St. Anthony Edges T-town, EHS Falls to Greenville

TEUTOPOLIS -- Effingham St. Anthony edged Teutopolis 5-4 in girls tennis competition Tuesday.

T-town took the No. 1 singles spot as Kaitlin Deters won 6-1, 6-1. St. Anthony was a winner at No. 2 as Anna Schutzbach won 6-1, 6-3. The Shoes then took the No. 3 spot as Christa Schwinke won 6-3, 6-3. Then the Bulldogs swept through the next three singles spots as Mary Claire Wegman won 6-3, 6-2, Claire Wortman won 6-4, 6-1 and Chloe Malone won 5-6 (5), 6-3.

In doubles play, the Bulldogs took the top spot as Rentfrow and Schutzbach claimed a close 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory. That gave St. Anthony it's fifth point for the win. T-town then took the next two doubles as Deters and Lauren Hemmen won 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 and Alison Apke and Claire Hemmen won 6-0, 6-4.

"We had lots of close matches and it was a hard fought win," said St. Anthony Coach Darlene Esker.

T-town dropped to 5-7 on the season.

At Teutopolis

Singles

No. 1 -- Kaitlin Deters (TT) defeated Kelly Rentfrow (SA), 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 -- Anna Schutzbach (SA) defeated Audra Breer (TT), 6-1, 6-3

No. 3 -- Christa Schwinke (TT) defeated Tierney Hammer (SA), 6-3, 6-3

No. 4 -- Mary Claire Wegman (SA) defeated Lauren Hemmen (TT), 6-3, 6-2

No. 5 -- Claire Wortman (SA) defeated Taylor Hartke (TT), 6-4, 6-1

No. 6 -- Chloe Malone (SA) defeated Sarah Thoele (TT), 5-6 (5), 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 -- Rentfrow-Schutzbach (SA) defeated Schwinke-Breer (TT), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

No. 2 -- Deters-L. Hemmen (TT) defeated Hammer-Wegman (SA), 6-0, 3-6, 6-2

No. 3 -- Allison Apke-Claire Hemmen (TT) defeated Wortman-Malone (SA), 6-0, 6-4

At Greenville

Greenville picked up a 7-2 victory over Effingham Tuesday.

The Hearts picked up a singles victory at No. 1 as  Emma Kull beat Abby Gaffner, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6. Kull then teammed with Shelby Funneman to win the No. 1 doubles, 6-2, 6-1.

At Greenville

Singles

No. 1 -- Emma Kull (E) defeated Abby Gaffner (G), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6

No. 2 -- Anya Thomas (G) defeated Shelby Funneman (E), 7-5, 6-4

No. 3 -- Dhiral Patel (G) defeated Megan Allen (E), 6-1, 6-4

No. 4 -- Katelyn Eller (G) defeated Kyra Bannister (E), 67-3, 6-4

No. 5 -- Hannah Gaffner (G) defeated Tori Sims (E), 6-0, 6-3

No. 6 -- Madi Funneman (G) defeated Savannah Blake (E), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Kull-Funneman (E) defeated Eller-Thomas (G), 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 -- Patel-Henderson (G) defeated Allen-Bannisiter (E), 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 -- Sponsler-Timmerman (G) defeated Sims-Haley Miller (E), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2