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Cougars take 2nd at state coed tennis

DES MOINES - Sarah Lasecki and Riley Galbraith of Cedar Rapids Kennedy placed second in the 2012 State Coed Tennis Tournament Tuesday in Des Moines.

Lasecki and Galbraith lost to Jessica King and Alex Qin of Ames, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 in a tiebreaker in the championship match to conclude a marathon day of tennis.

Katie Hammond and Mitchell Anderson of Cedar Rapids Washington were defeated by Mary Hill and Naveen Nath of Des Moines Roosevelt, 6-3, 6-3, in the consolation match for third place.

Lasecki and Galbraith clipped Hammond and Anderson, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 in the semifinals.

The doubles teams of Lasecki/Galbraith and Hammond/Anderson played six matches in one day.


METRO RESULTS

PRELIMINARY ROUND
Sarah Lasecki/Riley Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Rochelle Starret/David Killian (Fort Dodge), 6-1, 6-1.
Katie Hammond/Mitchell Anderson (Washington) def. Rachel Faircloth/Ryan Shomo (Marshalltown), 6-2, 6-2.
Katie Rakers/Dillon Einck (Linn-Mar) def. Anna Bowser/Seth Dolan (Fort Dodge), 6-0, 6-0.

FIRST ROUND
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Jenna Myers/Blake Young (Linn-Mar), 6-3, 6-2.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Jenni Aldrich/Anders Jensen (WDM Valley), 6-2, 6-1.
Lanie Sabin/Clayton Hoyt (Washington) def. Hannah Mallaro/Rex Ju (Cedar Falls), 6-3, 6-0.
Kayla Kuethe/Mike Sylvester (Waukee) def. Alexa Mitchell/Arjun Venkatesh (Kennedy), 6-3, 6-2.
Mary Hill/Naveen Nath (DM Roosevel) def. Rakers/Einck (Linn-Mar), 6-1, 6-0.

SECOND ROUND
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Kelsey Granneman/Steve Ray (Ottumwa), 6-2, 6-0.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Ashton Stoppelmoor/Gabe Mozena (Dubuque Sr.), 6-1, 6-1.
Liera Bender/AJ Naanep (Johnston) def. Sabin/Hoyt (Washington), 6-4, 6-4.

QUARTERFINALS
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Angie Allgood/Bryson Cale (Muscatine), 6-4, 1-6, 1-0.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Payton Kintz/RJ McGrew (Johnston), 7-6, 6-4.

SEMIFINALS
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Hammond/Anderson (Washington), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0.

FINALS
Jessica King/Alex Qin (Ames) def. Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0.

CONSOLATION FINALS
Hill/Nath (Roosevelt) def. Hammond/Anderson (Washington), 6-3, 6-3.

 
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