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Tennis

2008 Tennis Schedule
Date Day Team Opponent Place Time
Jan 17 Thursday Varsity Brenham/Dual Somerville 4:00 am
Jan 25 Friday Varsity Bastrop Varsity
Tourney
Bastrop 8:00 am
Jan 29 Tuesday Varsity Madisonville/Dual Bryan 4:00 am
Feb 7 Thursday Varsity Somerville/Brenham
Varsity Tourney
Somerville/Brenham 8:00 am
Feb 15/16 Fri/Sat Varsity Robinson Varsity
Tourney
Robinson 8:00 am
Feb 23 Saturday JV Granger JV Tourney Taylor 8:00 am
Feb 25 Monday JV Somerville/Brenham
JV Tourney
Somerville/Brenham 8:00 am
Feb 29/March 1 Fri/Sat Varsity Regional Team
Tourney
Somerville/Brenham 8:00 am
March 3 Monday JV Madisonville JV
Tourney
Madisonville 8:00 am
March 6 Thursday Varsity Madisonville
Varsity Tourney
Madisonville 8:00 am
March 10 Spring Break
March 14/15 Fri/Sat Varsity State Team Tourney Georgetown 8:00 am
March 17 Monday JV Somerville/Brenham
JV Tourney
Somerville/Brenham 8:00 am
March 19 Wednesday Varsity Somerville/Brenham
Varsity Tourney
Somerville/Brenham 8:00 am
March 25 Tuesday JV Robinson JV Tourney Robinson 8:00 am
March 28 Thursday Varsity Thrall
Tourney
Taylor 8:00 am
Mar 31/April 1 Mon/Tue Varsity District Varsity
Tourney
Somerville 8:00 am
April 5 Saturday JV District JV Tourney Somerville 8:00 am
April 22/23s Wed/Thurs Varsity Regional Tournament San Marcos TBA
May 5/6 Mon/Tue Varsity State Tournament Austin TBA

Spring Tennis

On Wednesday and Thursday, April 23 and April 24 five players competed in the 2008 Regional Tennis Tournament held in San Marcos Texas at Texas State University.

Kelly Korth lost her first round match to the #1 seed, Monica Lopez of Premont. Kelly played a great match, but lost to Lopez 6-1 6-1.

Kelly Siegert also lost her first round match to Dixie Wheeler of Riviera. Siegert's score was 6-1 6-0.

T.J. Rector was seeded 3rd in boys singles. He won his first match against Jacob Moran of Three Rivers 6-0 6-1. Rector lost his second match to a very strong player, Trey Hernandez of Jourdanton 6-4 6-2. Rector tied for 5th place out of 16 players.

Brad Siegert and Matt Gaas were seeded 2nd in boys doubles. They won their first match against Kyle Mueller and Clay Martin of Navarro 6-0 6-0. They also won their 2nd match against Ruben Cantu and Ricardo Gonzalez of Hebbronville 6-1 6-1. They lost their 3rd match to Jacob Hamilton and Blake Matus of Edan 6-3 7-5. They then lost to Frederick Salazar and Oscar Soto of Stockdale 2-6 7-6(2) 6-1. This gave them a 4th place finish out of 16 teams.

Even though we do not have anyone advancing to state this year, it has been a great season. We now have to set our sights on going to state next year.

On Saturday, April 5, 2008 Somerville hosted the JV District Tennis Tournament. As a team the girls finished in 1st place with 60 points. The boys placed 2nd with 20 points.

Individual results are:
  • Girls Singles: 1st place—Carina Bernal
    2nd place—Rakiesha Jones
  • Boys Singles: 3rd place—Anthony Ramey
    4th place—Josh Maldonado
  • Girls Doubles: 1st place—Jessica Engram and Barbara Jimenez
    2nd place—Patricia Munoz and Abby Palacio
  • Boys Doubles: 2nd place—Matt Maddox and Justin Wolfe–Faust
    4th place—Tim Kazmir and Michael Fleming

Somerville hosted the District 26AA Tennis tournament on March 31 and April 1. Somerville had 5 players qualify for regionals. As a team the girls placed 2nd overall and the boys placed 3rd overall. There were 4 teams: Franklin, Lexington, Trinity, and Somerville.

