Lady Hounds looking for more

BLOOMFIELD – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds second go-round on the tennis courts points to improvement up and down the seedings.
On Tuesday, No. 1 seed Lucille Zimmerman got her first win of the year taking an 8-3 decision. Fayth Chamness and Emma Ramsey got the first doubles win of the young season with an 8-4 win Tuesday night in Davis County. Those were the only wins of the night for Fort Madison as they fell 2-6 to the Mustangs.
Last week the girls opened the season with 0-8 shutout at the hands of the Burlington Grayhounds. Zimmerman was the only Bloodhound singles player to get a game falling 1-8 to Ava Fawcett. Chamness and Ramsey also took a game off a Saoirse Herman-Wickham and Leah Sieren before falling 1-8 in doubles action.
The other Hounds all suffered 0-8 shutouts.
Head Coach MaShelle Knipe said the season would focus on building week to week.

“On the first day of practice I let the girls know that we will be "Playing for More" this season,” she said.
“I let them know we are playing for each other, for our school, for our community and for every lesson learned along the way. This season is more than the wins. It's more than the scores. It's more than a game.”
Knipe said the girls won’t remember all the points or the swings, but the lessons learned along the way and relationships built.
“Why? We played for more. Over the course of this past year being a coach in the Fort Madison athletic department I have come to realize that we want to make a lasting impact,” she said.
“When it comes to girls tennis, that is going to look like more than just the right here, right now. It is going to look like more. When we play for more, we build more. We make that impact. One that lasts well beyond the court, the school, ourselves.”
Tonight’s home match with Fairfield has been postponed and the girls travel to Keokuk on Monday.