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(ALEX HAVARDANSKY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Brooklyn Tarsoaga sets up for a swing during a singles match. Tarsoaga picked up an 8-3 win against his Glen Rose opponent Thursday, Aug. 21. -
(ALEX HAVARDANSKY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Brodey Mills swings at a ball during a singles match. Mills picked up a singles win against Glen Rose during their meet Thursday, Aug. 21. -
(ALEX HAVARDANSKY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Manjot Humpal returns a ball during a singles match. Humpal was one of six Lady Blues to pick up a match win Thursday, Aug. 21 against Glen Rose. -
(ALEX HAVARDANSKY | THE GRAHAM LEADER) Stacey Gonzalez goes after a ball in a singles match. Gonzalez has been one of the most consistent competitors for the Lady Blues tennis team so far.
The Graham Steers and Lady Blues varsity tennis teams traveled on the road for the first time this season and came back home with a win against Glen Rose. The team won 14-5 with a bevy of strong performances.
Tennis head coach Matt Birdwell said that the team got off to a little bit of a slower start in the doubles portion of things but overall they still had strong performances in that department.
The boys top team of Chris Reyes and Tyler Bryan picked up a tight match win 9-7, while all of the Lady Blues teams picked up wins in that department as well.
The teams were a bit mixed this time around but at the top was Stacey Gonzalez and Hope Jones who picked up an 8-3 match win. Under them was Lauren White and Manjot Humpal who followed suit in their doubles matchup with an 8-6 victory.
Just like Reyes and Bryan, the team of Kline Krupp and Gloria Silveria pulled out a narrow 9-7 victory.
In the singles slate of things, Brodey Mills highlighted the top of the leader board picking up an 8-3 to get the Steers up on a high note. Brooklyn Tarsoaga also beat his Glen Rose opponent by the same score and Chris Reyes picked up an 8-4 win for Graham.
The Lady Blues side of things really turned it up a notch in helping the team from Graham sealing a win.
Olivia Buckley, Gonzalez, Jones, Krupp, White and Humpal all picked up victories on the girls side of things which helped round out a win.
The mixed doubles team of Mills and Buckley also continues to find their rhythm as they picked up an 8-3 win as well.
Now sitting with a 5-4 record, the Graham tennis teams will head to Brownwood next for a meet Thursday, Aug. 28, at 4 p.m.