  • Girls Singles:
    • 1st place–Kelly Korth—regional qualifier
    • 2nd place–Kelly Siegert—regional qualifier
  • Boys Singles: 2nd place–T.J. Rector—regional qualifier
  • Boys Doubles: 2nd place–Brad Siegert and Matt Gaas—regional qualifiers
  • District Pictures
  • Other winners in the tournament were:
  • Boys Singles: 4th Place–Jaie Rodriguez
  • Boys Doubles: 4th Place–Alex Rudd and Anthony Nissen
  • Girls Doubles:
    • 3rd place–Lindsay Knesek and Kacy Novosad—regional alternates
    • 4th place–Kimber Dowell and Loren Cooper
  • Mixed Doubles: 4th place–Stuart Bartek and Aubri Cooper

Regionals will be on April 23 and 24 in San Marcos at Texas State University.

On Friday, March 28, the Somerville Varsity tennis team traveled to Taylor for the Thrall tournament. Players that entered the tournament were: Boys’ singles: T.J. Rector, Jaie Rodriguez, Stuart Bartek, Derek Cotton, and Anthony Ramey. Girls’ singles was Kacy Novosad. Boys’ Doubles were: Matt Gaas and Brad Siegert, and Alex Rudd and Anthony Nissen. As a team we placed 3rd overall. If I would have had more girls to enter, we probably would have placed first, but several of the girls were playing softball and two others had other commitments. Thrall placed 1st with 13 points, Hutto placed 2nd with 12 points, and Somerville was 3rd with 10 points.

  • 1st place in boys’ doubles went to Matt Gaas and Brad Siegert
  • Consolation in boys’ doubles went to Anthony Nissen and Alex Rudd
  • 2nd place in boys’ singles was T.J. Rector
  • 4th place in boy’s singles was Jaie Rodriguez
  • Consolation went to Derek Cotton in Boys singles
  • Kacy Novosad placed 2nd in Consolation in girl’s singles
  • On March 25 the Somerville JV tennis team traveled to Robinson for a tournament. Players that entered the tournament were two boy’s doubles teams: Justin Faust and Matt Maddox and Michael Fleming and Timothy Kazmir. Two girl’s doubles teams: Barbara Jimenez and Jessica Engram and Patricia Munoz and Abby Palacio. Two singles girls: Carinal Bernal and Rakiesha Jones. The best finish was by Jimenez and Engram who tied for 3rd place out of 14 teams in girls doubles division I. Munoz and Palacio finished 2nd in consolation out of 13 teams in girls doubles division II. In girls singles division II, Carina Bernal tied for 7th out of 13 and Rakiesha Jones was 2nd in consolation out of 13 girls. The JV will compete in District on April 5th in Somerville.

    March 19 Varsity Tournament: Somerville hosted a varsity tournament with 6 teams: Franklin, Hutto, Brenham, Sealy, Caldwell, and Somerville.

    Mixed Doubles Results: Jaie Rodriguez and Kimber Dowell placed 2nd. They won their first match against Flippin And Junek of Caldwell 6-0, 6-1. They lost their 2nd match to last year’s state championship team, Casey and Russ of Franklin 1-6, 1-6.

    Girls Doubles Division I Results:Lindsay Knesek and Kelly Siegert placed 1st. They won their first match against Kieke and Toman of Sealy 6-4, 6-4. They won their 2nd match against Mayhew and Little of Brenham 6-3, 6-4. The won the championship match against Klores and Neyland of Franklin 7-6, 5-7, 10-8.

    Girls Doubles Division II Results: Aubri Cooper and Kelly Korth placed 3rd. They lost to Cendalski and Kapchinski of Brenham 7-5, 2-6, 10-3. They lost to Bourque and Reynolds of Franklin, 6-4, 6-2. They defeated Davis and Ramirez of Hutto 6-3, 6-0.

    Boys Doubles Division I Results Matt Gaas and Brad Siegert placed 1st. They defeated Brown and Norris of Sealy 6-0, 6-1. They defeated Bass and Sanchez of Hutto 6-1, 6-2. In the championship match they defeated Bishop and Currie 6-1, 6-2.

    Boys Doubles Division II Results: Anthony Nissen and Stuart Bartek placed 1st. They defeated Sanders and Sims of Franklin 1-6, 6-2, 10-6. They defeated Fitzhenry and Verm of Sealy 6-2, 6-4, They defeated Mark and Martinez of Caldwell 6-2, 6-4.

    Girls Singles Division II Results: Chelsea Putska placed 2nd. Chelsea lost her 1st match to Davis of Brenham 6-2, 6-2. She then defeated Pulos of Sealy 6-0, 6-4. She defeated Sanchez of Caldwell 6-1, 6-1.

