The Ankeny girls’ tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision at Urbandale in a rain-shortened meet on Wednesday.
After the two squads split the six singles matches, Urbandale posted wins at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 doubles to seal the victory. The Nos. 1 and 2 matches were not completed.
The J-Hawks improved to 3-4 in the CIML Conference and 7-4 overall. Ankeny’s records fell to 1-6 and 1-7.
The Hawkettes will play their final conference meet at fifth-ranked Valley on Thursday. The Tigers are 5-2 in the league and 9-3 overall.
Here are the match-by-match results from Wednesday’s meet:
Urbandale 6, Ankeny 3
Singles–Schmitz (A) beat Noah, 6-4, 7-6 (6); Pederson (U) beat Francel, 7-6 (3), 6-1; Venteicher (U) beat DeHaan, 6-2, 6-2; North (A) beat Kain, 6-3, 6-2; Feldhacker (A) beat Dykstra, 6-2, 6-2; Richmond (U) beat Hanley, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles–Noah-Pederson (U) led Schmitz-Francel, 7-5, 0-1; Venteicher-Dykstra (U) vs. DeHaan-North, 6-4, 4-6; Kain-Richmond (U) beat Hanley-Dietrich, 6-1, 6-3; White-Thielman (U) beat Feldhacker-Quirk, 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (9); Getz-Hoover (U) beat Geest-Ford, 7-5, 6-1.