GH tennis places 4th at

O-K Red Conference meet

Mon, May 11, 2009    to del.icio.us

Grand Haven placed fourth in Saturday's O-K Red Conference tennis meet, finishing with 42 points.

Hudsonville and Rockford shared first-place honors with 50 points each, and Grandville was third with 45.

West Ottawa took fifth place with 39 points; East Kentwood was sixth with 28; Jenison seventh with 26; and Muskegon eighth with eight points.

The Buccaneers' No. 1 doubles team of Mallory Smith and Audrey Austin were undefeated on the day to wrap up an individual O-K Red Conference championship.

Robyn Power advanced to the championship match before losing in the finals in a tough three-setter.

Gina Kukulski at No. 2 singles, Stephanie Guthrie at No. 4 singles, and the No. 4 doubles team of Casey Sruba and Jillian Broadbent all contributed with 5 points each.

WMC WINS

Host Western Michigan Christian swept the four singles matches and won two doubles contests Friday to defeat Manistee 6-2.

In singles, No. 1 Katie Meloche won 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 Chris Busscher 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 Lorraine Downer 6-1, 6-1, and No. 4 Erin Knochenhauer 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles, the Warriors No. 2 team of Cassie Vanderhenst and Andrea DeVries won 6-1, 6-0 and the No. 3 team of Emily Essex and Becca Hallenbeck won 6-3, 6-3.