    Other players in the tournament were Loren Cooper, T.J. Rector, and Derek Cotton.

    March 17 JV Tournament:

    Somerville hosted a JV tournament with 5 teams: Snook, Bellville, Brenham, Somerville, and Caldwell

    Mixed Doubles: Carina Bernal and Josh Maldonado placed 1st in the JV tournament. They defeated Hickman and Jakubik of Snook 6-4, 6-4.

    Other players in the tournament were Rakiesha Jones, Justin Faust, Matthew Maddox, Michael Fleming, Timothy Kazmir, Patricia Munoz, Abby Palacio, Jessica Engram and Barbara Jimenez.

    State Team Tennis

    On Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15 the Somerville tennis team played in the TTCA (Texas Tennis Coaches Association) State Team Tennis Tournament. The tournament was held in Round Rock, Georgetown, and Cedar Park. The team placed 10th out of 16 teams from across the state.

    Our first match was against Krum and we lost 6-12. We won our next two matches; first by defeating Centerville 14-5 then beating Comfort 10-7. We lost our last match to Floydada 6-10.

    • Brad Siegert and Matt Gaas played in the # 1 boy’s doubles position and they were 2 for 4 for the tournament defeating Krum and Comfort and losing to Centerville and Floydada.
    • T.J. Rector and Jaie Rodriguez played in the # 2 boy’s doubles position and they were 4 for 4 in the tournament.
    • Anthony Nissen and Alex Rudd played in the #3 boy’s doubles position and they were 3 for 4 losing only to Floydada.
    • Lindsay Knesek and Kacy Novosad played #1 girls doubles and were 2 for 4 defeating Centerville and Floydada and losing to Krum and Comfort.
    • Kimber Dowell and Loren Copper played #2 girls doubles and went 3 for 4 losing only to Krum.
    • Kelly Siegert and Kelly Korth played #3 girls doubles and went 2 for 4 defeating Centerville and Comfort and losing to Krum and Floydada.
    • Stuart Bartek and Aubri Cooper played the mixed doubles and went 1 for 3 defeating Centerville.
    • In the boys singles matches Matt Gaas was 0 for 4, Brad Siegert was 1 for 4, T.J. Rector was 3 for 4, Jaie Rodriguez was 3 for 4, Anthony Nissen was 2 for 4, Stuart Bartek was 1 for 1, Derek Cotton was 1 for 1.
    • In the girls singles matches Kimber Dowell was 1 for 4, Kacy Novosad was 1 for 3, Lindsay Knesek was 2 for 4, Loren Cooper was 2 for 4, Kelly Siegert was 2 for 3, Kelly Korth was 0 for 1, Aubri Cooper was 1 for 2.

    It was a great weekend; the kids got to play a lot of good tennis. This is a great team and they are so competitive. I also wanted to give a big thanks to all the parents and to our A.D. Coach Cone for coming to support Somerville at the State Tournament.

    On Friday and Saturday, Feb 29 and March 1, 2008 the Somerville tennis team played in the Regional Team Tennis Tournament. There were 7 teams that competed in this tournament. They were Edna, Industrial, Brazos, Shiner, East Bernard, Schulenburg, and Somerville. Somerville placed 2nd and will be going to the State Team Tennis Tournament held March 14 and 15 in the Round Rock area. It has been three years since Somerville has been to the State Team Tennis Tournament.

    In team tennis you compete as a team rather than as an individual. It is set up like a regular bracket. There are 19 matches that are played: 3 boys doubles, 3 girls doubles, 6 boys singles, 6 girls singles and 1 mixed doubles. The team that wins 10 matches moves to the winner’s side of the bracket.

  • Somerville played Schulenburg first and beat them 17-2
  • Somerville played Edna (the number one seed) and lost to them by two games 8-11.
  • This put Somerville in the bracket for 3rd and 4th place. We played Industrial and defeated them 10-3. Because Edna had beaten Brazos in the championship game and we had not played Brazos yet there was a playback. A playback is just a way to ensure the top two teams advance. Somerville defeated Brazos (the number 2 seed) 11-8, which made Somerville the true 2nd place team.

    We really can together as a team this weekend. In team tennis every point counts weather you are playing in the #1 position or in the #6 position. This really became evident in the last two matches of the day against Brazos. The #6 boy, Derek Cotton and #6 girl, Aubri Cooper were playing and we had to win one of those matches to win against Brazos. They both pulled it out#Cotton won 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 and Cooper won 6-3, 6-3.

