Team Tennis Season Underway The 2024 season for the Dripping Springs team tennis program has begun. Team tennis has a little different format than the specialty of spring tennis. In this sport it is all about the team element. Players play their matches and their result goes to the team total. The team that gets to ten wins first wins the game. Normally when the ten is attained all action is stopped but prior to the district tourney everyone will get to play their matches for the experience. Also, in team tennis, a player can play in more than one event.
The team competes in the always solid District 26-6A. The first match of the year was with Lake Travis, another strong program. In a very spirited day of play the Tigers fell in a 10-9 decision.
Results: Boys singles: Wes Anderson lost 5-8; Wyatt Clark won 8-6; Grover Bendall L2-8; Gray Pickens W8-0; Dayton Daniel W8-1; Isaiah Jackson W8-1; Axel Skinner W8-2.
Girls singles: Mia Pleasant L1-8; Isadora Barnes L8-6; Addie Clark L3-8; Maggie Menard W8-3; Olivia Eggleston W8-3; Vivian Kelly L7-8.
Boys doubles: Anderson/ Clark W8-0; Bendall/Pickens W81; Jackson/Daniel W81; Sebastian Zeinoun/ Chase Solberg W8-1.
Girls doubles: Pleasant/ Barnes L3-8; Clark/Menard L7-8; Kelly/Eggleston L2-8; Bella Rose/Katy Evans W8-1.
Mixed Doubles: Julia Stankov/Milton Lynn W8-1.
Lady Tigers volleyball starts the season with wins As expected, the #2 state-ranked Lady Tigers volleyball team catapulted out to a 12-0 start for the first week of the season. They played Round Rock Westwood and Leander Rouse in a doubleheader on opening night and followed that with Pflugerville Hendrickson the next night before heading to the prestigious Pearland Invitational for a perfect run at the title. Heading up the heavy work so far is the likes of Henley Anderson (jr), Riley Certain (sr), Sydney Lund (jr), Eloise Roffers (sr), Ashley Euston (sr), Lourdes Frontera (sr), Callie Krueger (sr) and Christa Wilburn (jr).
Regular play results: Westwood: 25-11, 2516, 25-15; Rouse: 255, 25-7, 25-16; Hendrickson: 25-9, 25-10, 25-17.
Tourney results: Bryan: 25-12, 25-11; St. Agnes Academy: 25-11, 25-14; Argyle: 25-29, 18-25, 25-16; Decatur: 25-22, 2512; Fort Bend Christian Academy: 25-15, 25-18; Flour Bluff: 25-23, 25-17; Friendswood: 25-17, 18-25, 25-13; SA Harlan: 2511, 25-19; Argyle: 2225, 25-16, 25-22.
Regular season play is a best of five while the tourneys are best of three. The Lady Tigers will move on this weekend to the New Braunfels Fraulein Invitational to be tested by another strong contingency of top teams around the area.
