Kennedy Girls Tennis

Bulldogs bounce Cougars out of team tennis

BETTENDORF - Jessica Pedersen and Sarah Lasecki won singles matches, but Kennedy had its season ended by Bettendorf, 5-2, Saturday in the Class 2A team tennis regional semifinals.

Bettendorf went on to beat Washington, 5-3, in the regional final.

Kennedy closed out its season with an 11-4 record.

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Pedersen & Lasecki headed to state meet

BETTENDORF - The Kennedy doubles team of Jessica Pedersen and Sarah Lasecki are headed for the girls state tennis tournament.

Pedersen and Lasecki beat Ashton Stopplemoore and Virginia Meurer of Dubuque Senior, 6-2, 6-3, to win the doubles championship Thursday in the Class 2A regional tournament at Pleasant Valley.

Both teams advance to the state tournament at Veterans Memorial Tennis Center in Cedar Rapids on May 30-31.

Pleasant Valley's Katie Melbourne beat Ellena Wolff of Dubuque Senior, 6-4, 6-1, in the singles final. They also advance to the state meet.

Kennedy girls make regional semifinals

Jessica Pedersen defeated Kelsey Granneman, 6-0, 6-1, at No.1 singles Saturday as Kennedy topped Ottumwa, 5-1, in the Class 2A regional quarterfinals at Kennedy.

Sarah Lasecki, Anna Riester and Marisa DonDiego also won their singles matches for the Cougars.

Kennedy will play Bettendorf in the regional semifinals this Saturday at Bettendorf.

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Doubles wins vault Warriors past Cougars

Washington won two of three doubles matches and edged Kennedy, 5-4, Wednesday in girls tennis at Kennedy.

The teams split the six singles matches. Kennedy's Jessica Pedersen beat Kristin King, 10-6, at No.1 singles.

Pedersen and Sarah Lasecki teamed up to win at No.1 doubles for the Cougars.

But King and Jennifer Greif won at No.2 doubles, 10-2, and Caroline Berg and Kitty McGurk won, 11-9, at No.3 doubles to pull out the meet for the Warriors.

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