CHANUTE — The Iola High School varsity girls tennis team met at the Chanute triangular meet on Wednesday.
The Chanute Blue team secured the victory with six points, followed by Paola’s four points. Chanute’s Gold team and Iola tied for third place with five points apiece.
Keira Fawson and Rebekah Coltrane played singles for the Mustangs. Genevive Ward and Kennedy Maier as well as Madeleine Wanker and Molly Riebel were the pair of doubles duos.
Fawson finished her day in familiar fashion, going undefeated at 3-0 against the Chanute Blue and Gold teams before notching her third win against Paola.
Fawson defeated Chanute Gold’s Ava Campbell in her first match, 8-1. She then took down Chanute Blue’s Aaliyah Colding, 8-3. Fawson’s final match saw her crush Paola’s Brett Hudgeons, 8-2.
“Keira had an excellent day,” said Iola head coach Chris Belknap. “Her serve was on fire and the aces were in abundance.”
Coltrane went 2-1 overall at Chanute, first falling to Chanute Gold’s Faith Fewins, 8-3. She then stormed back to win her second match against Chanute Blue’s Zoie Speaks, 8-6. Coltrane then knocked off Paola’s Bailey Gagnebin, 8-7 (7-4).
“She (Coltrane) beat her rival at Chanute that had barely beaten her twice in an awesome tie-breaker. She finished the night off beating Paola,” said Belknap.
The first doubles pair of Ward and Maier failed to get on the board. The action began in an 8-4 loss to Chanute Gold’s Kanika Marcoux and Jacqueline Smoot before falling to Chanute Blue’s Tyra Bogle and Grace Thompson, 8-0.
The final set was a loss to Paola’s Rachel Aistrup and Haley Hines, 8-2.
The second doubles team of Wanker and Riebel also went 0-3 in Wanker’s second-ever meet.
“As our season is coming to an end, we are having fun during all of our matches,” Belknap said.
Wanker and Riebel began by falling to Chanute Gold’s Jeanette Guernsey and Paige Kueser, 8-2. The duo were then shut out by Chanute Blue’s Lena Aguilar and Rylee Smith, 8-0.
Wanker and Riebel also slipped to Paola’s Haley Hines and Claire Foster in a close match, 8-5.
The Iola varsity tennis team plays at Pittsburg while JV plays at Chanute next Monday and Tuesday.
