MARQUETTE — In Great Northern Conference girls tennis action, West Iron was defeated by Marquette 8-0 at Marquette Senior High School on Wednesday.

“We showed some marked improvement in the singles between yesterday and today. Very competitive scores with several tiebreakers,” said Wykons coach Joe Serbentas

“Playing teams like Westwood and Marquette in back to back days will make us better tennis players. We still need to gain experience in winning some of these close sets,” Serbentas said.

The players in the match had to deal with 17 mph winds off of Lake Superior. Serbentas noted that WIC No. 1 and No. 2 doubles played some really good points on a very windy day.

The Wykons have their third road match in as many days today, when they travel to GNC foe Gladstone. West Iron slips to (1-5) on the season.

Marquette 8, West Iron County 0

Singles:

No. 1 – Campbell Kallio, M def. Livea Mazurek, WIC, 6-3, 6-4

No. 2 – Haddie Ketzenberger, M def. Kali Applin, WIC, 7-5, 7-6 (2)

No. 3 – Ruth Hummell, M def. Aurora Dahl, WIC, 6-3, 7-6 (1)

No. 4 – Julianna Golisek, M def. Brynlee Nodurft, WIC, 7-6 (4), 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 – Zoey Brian- Breanne Sandstrom, M def. Tori Bociek-Madison Berutti, WIC, 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 – Alyson LaBelle- Hannah Young, M def. Katarina Hemeleski-Aubrey Bice, WIC 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

No. 3 – Eliina Brazeau- Kaia Miller, M def. Hailee Bradshaw-Callista Bortolameolli, WIC, 6-2, 6-0

No. 4 – Nistha Gautam-Sam Heikkila, M def. Autumn Smith-Bailey Hoffart, WIC, 6-0, 6-1

For the remainder of the season, Serbentas offered this team outlook:

“We lost a lot of strength in the doubles and have our work cut out for us with a very inexperienced doubles lineup. Livea (Mazurek) No. 1 singles and Tori (Bociek) No. 1 doubles, will provide stability at the top of each lineup.

There will be a lot of bumps along the way this season with six new girls in our lineup. How well our new varsity players round out our depth will determine our end of the year success,” he said.

The Wykons were U.P. runner up to Westwood in 2019.

Key losses to graduation are:

Eden Golliher — No. 1 doubles

Emily Nelson — No. 2 doubles

Anna Malmquist — No. 2 doubles

Kali Dennis — No. 2 singles

Olivia Prudhomme — No. 4 singles

Alyssa Dominici — No. 4 doubles

A 2020 roster follows:

* returning letter winner

Livea Mazurek 12 *

Tori Bociek 12 *

Madison Berutti 11 *

Kali Applin 11 *

Aurora Dahl 11 *

Hailee Bradshaw 11

Kat Hemeleski 10 *

Callista Bartolomeolli 10

Autumn Smith 10

Bailey Hoffart 10

Estella Ramirez 10

Taylor Bett 10

Emma Hankins 10

Sadie Donati 10

Aubrey Bice 9

Brynlee Nodurft 9

Assistant Coach: John Spelgatti