Hawks, Jags suffer 5-0 losses in semifinal round of Class 2A substate team play

Ankeny’s Grady Schlosser reaches to hit a backhand return during a meet against visiting Ballard (Huxley) on March 31. The Hawks dropped a 5-0 decision at Waukee Northwest in the semifinal round of a Class 2A substate team tournament on Wednesday. (Photo by Scott Byers)

The Ankeny and Ankeny Centennial boys’ tennis squads suffered similar fates during Class 2A substate team play on Wednesday.

Both teams dropped a 5-0 decision on the road to a CIML Conference rival that had defeated them by an 11-0 margin earlier this season. The Hawks fell to Waukee Northwest in a Substate 1 semifinal, while the Jaguars lost to Dowling Catholic in a Substate 3 semifinal.

Centennial (4-8) played several competitive matches against the Maroons (8-3). Reece Dickinson lost two close sets to Marek Dessimoz at No. 3 singles, while the Jaguars won at least four games in all three doubles matches.

Ankeny Centennial’s Reece Dickinson serves the ball during a meet against visiting Des Moines Roosevelt on April 6. The Jaguars suffered a 5-0 loss at Dowling Catholic in the semifinal round of a Class 2A substate team tournament on Wednesday. (Photo by Scott Byers)

At Northwest, the Wolves (11-0) rolled to another dominant victory. Ankeny (4-7) won a total of just two games in the five matches that were completed.

Here are the match-by-match results from both meets:

Waukee Northwest 5, Ankeny 0

Doubles: Beekhuis-Flynn beat Weichers-Riesberg, 6-0, 6-1; Kothari-Wang beat Schlosser-Black, 6-0, 6-0; Tingley-Steffensmeier beat Perez-Garcia, 6-0, 6-1.

Singles: Beekhuis beat Weichers, 6-0, 6-0; Signani beat Garcia, 6-0, 6-0.

Dowling Catholic 5, Ankeny Centennial 0

Doubles: Cody-Chapman beat Braun-George, 6-0, 6-4; Beecher-Dessimoz beat R. Dickinson-Goff, 6-2, 6-2; Flynn-Cownie beat Brazeau-Kolars, 6-4, 6-1.

Singles: Dessimoz beat R. Dickinson, 6-3, 6-4; Kneifl beat Brooks, 6-2, 6-0.