Spartan tennis and soccer teams come up short

Boys Tennis

The Superior High School tennis team lost 6-1 Tuesday evening at Ashland.

Jack Androsky picked up the Spartans’ win with a 7-6 (10-8), 6-1 victory over Paul Bianchi at No. 3 singles.

Superior plays at Cloquet at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.

Ashland 6, Superior 1

Porter Beilfuss, A, def. Minjune Jang 6-1, 6-1

Carson Honkala, A, def. Reed Rehnstrand 6-0, 6-2

Jack Androsky, SHS, def. Paul Bianchi 7-6 (10-8), 6-1

Casey Hilts, A, def. Michael Urbaniak 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles

Ben Mikkonen/Erik Van Horn, A, def. Alex Beebe/Caden Welch 7-5, 7-5

Augustin Rasmussen/Jared Tollas, A, def. Luke Wessberg/Gabe Anderson 6-1, 6-0

David Wallis/Kyle Sapper, A, def. Justin Hase/Quin Dahl 6-4, 5-7, 12-10

Girls soccer

The Spartans suffered their straight shutout with a 1-0 loss at Rice Lake Tuesday evening.

Katelyn Holmstrom scored for Rice Lake (6-4-3, 2-4-1 BRC) and Brooke Olson had five saves.

Sam Young had eight saves for Superior, now 2-5 overall and in the Big Rivers Conference.

Rice Lake outshot Superior 16-10.

The Spartans play at Eau Claire North at 5 p.m. Thursday. They will then play two games in the Wausau West tournament Saturday.

Superior.................................... 0          0          -          0

Rice Lake................................ 0          1          -          1

Second Period: 1. Katelyn Holmstrom (Jade Mlejnek), 75th minute.

Saves: Sam Young (S) 8; Brooke Olson (RL) 5.