Vikes blank Oelwein, tie Cotter

By Becky Walz,

Lucas Arendt served up a win at No. 5 for the Vikings Tuesday night against Oelwein, winning sets by 6-1 and 6-0 scores. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

Playing at home back-to-back nights, the Decorah boys’ tennis team squared off in a rain-shortened event with Winona Cotter and Oelwein Tuesday.
Before the rains came Monday, the Vikes finished singles tied 3-3 with close match wins for Caden Branum, Seth Bolson and Tristan Hunter.
“The team is starting come away with the points and games we were losing earlier in the year and I think we’ve turned the corner and will prove to be a team that is hard to beat in the coming weeks,” said Coach Matt Anderson.
Tuesday night was Senior Night as all eight seniors got matches and came away with wins against Oelwein for the 9-0 team victory.
At No. 1 singles Branum defeated Cooper Reisner 6-1 and 6-0, while No. 2 Aidan Nalean-Carlson came away with 6-0 and 6-2 sets wins over Houston Acuff. Playing Tony Koch at No. 3 it was Seth Bolson earning 6-0 and 6-2 sets victories. Gabriel Hiner defeated Chase Schoof 6-1 and 6-0 at No. 4, with Luke Arendt stepping in at No. 5 to best Chase Edmonds 6-1 and 6-0 at No. 5. Rounding out the singles at No. 6 was Alex McGohan who earned a pair of 6-0 set wins over Tanner Sperfslage.
In doubles Keaton Nalean-Carlson and Caleb Krieg were at No. 1 for the 7-5 and 6-3 set wins over Reisner and Acuff. At No. 2 Arendt and Hiner defeated Koch and Schoof 6-3 and 6-4. It was a pair of 6-3 sets victories at No. 3 for Douglas Bentley and Adam Walter over Edmonds and Ricky McKeeman.
“It was great to see the years of work come together for many of these guys. It was this group of students that I started coaching as an assistant and the improvement has been fun to watch. I always tell this group that even though many of them are JV they make up one of the better teams in the state, but they have been part of four years of great teams,” noted Coach Anderson.

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