Aberdeen Roncalli returns four of its top six players, but the Cavaliers will still be an extremely young girls' tennis squad this season.
The team does not have a senior and just one junior, Anna Mitzel who played at number six singles last season. While the Cavaliers do have solid numbers, most of the players are middle schoolers who don't have a lot of experience.
"We’re fairly weak in our upperclassmen, we’re short numbers there, but we do have a lot of interest in the younger girls, so that’s nice to see," said Roncalli coach Jason Haskell. "It’s exciting for the future of tennis at Roncalli and Aberdeen Christian."
The two schools form a cooperative in tennis.
While the squad will need to fill its top two spots from a year ago, it does have some experienced players in twins Raley and River Haskell, and Katherine Kretchman, all sophomores.
"They’ve been around tennis for a while, they’ve been around our program for a while," Coach Haskell said. "Although
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