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arsity tennis player Dawn
V Veys returns a serve during
Girls' Tennis a match. Veys ended the season
with a 6-3 record. She placed
2nd at the Papio Invite and 3rd
The girls had a rather all; she played doubles. at the Ram Invite.
successful season due to And now she's number
the consistency of the one."
team's ability. “We've The girls' JV proved
been doing pretty well. themselves worthy of their
As Coach Kinney says, 6-1 record. Like their big
our depth is helping us a sister varsity team, the JV
lot," Junior Amy girls have the major
Garofolo said. Unlike advantage of depth. “We
other teams where talent have many players who are
tapers off at the lower equal in talent," Junior
numbers, Garofolo said Jenny Meents said.
everyone has a real close Looking to the future,
level of playing ability. Meents said their weak
“We're pretty strong at point will be the lack of
the lower numbers." This freshmen on the team.
was the advantage that Meents thought they had
secured a fifth place rank their best meet against
at the Papillion Invite Omaha Burke. “Even
against 18 other teams. though we lost 4-5, it was
“That's pretty good for the most competitive and
us," Garofolo said. The we played our hardest."
girls had their worst The worst match was
match against Marian, against Millard North.
losing 17-6. Despite the “They only brought five
equal ability on the team, players and were very
this season still brought disorganized." Meents
on improvement. thought that Sophomore
Garofolo specifically Kathy Brocky had
credits Senior Amy improved the most. “She
Kottman with the most has really improved her
improvement. “Last year ground strokes and overall
she didn't play singles at game."
erving the ball is
S Sophomore Carrie Bailer.
Bailer was part of a
Girls' Varsity Tennis successful year for JV tennis.
Front Row: Amy Lawson, Amy Garofolo, Dawn Veys, Julie Jensen The team finished the year
Back Row: Amy Kottman, Shawn Vehe, Coach Dale Kinney, Carrie with a winning 7-1 regular
Critchfield, Rumaisa Rahman
season, 2nd place in the
Girls' JV Tennis Bellevue tournament and
Front Row: Megan Cochrane, Jesse team championship in the
Vehe, Staci Juel, Megan Thrasher Ralston Invite.
Back Row: Coach Steve Baldwin,
Jenny Meents, Jessica Schroder,
Carrie Bailer, Carrie Wendt, Kathy
Brocky
