Pioneers fall to Bedford North Lawrence in opening match

In a very windy later afternoon match, the Providence Girls dropped a very close match to Bedford North Lawrence Stars 4 - 1. While the score may not indicate the closeness of the match, each position was very competitive. The highlight of the day was the first match for freshman Jacqueline Hollkamp in which she won over her opponent 6-1, 6-4. This win proved to be the only win for the Pioneers in their first match of the season. Senior Stephanie Smith lost 7-5, 6-4. Senior doubles team of Hanna Gish and Courtney Murphy lost the first set in a tiebreaker, in which they got down early rallied back before losing the tiebreaker 7-5, the match score was 7-6, 6-1. The number two doubles team of Juniors Hillary Ernstburger and Kara Garcia lost the first and third sets but won the second set, the match score was 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. Freshman Kelsey Haas played the number three position and lost a third set tiebreaker which was played because of darkness. With the third set tied 3-3 the coaches agreed that a tiebreaker to finish the set and match was in order because of darkness, with fans hardly able to see the ball Kelsey lost a very close tiebreaker and the match, her score was 6-2, 5-7, 4-3.

The next match for Providence will be against rival Christian Academy on April 8^th at 4 PM at CAI.