Lodi tennis falls to Jefferson

The Lodi Blue Devils faced off against the Jefferson Eagles on Aug.28, after their match from the 27th was rescheduled due to the high heat index. Jefferson left Lodi with a slim victory of 4-3 overall.

For Lodi the singles players struggled, with three of four individuals recording losses. The player that recorded a win for Lodi is no. 4, Eva Taylor, posting a score of 7-6 (6) and 6-4 against Jefferson’s Vanessa Ganser.

On the other hand, the Lodi doubles teams came away with two wins from the second and third ranked teams. Tessa Pertzborn and Vivian Beld played a close match against Eagles Aeryn Messmann and Breleigh Mengel, ultimately falling 7-5, 7-6 (4) to the Jefferson doubles team. The number two team of Addison Crane and Norah Gruel finished with overall scores of 6-0 and 6-1. Lodi’s no. three team had a tighter match with Jefferson’s Emmilia Snyder and Amanda Boucher, but came up victorious 6-4, 6-3.

Lodi tennis has upcoming matches on Sep. 3, 5, and 12th before hosting their home quad on Saturday Sep. 14.