    T.J. Rector and Jaie Rodriguez had the best records of the day winning all of their 8 matches. Other players that played really well were Matt Gaas and Brad Siegert. They defeated Edna’s #1 boy’s doubles that went to state last year. Gaas also won 3 of his 4 singles matches. Lindsay Knesek and Kacy Novosad won 3 of their 4 doubles matches. Kelly Siegert won 3 of her 4 singles matches and 3 of her 4 doubles matches. Alex Rudd and Anthony Nissen won all of their doubles matches. Kimber Dowell won 2 of her 4 doubles matches. Loren Cooper won 2 of her 3 doubles matches and won all of her singles matches. Kelly Korth won 3 of her 4 doubles matches. Other members of the team that played great were Stuart Bartek, Anthony Ramey and Patricia Munoz.

    On Saturday, February 23 the Somerville JV tennis team traveled to Taylor for the Granger JV Tennis Tournament. It was a great tournament—everyone played well and for some it was their first tournament ever. We know now what we need to work on to get ready for the next tournament.

      Results:
    • JV Girls Singles:
      • Carina Bernal
        • Won her first match by defeating Curtis of Hutto 8-1.
        • Lost her second match to Hartman of Thrall 8-2
      • Rakiesha Jones
        • lost her first match to Hall of Thrall 8-3
        • Defeated Butler of Hutto 8-3
        • Lost to Bork of Thrall 8-3
    • JV Boys Singles:
      • Josh Maldonado
        • Lost his first match to Freed of Liberty Hill 8-5
        • Defeated Bruggeman of Academy 8-1
        • Lost to Sheldon of Florence 8-6
    • JV Boys Doubles:
    • 2008 Partial JV Team
      • Matt Maddox and Justin Faust
        • Lost to Cordova and Reed of Hutto 8-1
        • Lost to Mills and Simms of Liberty Hill 8-3
      • Tim Kazmir and Michael Fleming
        • Lost to Gordy and Lugo of Thrall 8-1
        • Lost to Wade and Etzel of Giddings 8-1

    On Friday, February 15, Somerville tennis team traveled to Robinson for a 19-team tournament. Somerville placed 9th overall.

    • Boys Doubles Division I:
      • Matt Gaas and Brad Siegert finished in 6th out of 14 teams.
        • Gaas and Siegert were defeated 8-6 by the Lexington team of Julian Bexley and Ben Spencer. The Lexington team tied for 3rd in state last year.
        • Gaas and Siegert defeated Michael Brugman and Nate Jones of Gatesville 8-1.
        • Gaas and Siegert defeated Ethan Ferral and Aaron Gwosdz form Centerville 8-0
        • Gaas and Siegert lost to Chris Darby and Charles Darby of Rockdale 8-5
    • Boys Doubles Division II
      • Alex Rudd and Anthony Nissen finished 2nd out of 17 teams.
        • They defeated Edgar Olvera and Ronnie Vaughn of China Spring 8-1
        • They defeated Bobby Baggerly and Chris Ellis of Rockdale 8-2
        • They defeated Thad Vincent and Ben West of Gatesville 9-8(5)
        • In the finals they lost to Travis Gerard and Sam Hedrick of Tyler All Saints 8-2
    • Mixed Doubles Division I
      • Jaie Rodriguez and Kacy Novosad placed 2nd out of 10 teams
        • They defeated Omar Gonzalez-Torres and Morgan Martindale of Robinson 8-2
        • They defeated Judy Bolivar and Jeremy Carrasco of Cameron 8-5
        • They defeated Devin Wood and Jerrett Zoch of Centerville 8-5
        • They lost to Ali Abshire and Reagan Janda of Lexington 8-0
    • Boys Singles Division II
      • Derek Cotton tied for 9th out of 19 players
        • Cotton defeated Taelor Little of Lorena 8-3
        • Cotton defeated Scott Gohring of Waco 8-0
        • Cotton lost to Jacob Goode of Lexington 8-4
        • Cotton lost to Logan Simmons of Academy 8-1
      • Anthony Ramey lost to Chase Davis of China Spring 8-6
        • Ramey lost to Logan Simmons of Academy 8-3
    • Girls Singles Division II
      • Kelly Siegert placed 8th out of 18 players
        • Siegert defeated Jennifer Anderson of China Spring 8-1
        • Siegert lost to Jessie Rojas of Whitney 8-2
        • Siegert defeated teammate Kelly Korth of Somerville 8-2
        • Siegert lost to Robin Wimberly of Whitney 8-5
        • Siegert lost to Autumn Heidt of Copperas Cove 8-4
      • Kelly Korth lost to Sophia Flroes of San Saba 8-0
        • Korth defeated Daniell Balsadua of Connally 8-0
        • Korth lost to teammate Kelly Siegert 2-8

