Girls tennis roundup: Litchfield wins in 5A opener
LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield won its opening match in the Section 5A playoffs on Wednesday.
Laura Knisley, Krista Miller and Ali McGraw won singles matches for the Dragons while the doubles teams of Emily Smith and Kennedy Sommerfeld, April Anderson and Alexa Dessens and Grace Spanos/Kate Schumann all picked up victories.
The Dragons' playoff run continues on the road against top-seed Annandale at 3 p.m. today.
Litchfield 6,
West Lutheran 1
Singles
(1) Jordyn Stromback, W, def. Kalley Spreiter 6-4 6-4 (2) Lauren Knisley, L, def. Morgan Boudreau 6-3 7-6 (7-3) (3) Krista Miller, L, Grace Hoy 2-6 6-1 7-5 (4) Ali McGraw, L, def. Abbie Westberg 6-0 6-1
Doubles
(1) Emily Smith/Kennedy Sommerfeld, L, def. Ali Devine/Paige Berge 6-4 7-5 (2) April Anderson/Alexa Dessens, L, def. Samarha Beach/Ashley Beise 6-3 6-1 (3) Grace Spanos/Kate Schumann, L, def. Stephanie Christoffersen/Hailey Volbrecht 6-1 6-1
Section 5A
St. Cloud Cathedral 4,
New London-Spicer 3
St. Cloud Cathedral's 1-doubles team of Greta Egerman and Sarah Schmitz beat Kristen Lewis and Wally Gustafson for the deciding point as the Crusaders beat New London-Spicer 4-3 and eliminate the Wildcats from the Section 5A tournament on Wednesday.
MacKenzie Loftness won in 3-singles and Megan Holme in 4-singles both won for the Wildcats, as well as the 3-doubles team of Kendra Gronseth and Kylie Soine.
Singles
(1) Erin Stocker, S, def. Lisa Dobbelaere 6-2, 6-0 (2) Lexie Nepsund, S, def. Abby Nelson 7-5, 6-2 (3) MacKenzie Loftness, N, def. Hannah Lakmann 6-1, 6-0 (4) Megan Holme, N, def. Natalie Otto 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
(1) Greta Egerman/Sarah Schmitz, S, def. Kristen Lewis/Wally Gustafson 6-2, 7-5 (2) Lauren Stang/Erika Barthelemy, S, def. Louise Lungstrom/Reiley Ness 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 (3) Kendra Gronseth/Kylie Soine, N, def. Elise Miller/Claire Miller 6-3, 6-2
Glencoe-Silver Lake 5, MACCRAY 2
Glencoe-Silver Lake topped MACCRAY 5-2 to eliminate the Wolverines from the Section 5A quarterfinals on Wednesday.
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