Homecoming tennis: Jaguars win!! (VIDEOS)

For their Homecoming match, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' tennis team is hosting MACCRAY today. They are also holding a fundraiser in support of the Easton Rood family. The girls on the team brought baked goods and sold them with a free-will offering during the match.

(Volleyball update is posted below)

Updates:

At No. 2 doubles, the Presley Detloff and Shelby Anderson have a 5-0 lead in the first set against MACCRAY. In the second set, the Jaguars have a 3-0 lead.

At No. 1 doubles, the Jaguars have a 4-1 lead in the first set. *Final score of the first set: B-B-E 6, MACCRAY 2. MACCRAY then won the first point of the second set. After they trailed 2-1, Olivia Thieschafer and Tiyana Schwinghammer won two straight points to go up 4-3. ** The Jaguars won the final point to close out the set with a 6-3 win.

At No. 2 singles, Paige Prentice has a 5-4 lead after she trailed 3-2 in the first set. MACCRAY won the next two points to go up 6-5. Prentice won a tiebreaker 7-4 to win the first set 7-6!! Then she won the second set by a 6-3 score. This was a huge win for the Jaguars. Prentice put it all on the court and gave one of her best performances of the season by sealing the match in two sets.

As of now, B-B-E holds a 2-1 lead in team points. MACCRAY won in straight sets at No. 1 singles.

At No. 3 doubles, Karley Hiltner and Izzy Graham hold a 2-1 lead in their opening set.

**Update: the Jaguars girls' tennis team won their Homecoming match! They won by a score of 4-3. Matches were won at all three doubles matches and No. 2 singles. It was a very even and well-played match. Multiple sets were back-and-forth across the seven matches. It was exciting to see the Jaguars squeeze out this win. They hold a 4-5 record going into the last match of the regular season. The Jaguars close out the regular season next Monday, October 4 at 4:15 p.m. at B-B-E high school against Wadena-Deer Creek.

Here's video of the player introductions prior to the match:


More to come. I'm looking for results from the volleyball match at Kimball.

*Here's a post-match interview with senior Kylie Winter on Tuesday night following her team's 3-2 win over Paynesville Area:


Here's a video I forgot to post in the last couple of weeks...it features B-B-E's first touchdown scored at Brock Field in Benson on September 17. The touchdown takes place in the opening minute of this video:


**And here's the official results out of Kimball high school tonight!

In a road conference match during Homecoming week, the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team won 3-1 over the Cubs to improve to 13-6 overall and 4-0 in the Central Minnesota Conference. Game scores were 26-28, 25-15, 25-18, 25-12. Three players were in double figures for kills, and as a team, the Jaguars hit with a robust 31 percent hitting efficiency. The Jaguars also racked up a whopping 15 ace serves. Next is a trip to Alexandria on Saturday for the JV and varsity teams.

More to come.