    On Feb 7 Somerville hosted a 7-team tennis tournament. The teams were Brenham, Bellville, Columbus, LaGrange, Smithville, Madisonville, and Somerville. Results are shown below:

    • Division I Boys Singles: 1st place—Matt Gass
      • Defeated Noah Davis of Smithville 6-3, 7-5
      • Defeated Garrett Estey of Bellville 6-3, 6-3
      • Defeated Chris Smothers of Columbus 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
    • Division II Boys Singles: Consolation Winner—Stuart Bartek
      • Lost to Kyle Lastovica of Smithville 7-5, 6-1
      • Defeated Sterling Behrenas of LaGrange 8-4
      • Defeated Pedro Guevarra of Madisonville 8-6
    • Division I Boys Doubles: Consolation Winner—T.J. Rector and Brad Siegert
      • Lost to Nichols and Nichols of Smithville 6-4, 1-6, 17-15
      • Defeated Estey and Hardy of Columbus 6-3, 6-2
    • Division II Boys Doubles: 1st place—Tony Nissen and Alex Rudd
      • Defeated Elarba and Patrolla of Smithville 6-4, 7-6(5)
      • Defeated Seberger and Weiss of LaGrange 6-2, 7-6(12)
      • Defeated Rychlik and Whatley of Brenham 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
    • Division I Girls Doubles: 3rd place—Kimber Dowell and Loren Cooper
      • Defeated Mason and Wakefield of Madisonville 6-0 6-1
      • Lost to Braun and Ignasiak of Columbus 6-2, 6-0
      • Defeated Ruiz and Williams of Smithville 9-8(5)
    • Division II Girls Doubles: 1st place—Lindsay Knesek and Aubri Cooper
      • Defeated Hammett and Whithair of Columbus 6-3, 7-5
      • Defeated Andrews and Kaisharis of Madisonville 7-5 7-5
      • Defeated Cendalski and Kapchinski of Brenham 7-5, 2-6, 10-8
    • Division I Mixed Doubles: 3rd place—Jaie Rodriguez and Kelly Korth
      • Defeated Deyo and Kasper of Smithville 6-1, 6-2
      • Lost to Novak and Stanton of Madisonville 6-4, 4-6, 13-11
      • Defeated Grisham and Rebel of Columbus 8-4
    • Division II Mixed Doubles: 2nd place—Chelsea Putska and Anthony Ramey
      • Defeated Hurst and Swartz of Smithville 6-3, 6-4
      • Defeated Ferley and Gillispie of LaGrange 6-3, 7-6(5)
      • Lost to Hellums and Shaw of Madisonville 4-6, 6-4, 10-6

    On Jan. 29th the Yeguas traveld to Bryan inorder to meet the Madisonville Mustangs in a dual tennis match. The Mustangs came out ahead winning 11 out of the 17 matches.

    On Jan. 18 Somerville hosted the Brenham Cubs in a dual tennis match. We played 19 matches and Brenham won 12 while Somerville won 7. We played alright considering this was Brenham's varsity team. We lost three matches because of tie breaks...we have to win tie breaks. Tie breaks in tennis are like free throws in a basketball game.

    Fall Team Tennis

    The Fall Tennis team includes: (standing) Derek Cotton,Anthony Nissen, Matt Gaas, Brad Siegert, and T J Rector; (middle) Carina Bernal and Kelly Siegert; (sitting) Kacy Novosad, Kelly Korth, Lindsay Knesek, and Jessica Kempenich. Missing Jaie Rodriguez, Barbara Jimenez, Anthony Ramey, and Jessica Ingram

    On Nov 19th, Somerville hosted Smithville. The Smithville won 11 matches while Somerville won 8 matches. In boys doubles, Somerville won 2 out of the 3 matches. In girls doubles, each school won a match. In mixed doubles, the Yegua team won the match.

    On Oct 28th, Somerville Tennis team played Groesbeck. The Yeguas came out on top winning 15 of the 27 matches played.

    On Thursday Oct 11, Somerville Tennis team traveled to Bryan High to play a dual match. Bryan High won 13 matches while Somerville won 11. Some of the mathces were very close and could have gone either way. As the first match of the year, we did very well.

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