Spencer, Ia (Northwest Iowa Now) – It was almost a dream season in 2024 for the Spencer Girls Tennis team as they made a run to the State Tournament where they ended up placing 3rd. A few of last year’s pieces graduated, and Coach Bob Schlaeger is trying to build up the confidence of this year’s group to believe they can do something similar.

Abby Ewalt says the atmosphere at practice hasn’t changed despite the few seniors the Tigers lost

This years seniors have done a good job of stepping in to leadership roles, but Coach Schlaeger says some of the young players from last year’s team have taken to that challenge as well.

Brynn Merchant talked about the improvement the team is making from practice.

Schlaeger still wants his team’s expectations to be high.

Northwest Iowa Now will bring you social media coverage of various Tennis competitions over the course of the season. You can follow along on X with @cutler4steven and @KICDSports with interviews being posted on the Big Country 107.7 and Northwest Iowa Now Facebook pages.