The Bellmont Braves may have finally run out of good luck Thursday night at Leo, but the No. 1 doubles team of Averie Coats and Ella Ross continued their win streak into double digits with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win. It was the only point won by the Braves in their first NE8 loss in over a year.
Leo’s singles players dominated the night, taking all but three games across the six sets.
A lineup switch brought Sammy Knipstein into the lineup to play with Sofia Steury and the pair almost pulled off a win in their debut, taking it all the way to a third set.
The Braves are right back in action Friday against Huntington North for a match that was rained out earlier in the week.
The loss broke a nice streak for the Braves, who had already beaten Bluffton and Adams Central this week.
Varsity Scores
Leo 4 Bellmont 1
No. 1-Hannah Staedtler (L) d. Emma Fuelling, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2-Sophie Amstutz (L) d. Lillian Jin, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3-Nora Pfister (L) d. Lilyana Suarez, 6-1, 6-0
No. 1- Ella Ross/Averie Coats (B) d. Ashley Stopher/Lauren Cogdell, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2-Ava Fuller/Kendall Melchi (L) d. Sofia Steury/Sammy Knipstein, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Junior Varsity
Marin Emch (L) d. Veronica Franz, 8-2
Chloe Baldwin (L) d. Elle Laurent, 8-2
Moriah Reynolds/Hattie Stachurski (L) d. Brea Shoaf/Allyson Curtis, 8-2
Kennedy Burkhart/Halle Miller (L) d. Addison Rich/Paige Black, 6-0
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