The Polk County women’s tennis team spent the first few weeks of the season grabbing dominating wins, including a 6-3 victory over Mountain Heritage Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Wolverine players took their first conference win, 8-1, over Avery Sept. 8. Just the day prior, the girls triumphed over Chapman – a 5-2 win Coach Joel Picher said he was quite proud to get.
“They [Chapman] are just a strong team and that was a good gauge for us,” Picher said. “It’s always good to play them early in the season because it lets us know how we’re going to fare in our conference.”
The lady Wolverines have beaten Chapman in both a scrimmage and regular match so far this season.
Picher said he’s currently focused on working with his players to improve their doubles work in terms of consistency.
“You could have two players who can’t pull out a win in their singles matches, but can pull out a win in doubles against the same girls they lost to earlier, simply because they can feed off each other,” Picher said. “We want to work on playing consistent doubles so when we do get ourselves down in singles play, we can come back in a big way.”
PCHS tennis plays its next match at home today, Sept. 15, versus Owen.

Stats from September matches
Sept. 7: Win over Chapman 5-2
Winners in singles: Jessica Pullara 6-4 6-2; Alivia Livesay 6-4 6-2; Becca Woodaman 3-6 6-1 tiebreak 10-8; and Hannah High 3-6 6-4 tiebreak 15-13
Doubles: Jamie Greene/Alli Halbkat 6-4 7-5

Sept. 8: Win over Avery 8-1
Winners in singles: Natalie Hilbig 10-0, Jessica Pullara 10-0, Alivia Livesay 10-3, Becca Woodaman 10-0; Hannah High 10-0; and Alli Halbkat 10-5.
Doubles: Hilbig/Pullara 8-2 and Jamie Greene/Mackenzie McCool 8-1.

Sept. 13: Win over Mountain Heritage 6-3
Winners in singles: Jessica Pullara 10-7; Alivia Livesay 10-8; Becca Woodaman 10-3;
Hannah High 10-4; and Mackenzie McCool 10-0.
Doubles: Alivia Livesay/Hannah High 8-5