Melendez-Espino 7-5, 7-5; Sara Stephens 6-2,6-2; Sonia Padmanabhan 7-5, 6-3.
The Broncos will play Ellison this Tuesday for the last match in District. The Broncos are undefeated in District play. RISEUP!