The Bonney Lake High girls had an unusual afternoon of tennis Friday. Perhaps taking a cue from the world of baseball, the Panthers played a doubleheader against the visiting Peninsula Seahawks.
The rare tennis double-dip wasn’t part of the original schedule. Rather, both matches against Peninsula had been rained out earlier in the season. With time winding down before postseason action begins, the call was made to play twice on a single afternoon.
The bad news for Bonney Lake is that the Seahawks captured both ends of the twin bill by 3-2 scores.
In both matches, the Panther wins came in doubles action. In the opener, the duo of Samantha Garrity and Kristen Cunningham earned a victory in the No. 1 slot, while Olivia Grob and Mindy Joyce captured the No. 3 doubles battle. In the nightcap, Panther victories were registered by, again, the Garrity/Cummingham duo at No. 1, along with the No. 3 pair of Kadie Demich and Kiera Watson.
Other matches were as follows.
Match 1
No. 1 singles: Allie Barry (P) def Elizabeth Matison (BL) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 singles: Sasha Mayer (P) def. Kadie Demich (BL) 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles: Lee/Burdyshaw (P) def. Littlefield/Gleason (BL) 6-4, 2-6, (10-3).
Match 2
No. 1 singles: Allie Barry (P) def Baylee Littlefield (BL) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 singles: Laurel Schley (P) def. Elizabeth Matison (BL) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2 doubles: Lee/Burdyshaw (P) def. Grob/Gleason (BL) 6-2, 7-6, (7-2).