The Ovid-Elsie girls tennis team traveled to Lansing Catholic on Saturday, May  4th for the Cougar Invitational. Ovid-Elsie dropped their first dual match of the  day 2-6 to Jackson Lumen Christi. The lone wins came at first singles with Jollee  Swender winning 6-0, 6-3 and Kaia Spiess at 4th singles with a 7-5, 6-0 win over  her opponent 

The Lady Marauders then topped Lansing Christian in the second dual match  with a 7-1 win. Jollee Swender won 6-3, 6-1 at first singles, while 2nd singles  Ellyanna Carman defeated her opponent 6-1, 6-0. 3rd singles Jenna Tomasek  had an amazing comeback to win 3-6, 7-6, 10-4 in the third set tie break. The  first doubles team of Willow Evans and Hailie McCreery cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win  and the 2nd doubles team of Mikayla Bashore and Evaley Swender won 6-2, 6-2.  Ava Anderson and Autum Baczkiewicz topped their 3rd doubles opponents 6-1,  6-1 and the fourth doubles team of Jolene Hebeler and Lauren Phillips won 6-1,  6-0. 

In their final match of the day Ovid-Elsie suffered a close loss to Lansing Catholic  3-5. The 2nd doubles team of Mikayla Bashore and Evaley Swender won in  straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 while the third doubles team of Ava Anderson and Autumn  Baczkiewicz rallied from behind and won 3-6, 6-2 ,10-8 in the third set tie-break.  Jolene Hebeler and Lauren Phillips won again at fourth doubles 6-3, 6-2. 

Placing 2nd place for Ovid-Elsie from Left to Right 3rd Doubles Autumn Baczkiewicz, missing is her partner Ava Anderson, 4th Doubles Lauren Phillips  and Jolene Hebeler, 3rd Singles Jenna Tomasek, 1st Singles Jollee Swender and  2nd Doubles Evaley Swender and Mikayla Bashore