Glenwood tennis falls at home to Red Oak

Red Oak downed Glenwood 6-3 in a Hawkeye 10 Conference dual in Glenwood Thursday.

The Tigers’ Brett Erickson, Landon Gigstad, Ethan Strunk and Jackson Perdue picked up singles wins. The No. 2 singles duo of Erickson and AJ Beeson and the No. 3 pair of Kaleb Sebeniecher and Perdue notched doubles wins.

Jack Smithers and Myles Longmeyer scored singles wins for Glenwood while Brennan Anderson and Grahm Newberry won a tie-breaker to win the No. 1 doubles.

“I’m proud of our efforts with three matches this week,” said Glenwood coach Grant Stivers. “Lots of improvement from Monday to today.”

Red Oak 6,
Glenwood 3
Singles
No. 1 – Brett Erickson, RO, defeated Brennan Anderson, G, 8-4.
No. 2 – Landon Gigstad, RO, defeated Ripley Smith, G, 8-6.
No. 3 – Ethan Strunk, RO, defeated Grahm Newberry, G, 8-3.
No. 4 – Jack Smithers, G, defeated Kaleb Sebeniecher, RO, 8-3.
No. 5 – Jackson Perdue, RO, defeated Dylan Cutshall, G, 9-7.
No. 6 – Myles Longmeyer, G, defeated AJ Beeson, RO, 8-2.

Doubles
No. 1 – Anderson/Newberry, G, defeated Gigstad/Strunk, RO, 9-8 (7-3).
No. 2 – Erickson/Beeson, RO, defeated Smith/Smithers, G, 9-8 (7-2).
No. 3 – Sebeniecher/Perdue, RO, defeated Cutshall/Longmeyer, G, 8-6.

Glenwood 9,
Southwest Valley 0

Glenwood picked up a 9-0 dual victory over Southwest Valley last Tuesday in non-conference boys tennis.

The Rams’ Brennan Anderson, Ripley Smith, Grahm Newberry, Jack Smithers, Dylan Cutshall and Myles Longmeyer all won their singles matches by a combined scored of 48-11.

Glenwood 9,
Southwest Valley 0
Singles
No. 1 – Brennan Anderson, G, defeated Matthew Means, SWV, 8-2.
No. 2 – Ripley Smith, G, defeated Quad Eddy, SWV, 8-4.
No. 3 – Grahm Newberry, G, defeated Jordan Bruce, SWV, 8-1.
No. 4 – Jack Smithers, G, defeated Brody Sparks, SWV, 8-1.
No. 5 – Dylan Cutshall, G, defeated Carson Boswell, SWV, 8-1.
No. 6 – Myles Longmeyer, G, defeated Carter Giles, SWV, 8-2.

Doubles
No. 1 – Anderson/Newberry, G, defeated Means/Eddy, SWV, 8-2.
No. 2 – Smith/Smithers, G, defeated Bruce/Sparks, SWV, 8-1.
No. 3 – Cutshall/Longmeyer, G, defeated Boswell/J.P. Jones, SWV, 8-0.

Clarinda 9,
Glenwood 0

Clarinda swept Glenwood 9-0 in its season opener last Monday in Clarinda.

The Cardinals’ Creighton Bird, Brady Cox, Hayden Nash, Ben Miller, Aidan Johnson and Ian Smith all notched singles wins.

The Rams nearly pulled out a win in the fnal doubles match of the night when Dylan Cutshall and Myles Longmeyer pushed Smith and Johnson to a tie-break but ultimately fell 11-10 (7-5).

Clarinda 9,
Glenwood 0
Singles
No. 1 – Creighton Bird, C, defeated Brennan Anderson, G, 10-3.
No. 2 – Brady Cox, C, defeated Ripley Smith, G, 10-1.
No. 3 – Hayden Nash, C, defeated Grahm Newberry, G, 10-2.
No. 4 – Ben Miller, C, defeated Jack Smithers, G, 10-6.
No. 5 – Aidan Johnson, C, defeated Dylan Cutshall, G, 10-5.
No. 6 – Ian Smith, C, defeated Myles Longmeyer, G, 10-6.

Doubles
No. 1 – Bird/Cox, C, defeated Anderson/Newberry, G, 10-2.
No. 2 – Hash/Miller, C, defeated Smith/Smithers, G, 10-7.
No. 3 – Johnson/Smith, C, defeated Cutshall/Longmeyer, G, 11-10 (7-5).