Pella Christian sweeps Newton girls tennis in LHC matchup

PELLA — The Pella Christian girls are considered one of the top tennis teams in the Little Hawkeye Conference.

Newton was going to have its hands full even at full strength but playing without its top two singles players made things even more difficult against the Eagles on Thursday.

The Cardinals pushed two of their doubles matches to a third-set tiebreaker, but Pella Christian improved to 4-1 in the conference after an 11-0 home win.

Newton’s Camryn Andrew was the only player to win more than two games in singles action. She lost her second set, 6-3, at No. 5 singles.

Andrew and Kenzly Brant also fell 7-5 in the second set of their match at No. 3 doubles and Ava Williams and Makenzie Clark lost 6-3 in their first set at No. 2 doubles.

Sloan Brodersen and Kaetlin McPartlin and Haylie Milheiser and Sadie Stiles each pushed their Pella Christian doubles opponents to a third-set tiebreaker.

Brodersen and McPartlin won their first set 6-4 at No. 1 doubles but lost 10-4 in the third-set tiebreaker.

Milheiser and Stiles forced a tiebreaker with a 6-4 win in the second set of their match at No. 5 doubles. They lost the third-set tiebreaker 10-5.

No. 1 singles player Morgan Frehse did not play due to a volleyball conflict and No. 2 singles player Brooklyn Sterling also was not available.

The Cardinals dropped to 1-6 and 1-4 in the conference, while Pella Christian (7-1) scored its third straight victory over Newton.