Newport girls get tennis wins

COLVILLE – The Newport girls tennis team traveled to Colville Monday, April 14, where they got a 3-2 win. The boys didn’t play at Colville.

This was a two singles, three doubles non-league match.

Lindsay Collison won in two sets at No. 2 singles, Camrin Taxter and Emily Riddles won in three sets at No. 2 doubles and Olivia Sears and Emmalee Doughty got a three-set win at No.

1 doubles.

“Our doubles in Emma and Olivia did a great job and found a more aggressive play which they really needed to be able to put some points away,” Newport coach Brandon McDaniel says.

Taxter and Riddles won a tie breaker to win their match.

“They were up big in the second set but couldn’t find their rhythm after a 4-1 lead and ended up dropping that one 5-7 before heading to the tie break and winning 10-7,” McDaniel says.

Marissa Dahl lost to Colville’s No. 1 singles player in two sets and Linday Collison got an injury default win at No.

2 singles. Olivia Jackman and Grace Keck lost in three sets at No. 2 doubles.

Saturday, April 19, Newport played Lind Ritzville at home. Both teams had a small turnout of players, with the girls playing two matches and the boys three, instead of five.

Preston Davis got a two-set win at No. 1 singles, with Jeffrey Newman losing in three sets to a Lind Ritzville player in No. 2 singles and Markus Will wining at No. 3 singles.

“Preston won 6-2, 6-1 and is really starting to climb in his ability along with a few of the others on the team,” McDaniel says. “Jeff started strong but couldn’t quite hold on and lost in the third set.

It came down to Markus Will as the deciding match who came up with a 6-4, 6-3 win to secure the victory.”

The girls only brought their number ones on the singles and doubles side for two matches.

Dahl won her match at No. 1 singles and Sears and Doughty won at No.

1 doubles.

“Marisa played her best tennis of the year as far as strategy and ability to read the courts with angles and touch on the ball,” McDaniel says. She won the first set and lost a close second set before winning the third set 10-4.

“Emma and Olivia won their match 6-1, 6-1 and also played the best I have seen them all year,” McDaniel says.

Newport is at home Wednesday, April 23 against St. Georges. The Inland Empire Tournament takes place Friday and Saturday in Spokane.