Briefs: Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf

Van Wert independent sports

Monday was a busy say on the local sports season, with high school soccer, volleyball, tennis and golf action. Results are listed below.

Soccer

Crestview 2 Delphos St. John’s 1 (girls)

DELPHOS — In the season opener, Katelyn Castle scored both of Crestview’s goals and the Lady Knights pulled off a 2-1 victory over the Lady Blue Jays. The first goal came 16 minutes into the game and the second was with 13 minutes left in the half.

Emily Karcher finished with six saves for Crestview.

“We got out of the box a bit slow tonight,” Crestview head coach John Dowler said. “The heat coupled with the fact that it was our first game contributed. Addison Williman, Adessa Alvarez and Hope Lopez played all around great games in the midfield and forward positions.”

“We have a long season and are going to work on getting better every day,” Dowler added.

Crestview (1-0) will play at Van Wert at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Delphos Jefferson 7 Van Wert 0 (girls)

DELPHOS — The Lady Cougars fell to 0-2 with a 7-0 non-conference loss to Delphos Jefferson.

Van Wert will host Crestview at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Ottoville 10 Van Wert 0 (boys)

Van Wert dropped the home opener, falling to Ottoville 10-0 on Monday.

The Cougars are scheduled to travel to Bryan on Thursday.

Volleyball

Paulding 3 Van Wert 2

PAULDING — Van Wert opened the season with a five set road loss to Paulding on Monday.

The Lady Panthers won 25-16, 11-25, 25-12, 25-19 and 15-7.

No other information was available. Van Wert will play at Lincolnview tonight.

Tennis

Wapakoneta 3 Van Wert 2

Wapakoneta picked up wins at third singles and at both doubles spots to hand the Lady Cougars their first loss of the season 3-2 on Monday.

Makenzie Schroeder defeated Lizzie Rutkowski 6-3, 6-3 at third singles, and Alyssa Good and Casey Minning topped Natalie Benner and Sophie Rutkowski 6-2, 6-0 at first doubles. At second doubles, Abby Metxger and Bailey Barrett handed Jamie Burenga and Tayzia Havill a 6-3, 6-2 loss.

Van Wert’s Allie Etter won at first singles, defeating Madison Snyder 6-3, 6-3, while Grace Lott posted a win at second singles with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Ellie Schroer.

“The first loss is always a hard one, especially with the many close games and long rallies,” head coach Katie Peterson said. “Our third singles really had a tough battle along with both our doubles teams. We know what we need to improve on, and will continue to work throughout the season to fix those mistakes.”

“I’m proud of the girls for their consistency and how they carried themselves after this loss,” Peterson added.

Van Wert (4-1, 2-1 WBL) will play at Bryan at 4:30 today.

Golf

Defiance 173 Defiance 189 (boys)

At Willow Bend Country Club, Evan Knittle and Jace Fast each carded a 45 for the Cougars, but Van Wert lost to Defiance 173-179.

Blake Bohyer shot a 48 and Cameron Terhark fired a 51. Defiance’s Jayden Jerger was the match medalist with a 39, and the runner-up medalist was David Jimenez (44).

Van Wert is now 1-2 in dual matches and 1-1 overall in the WBL. The Cougars will return to action Thursday against Wapakoneta at the Wapakoneta Country Club.

Lincolnview 217 Crestview 243 (girls)

WOODBURN (IN) — At Pond-A-River Golf Club, Lincolnview defeated Crestview 217-243 on Monday.

Winter Boroff led the Lady Lancers with a 45, while Annie Mendenhall fired a 51. Dylann Carey finished with a 57 and Zoey Tracey shot a 64.

Bri Hahn led the Lady Knights with a 50, followed by Audrey Lichtensteiger (62), Elizabeth Gent (63) and Faye Morgan (68).

Antwerp only scored three golfers and was unable to field a complete score, but McCartney Lucas tied a school record by shooting a 40. Breanna Fulk scored a 51 and Isabelle Litzenberg finished with a 61.