The Waukee boys’ tennis team earned its first win of the season on Thursday at the Prairie Ridge courts.
The visiting Warriors posted an 8-3 victory over Ankeny to improve to 1-1 in the CIML Conference and 1-2 overall. The Hawks’ records dropped to 0-3 and 1-3.
Ankeny got wins in singles from Garrett Weichers at the No. 1 position and Perez Perez at the No. 5 spot. The Hawks also got a victory from the No. 2 doubles team of Grady Schlosser and Michael Black.
Both Ankeny and Waukee will compete at the Johnston Invitational on Friday along with the host Dragons and Norwalk.
Here are the match-by-match results from Thursday’s meet:
Waukee 8, Ankeny 3
Singles: Weichers (A) beat Abbott, 6-2, 6-1; Nguyen beat Schlosser, 6-4, 6-3; Chua beat Black, 6-2, 6-1; Thole beat Riesberg, 6-2, 6-1; Perez (A) beat Krehbiel, 6-4, 6-3; Schmidt beat Garcia, 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Nguyen-Thole beat Weichers-Riesberg, 6-1, 6-3; Schlosser-Black (A) beat Abbott-Shinde, 6-1, 6-4; Chua-Schmidt beat Perez-Garcia, 6-2, 7-6 (5); Tiernan-Peterson beat Geest-Sungren, 6-2, 6-1; Jernberg-Willis beat Olson-Stille, 6-0, 6-2.