Simley Girls Tennis Drops Close One to Central

The Simley High School girls tennis team lost a close match to St. Paul Central on Monday afternoon. 

The match looked like it could get out of hand early when eighth-grader and top Spartan singles player, Annika Iverson, lost 0-6, 0-6 to Central's notable junior Helen Klass-Warch.

The Spartans' number-two singles player Taylor Short also lost 3-6, 1-6.  

But first-year head coach Jo Baecker was encouraged by the play of his second and third doubles tandems—Paula Velasquez & Anne Hawe and Natasha Perkerwicz & Sam Pedelty, respectively—both of which recorded victories over the Minutemen. 

Perkerwicz and Pedelty won the final two sets 6-4, 6-4 after losing the first set 0-6. 

All told, Central edged Simley 4-3 in matches. The results of all matches are as follows:

• #1 Singles, Annika Iverson: lost 0-6, 0-6
• #2 Singles, Taylor Short: lost 3-6, 1-6
• #3 Singles, Leah Obert: win 6-1, 6-2
• #4 Singles, Mackenzie Miller: lost (missing score)

• #1 Doubles, Olivia Rud & Britta Iverson: lost 5-7, 7-6, 2-6
• #2 Doubles, Paula Velasquez & Anne Hawe: won 6-1, 6-3
• #3 Doubles, Natasha Perkerwicz & Sam Pedelty: won 0-6, 6-4, 6-4