The Ballard girls tennis team lost 6-3 April 23 but gave Roosevelt a run for its money.

Coach Charles Brenner said the team match could have gone either way because there were three singles matches that very close and went to a third set.

"Roosevelt pulled each one of them out," he said. "But it very easily could have gone the other way and our girl's know it."

Ballard's Anna Brokhaug, Emiko Kobayashi and Zoe Kasperzyk each took their opponent to a third set in singles matches.

The Beavers are 0-7 this season with four matches left, but Brenner said the team is showing improvement.

"All in all I was very pleased with the way the girls played in the match yesterday," he said. "They played much better than they have all season."

Ballard takes the court against Bellevue at 3:45 p.m., April 28 at the Lower Woodland tennis courts.