Austin Packers boys tennis team falls to Northfield 6-1 Thursday

After having a home match versus Mankato East rained out Tuesday, the Austin Packers boys tennis team was on the road to Northfield Thursday for a Big 9 Conference matchup with the Raiders, and it was the Raiders winning by the score of 6-1.

Nathan Danielson picked up the lone win for the Packers at No. 2 singles, as he fell in the first set to Northfield’s Jackson Hessian 6-4, but rallied to take the next two sets 6-4 and 11-9.  The only other match that went to three sets Thursday was at No. 1 singles, where Austin’s Cole Hebrink knocked off Blake Simon for Northfield in the first set 6-4, but Simon was able to rally to take the next two sets, 6-4 and 10-4.

Austin’s match for today (Friday) versus Mankato West in Mankato has been postponed, so the next action for the squad will be next Monday in Fairmont versus the Cardinals, with the non-conference match scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.

NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH – 6, Austin – 1,

Singles:
No. 1 – Blake Simon, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Cole Hebrink, Austin, 4-6 , 6-4 , 10-4 ;
No. 2 – Nathan Danielson, Austin def. Jackson Hessian, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH, 4-6 , 6-4 , 11-9 ;
No. 3 – Theo Menk, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Michael Garry, Austin, 6-2 , 6-1 , -;
No. 4 – Elias Bengston, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Lucas Rust, Austin, 6-2 , 6-0 , — ;

Doubles:
No. 1 – Joe Grant, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH – Carter Borovsky, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Kyler Flanders, Austin – Quinton Grimley, Austin, 6-1 , 6-3 , — ;
No. 2 – Rueben Menk, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH – Parker Sneary, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Samuel Mata, Austin – Gavin Matyas, Austin, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;
No. 3 – Dyson McBroom, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH – Kyle Bulfer, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH def. Timothy Perez, Austin – Aaron Danielson, Austin, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;