Goddard beats Lady Rams

The Portales girls tennis team fell to Goddard on Tuesday. Freshman Kim Spotswood had to forfeit after falling down during her match. Portales coach Sara Bulls said she was fine later on after the matches. Coach Bulls is hoping Spotswood will be good to go for Thursday’s match with Lovington.

“The team played harder than they played last time against Goddard,” Bulls said. “I was very proud of them. I’m sure if we played as hard as we did today the score against Ruidoso would definitely been different.”

Portales only win against Ruidoso was a doubles match with Megan Combs and Sabrina Montoya defeated a team of Tanner Wapaha and Casey Thompson 6-3, 6-4.

Portales boys results were unavailable at press time.

Girls
Tuesday
Goddard 9, Portales 0
Singles
No. 1 — Shelby Lucero def. by Halie Harton 2-6, 2-6.
No. 2 — Marissa Best def. by Hillary Joyce 2-6, 2-6.
No. 3 — Kim Spotswood (forfeit).
No. 4 — Makynsi Whited def. by Suzann Naylor 3-6, 6-4 (6-7).
No. 5 — Megan Combs def. by Angelica Sanchez 2-6, 2-6.
No. 6 — Stephania Gutierrez def. by Tarrah Sweet 4-6, 1-6.
Exhibition: Kaleigh Jones def. by Katie Hillman 0-8.
Doubles
No. 1 — Lucero/Spotswood def. by Harton/Sanchez 3-6, 0-6.
No. 2 — Best/Whited def. by Joyce/Joyce 1-6, 0-6.
No. 3 — Combs/Montoya def. by Naylor/Hillman 2-6, 2-6

Monday
Ruidoso 9, Portales 0
Singles
No. 1 — Shelby Lucero  def. by Griselle Nunez 2-6, 2-6.
No. 2 — Marissa Best  def. by Mirrissa Balderrama 1-6, 2-6.
No. 3 — Kim Spotswood def. by Sammi Bennett 1-6, 1-6.
No. 4 — Makynsi Whited def. by Brenda Pinon 1-6, 1-6.
No. 5 — Megan Combs def. by Tanner Wapaha 3-6, 2-6.
No. 6 — Sabrina M. Montoya def. by Casey Thompson 3-6, 3-6.
Doubles
No. 1 — Lucero/Spotswood def. by Nunez/Bennett 3-6, 4-6.
No. 2 — Best/Whited def. by Balderrama/Pinon 0-6, 3-6.
No. 3 — Combs/Montoya def. by Wapaha/Thompson 6-3, 6-4.