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Photo by Madeline Rayburn
by Robert Baldwin
contributing writer
The courts were new, so the Ramstein tennis team figured it needed to come up with something special to break them in correctly. Their performance was not just special, it was literally perfect. The Royals won all 18 matches against Lakenheath to set a new court record that will not be broken.
It did not look positive at the start. Lakenheath’s number one player, Connor Sankey, surprised Ramstein’s Connor Markus 6-0 in the opening game. But Markus took game two 6-2, then edged Sankey 10-6 in the tiebreaker to set the tone.
On the girl’s side, outstanding freshman Kassie Von Eichen shut out Lakenheath’s number one player, Jocelyn Choi, 6-0, 6-0 to start the girls’ perfect streak.
Other winners for the Royals were Troy Biehne, Colin Kent, Austin Emery, Collin Ritterand and Reed Gallagher in singles. All six paired up to take all three doubles matches.
For the girls, winners were Allison Douglas, Madalin Svan, Lydia Woodfork, Kaiya Hernandez and Ashley Emery. Those six also swept the doubles portion.
The Royals host SHAPE tomorrow.
At Kaiserslautern, the Raiders boys defeated Lakenheath 9-0, but the girls fell to the Lancers 7-2. Aiva Schmitz and Rebecca Moon were the girls winners. William Alsing had to go to a tiebreaker to defeat Lakenheath’s Sankey in boys number one singles. Other winners were Devon Holly, Lucas Petritz, Alexander Brunk, Micah San Pedro and Olaitan Powdar.
The Raiders are in Spangdahlem this weekend.
