Centennial girls lose just 15 games while blanking Bobcats, 11-0

Ankeny Centennial’s Jordyn Gustafson (right) celebrates with teammate Abbie Peterson after winning a point in their No. 2 doubles match against visiting Marshalltown on Thursday. The Jaguars posted an 11-0 victory. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)

The Ankeny Centennial girls’ tennis team earned its first dual-meet victory in convincing fashion on Thursday.

The fifth-ranked Jaguars routed visiting Marshalltown, 11-0, in their CIML Iowa Conference opener. They evened their overall record at 1-1.

Centennial won all 11 matches in straight sets, five of them by scores of 6-0, 6-0. The Jaguars lost only 15 games altogether on the day.

Marshalltown had won at least two matches in each of its previous four dual meets. The Bobcats dropped to 0-2 in the conference and 0-5 overall.

**Ankeny Centennial’s Claudia Guan hits a forehand return during Thursday’s dual meet. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)**

Here are the match-by-match results:

Centennial 11, Marshalltown 0

Singles–Peterson won, 6-0, 6-0; C. Guan won, 6-0, 6-0; Gustafson won, 6-0, 6-0; E. Guan won, 6-0, 6-0; Kruse won, 6-1, 6-0; Den Adel won, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles–C. Guan-E. Guan won, 6-1, 6-0; Peterson-Gustafson won, 6-0, 6-0; Kruse-Den Adel won, 6-1, 6-1; Carr-Truong won, 6-1, 6-2; Froehlich-Benkufsky won, 6-3, 6-1.