The Lady Broncs tennis squad was able to keep their winning ways headed in the right direction. They would sweep the matches played this week versus Bishop and Rosamond.
These were important matches to win for Kern Valley as they have set themselves up for a chance to capture the HDL. They defeated Bishop 6-3 and took care of Rosamond 7-2. Consistent play from all the Lady Broncs have led them to the title possibility. With the season winding down Kern Valley had a chance to tie the league standings up on Tuesday when they traveled to Desert.
Senior, Marissa Tate continues to lead the Lady Broncs in both singles and doubles action. She was able to grab the set win against Bishop and continue that when she teamed up with her doubles partner, Elizabeth Davis. In singles action, Tate came away with the 6-3, 6-4 win. The doubles’ set scores were identical 6-1. In other singles play, Kyra Flint won 6-2, 6-2, while Abby Phillips had the marathon matchup as she won 7-5, 7-5. Coming up short in singles were Karsyn Liske who fell 4-6, 3-6, Davis dropped her sets by identical 4-6 scores, and Summer Santos lost love-6 and 1-6.
The Kern Valley team of Flint and Phillips took care of business as they won 6-3, 6-0. Kylie Griswold and Taylor Beam wrapped up the sweep of doubles action with a 7-5, 6-4 win over their Bishop opponents.
Versus the Lady Roadrunners of Rosamond, the match saw the Lady Broncs lose once in singles and once in doubles as they dominated their opponents on the courts. Winning five of the six singles matchups, Kern Valley split a tiebreaker in two sets. The Lady Broncs won two of the three doubles to complete the 7-2 team victory.
Tate once again led the Lady Broncs as she took her singles match up 6-2 and 6-1. Phillips took the win in singles 6-4 and 6-0. Davis had to go to the tiebreaker to earn her team point for Kern Valley. She dropped the opening set 4-6, but bounced back to win 7-6. The tiebreak went to a 10-6 score with Davis collecting the win. Santos and Griswold capped the singles action with wins over their opponent. Santo won 7-6 and 6-2, while Griswold won 6-1 and 6-4. Falling short in singles was Liske. She also had to go to the tiebreaker. The first set went to her opponent 3-6. She battled back to take set two 6-4. In the tiebreak, she was defeated 10-6.
Turning to doubles play, the Lady Broncs team of Tate and Davis had to go extras as they were forced to go to the tiebreaker. They would dominate the first set and win 6-0. In the second they dropped the 4-6 decision. In the tiebreak the Kern Valley team dominated and won 10-4. Liske and Phillips won 6-1 and 7-6 to add to the team points. The team of Beam and Ariel Balan fell to their opponent by the scores of 2-6 and 3-6.
The Lady Broncs head coach, Sabine Mixon said, “I am impressed with how far this team has developed this year. Each match becomes increasingly more competitive and the improvement of basic skills and cognitive strategy is so much fun to watch. We are hoping to take that match 9with Desert) which would put us in a first place tie with Desert, our most challenging competitor. We will host Bishop at home on Thursday, and we would love to have the community come out and support us as we honor our lone senior, Marissa Tate in her last match on the Kern Valley courts. Marissa (Tate) has been with the tennis team for four years, and stands in our No.1 spot. We hope to see you out there! The HDL Finals will be held in Bishop on October 24.”
Kern Valley tennis team has a sweep week
