This past week as well as this week varsity Tennis faced off in two big games against Cedar Park and Dripping Springs.

The Girls-Doubles had a tough time with Cedar Park when senior Ashley Snieder and senior Bailee Higgins fought hard but came up short in their match against Cedar Park with a score of 6-2 for both sets. Senior Katie Lofton and junior Madison Flesner also fell short with a score of 6-1 in boths sets. Sophomore Alexandra Peterson and sophomore Laruen Fuller also faced a tough loss as they scored 6-3 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set with the Timberwolves claiming a victory.

The Boys-Doubles also faced some losses but also a really close match. Senior Alper Orkun and junior Joseph Rexrode fell short when they scored 6-4 in their first set and 6-3 in their second set. Senior Keaton Adcock and senior Kiefer Peckham won in a close match that had four sets as they scored 4-6 in their first set, 7-6 in their second set, 10-6 in their third set, and finally pulled off the victory in a close fourth set with the score being 12-10.  Junior Luis Farias and junior Russell Thomas also had a close match but ultimately lost when they scored 6-2 in their first set, 6-3 in their second set, and in their final set faced the tough loss with a score of 10-0.

“We’ve done pretty good but still need to work on some things, both of us, to improve,” said junior Russell Thomas about his doubles partner Luis Farias.

Mixed-Doubles also faced a tough loss when junior Adhithya Balaji and sophomore Emilee Scanlon scored 6-0 in their first set and 7-5 in their second set giving Cedar Park the win.

“We’ve only played a couple of matches together but we’ve improved a lot as well like she’s gotten a lot better at volleys and stuff,” said junior Adhithya Balaji.

G-Singles came up short in their when Snieder came up short in her singles match with a score 6-3 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set. Higgins also had a rough match with a score of 6-2 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set. Lofton as well faced a rough singles match with a score of 6-1 in both sets.

B-Singles had one win and one loss against the Timberwolves when Rexrode scored 6-1 in the first set and 6-0 in the second set giving Leander the win. Thomas faced a tough singles match as he scored 6-1 in the first set and 6-4 in the second with Cedar Park claiming the victory.

“I think I’ve been pretty good, but I feel like I can do better if I had more practice and did stuff outside of school,” said Thomas.

Varsity had a tough game against Cedar Park as the finale score was 2-10 with Cedar Park getting the win.

“The team as a whole has really improved we’ve gotten twice as better than like two years ago. It’s really swell,” said Balaji.

Last Saturday varsity faced off against Dripping Springs in a tough game

G-Doubles faced a series of tough losses when Snieder and Higgins lost both of their doubles matches with a score of 6-4 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set. Lofton and Flesner also faced a tough doubles match with a score of 6-1 in both sets giving Dripping Springs the victory. Fuller and Peterson were also swept by the Tigers with a score of 6-2 in the first set and 6-0 in the second set.

B-Doubles faced some close matches but came up short when Orkun and Adcock came up short in their doubles match with a score of 7-5 in the first set and 6-3 in the second set. Rexrode and Peckham had a close match against the Tigers with a score 7-5 in the first set, 7-6 in the second set, and 10-5 in the last set as the Tigers claimed another victory.

MX-Doubles came up short when Balaji and Scanlon lost their doubles match with a score of 6-1 in the first set and a score of 6-0 in the second set.

G-Singles faced a series of tough losses against the Tigers as Snieder lost both of her sets with a score of 6-4 in the first set and a score of 6-0 in the second set. Higgins came up just short in a hard fought singles match as she scored 7-5 in the first set, 3-6 in the second set, and came up just short with a score of 6-9 in last set. Lofton faced a tough singles match with a score of 6-4 in the first set and a score of 6-3 in the second set. Fuller also faced a tough loss as she scored 6-1 in the first set and 6-3 in the second set. Peterson came up short in her singles match when she scored 6-1 in both of her sets. Flesner as well had a tough match as scored 6-0 in the first set and 6-1 in the second set with the Tigers claiming the win.

B-Singles also faced a series of tough matches when Orkun fought hard in his singles match with a score of 7-5 in the first set, 6-7 in the second set, but then came up short with a score of 10-2 in the final set. Rexrode also faced a tough match with a score of 6-3 in the first set and 6-2 in the second set. Adcock and Peckham both faced tough singles matches with Adcock scoring 6-3 in both of his sets and Peckham scoring 6-4 in the first set and 6-3 in the second with the Tigers claiming both victories. Farias also faced a tough loss as the score was 6-3 in the first set and 6-2 in the second set. Thomas scored 6-2 in the first set but the match ultimately did not finish.

“I think I did pretty good, I’ve done a lot better, improved, my ground strokes are pretty consistent,” said Balaji.

Varsity faced a tough game against Dripping Springs with the final score being 0-18 in favor of the Tigers.

“They’ve done pretty good I mean I’m impressed with them they’re holding their grip, trying hard and fighting back in every match,” said Thomas.