Mt. Pleasant, IA- The Mt. Pleasant boys’ tennis season got underway last night in a match against Davis County and walked away with the win after almost sweeping Mustangs, 8-1.
Owen Vansickel took on Dean Bragg and took him down 8 sets to 2. Jake Ensminger and Phoenix Watson also defeated their opponents by the same margin 8-2. Elliot Cook was in the closest matchup of the day against Luke Farley, but walked away with the win a high contested 8-6 win. Tim Cam and Gavin Ross also earned wins over their Mustang opponents.
The Panthers would go 2-1 in doubles with Ensminger and Cook and Vansickel and Cam sweeping their matchup, 8-0. Davis County took a very competitive 8-6 doubles matchup against Watson and Ross.
The Panthers are now 1-0 on the season with their next matchup on April 3rd against Keokuk.