The Batesville Lady Bulldogs suffered three losses on Saturday. Rain forced play indoors as the Lady Bulldogs battled Roncalli, New Palestine and Franklin.
Batesville opened the day with a 4-1 loss to Roncalli. The team’s lone victory came at No. 1 doubles. Corinne Stone and Betsy Harmeyer posted a 7-6 (7-5) and 6-2 victory over Claire Wagner and Cambri Lux.
The Lady Bulldogs and New Palestine went to a third set in four of the five matches. Unfortunately, Batesville came up short by a score of 3-2. Jenna Ertel was a winner over Kylie Almond at No. 2 singles, while the doubles team of Stone and Harmeyer beat Claire Cherry and Josie King. Sophie Brown played well in a three set loss at No. 1 singles. Maggie Walsman played No. 3 single for the first time this season and lost in three sets as well. Caroline Kellerman and Kate Poltrack teamed up at No. 2 doubles.
The final match of the day was a 5-0 loss to host Franklin. Brown, Poltrack and Kellerman suffered losses in singles play. Corinne Stone and Kayla Stone lost at No. 1 doubles, while Harmeyer and Ertel were defeated at No. 2.
Courtesy of Batesville AD Bryan Helvie.