Knipe leads Lady Hounds to win over MP

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Fort Madison falls to Keokuk 1-6 Tuesday

FORT MADISON - Junior Molly Knipe held off Mt. Pleasant's Savanna Walls Monday night as the Lady Hound moved over .500 on the year in girls high school tennis.

Knipe won 8-5 for her fourth match win of the year at No. 1 singles.

Brianna Wright played at No. 2 singles for the first time and lost 8-4 to the Chief's Melanie Olivas. Kayla Kruse won 8-6 over Keokuk's Malena Yocum. Elizabeth Stuekerjuergen lost at No. 4 singles to Eliana Situmeang 6-8.

Fort Madison then got wins on the Nos. 5 and 6 courts with Lauren Otte downing Victoria Smith 8-5 and Naudia Ruston winning at No. 6 singles 8-2.

Brianna Wright lets go with a serve in the early going of her match with Mt. Pleasant's Melanie Olivas Monday in Fort Madison. Wright dropped the match, but Fort Madison won the meet overall. Photo by Chuck Vandenberg/PCC

Knipe and Wright fell in doubles action to Walls and Olivas 2-8, but Kruse and Stuekerjuergen got a win at No. 2 doubles 8-5, and Ruston and Otte won at No. 3 doubles over Smith and Mary Peterson 8-0.

Fort Madison lost to Davis County to start the year, but then won three straight before taking 5th place at the Fort Madison Invitational last weekend.

Knipe is 4-3 on the year in matches and sets with a 38-40 game record. Kruse is 0-1 at No. 2 singles with a 3-8 game record, but is 3-3 in the No. 3 slot with a 31-42 game record through Monday.

Otte is 2-0 at No. 4 and 0-1 playing up at No. 3 with a 20-40 game record. Stuekerjuergen is 1-3 with an 18-32 game record at No. 5 and Ruston is 2-2 at No. 5 singles with a 22-24 game mark. She's 1-1 at No. 6 with a winning 11-10 game record on the year.

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