Rochester loses rain-shortened match to Triton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls tennis

Triton 3, Rochester 0 (Thursday): The Rochester girls tennis team lost a rain-shortened road match to Triton Thursday.

Rochester’s Ellie Straeter lost in three sets at No. 2 singles. No. 1 doubles team J.J. Graber and Abriella St. Martin and No. 2 doubles team Hailey Crissinger and Savannah Wolters lost by identical 6-2, 6-0 scores.

The matches at No. 1 and No. 3 singles involving Rochester’s Olivia Bailey and Emma Murphy, respectively, were both in the third set when the rains arrived.

Triton also won the JV match 1-0.

“Since the nonconference match had already been decided, we felt comfortable calling the match where we left it,” Rochester coach Jesse Atkinson said in a statement.

Rochester is 5-6. They travel to Wabash Monday.

Results: Triton 3, Rochester 0

Singles

Sydney Heckaman (TRI) def. Ellie Straeter (RHS), 4-6, 6-4, 6-0

Doubles

Savannah Hawley-Sierra Hawley (TRI) def. J.J. Graber-Abriella St. Martin (RHS), 6-2, 6-0

Sophie Howell-Janika Kemp (TRI) def. Hailey Crissinger-Savannah Wolters (RHS), 6-2, 6-0

JV results: Triton 1, Rochester 0

Singles

Shelby Pearson (RHS) lost 6-1.