Aug. 8—MITCHELL — The Mitchell High School girls tennis had no issues on Tuesday afternoon in a season-opening contest with Aberdeen Roncalli at Hitchcock Park.
The Kernels swept Aberdeen Roncalli by a score of 9-0, and later swept Huron by a 9-0 score. The event was the first of the 2023-24 school year for Mitchell High School sports.
Against the Cavaliers, Mitchell won all nine matches, including 6-0, 6-0 wins for Delaney Degen at No. 1 singles and Carsyn Weich at No. 3 singles. Katie Morgan was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at Flight 4 singles for the Kernels. At No. 5 singles, Elly Clement won the longest match of the day over Keira Rivett, a 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 win. No. 2 Megan Mastel and No. 6 Matteah Graves both won their matches by identical 6-1, 6-1 scores in singles.
In doubles play, Mitchell swept the matches, with Degen and Megan Mastel together at the No. 1 pairing in a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Weich and Clement won 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 doubles and Katie Morgan and Matteah Graves won 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 3 doubles match.
In Mitchell’s dual against Huron, Clement won a tiebreaker in the third-set 10-6 to claim a win after dropping the first set 5-7 and winning 6-4 in the second set at No. 5 singles. Degen, Mastel and Weich all won their singles matches and dropped three games or less. In doubles, Katie Morgan and Matteah Graves won at No. 3 with a 6-0, 6-2 in, with Carsyn Weich and Elly Clement winning at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-1 win and Degen and Mastel winning 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.
Mitchell is back in action on Monday, Aug. 14 with a home triangular with Brookings and Sioux Falls Jefferson. The matches start at 10 a.m. at Hitchcock Park.
Mitchell 9, Huron 0
Singles
No. 1: Delaney Degen (M) def. AnneClaire Rubish (HUR), 6-1, 6-2
No. 2: Megan Mastel (M) def. Elizabeth Heinen (HUR), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Carsyn Weich (M) def. Chalie Sah (HUR), 6-0, 6-2
No. 4: Katie Morgan (M) def. Say Glay (HUR), 6-2, 6-2
No. 5: Elly Clement (M) def. Paw Kler Moo (HUR), 5-7, 6-4, 10-6
No. 6: Matteah Graves (M) def. Madeline Kleinsasser (HUR), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1: Delaney Degen / Megan Mastel (M) def. AnneClaire Rubish / Elizabeth Heinen (HUR), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2: Carsyn Weich / Elly Clement (M) def. Chalie Sah / Madeline Kleinsasser (HUR), 6-4, 6-1
No. 3: Katie Morgan / Matteah Graves (M) def. Say Glay / Paw Kler Moo (HUR), 6-0, 6-2
Mitchell 9, Aberdeen Roncalli 0
Singles
No. 1: Delaney Degen (M) def. Katherine Kretchman (ABR), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: Megan Mastel (M) def. River Haskell (ABR), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Carsyn Weich (M) def. Raley Haskell (ABR), 6-0, 6-0
No. 4: Katie Morgan (M) def. Anna Mitzel (ABR), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: Elly Clement (M) def. Keira Rivett (ABR), 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
No. 6: Matteah Graves (M) def. Josie Mitzel (ABR), 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1: Delaney Degen / Megan Mastel (M) def. Katherine Kretchman / River Haskell (ABR), 6-1, 6-4
No. 2: Carsyn Weich / Elly Clement (M) def. Raley Haskell / Keira Rivett (ABR), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3: Katie Morgan / Matteah Graves (M) def. Anna Mitzel / Josie Mitzel (ABR), 6-2, 6-0