PIPESTONE - Brandon Wieberdink and Miguel Garcia won matches at 1-singles and 2-singles for MACCRAY, but Pipestone won three matches and took two others by forfeit to down the Wolverines on Friday in a preview of the Section 3A playoffs.
The two teams square off again to open section play at 4:30 p.m. today in Clara City. Also in the section today, LQPV/DB is at Worthington, Montevideo hosts Benson and YME visits top-seeded Luverne.
Pipestone 5, MACCRAY 2
Singles
(1) Brandon Wieberdink, M, def. Levi Carstenson 6-3, 6-2 (2) Miguel Garcia, M, def. Trace Lueck 6-2, 6-2 (3) Jared Carlson, P, def. Connor Hagemeyer 6-4, 6-4 (4) Joe Morgan, P, won by forfeit
Doubles
(1) Nathan Baatz/Jared Schiebout, P, def. Andrew DuHoux/Nathan Eisenmenger 6-4, 6-4 (2) Chandler Haag/Bill Smith, P, def. Chris Preuss/Preston Dobmeier 6-0, 6-1 (3) Elijah Evenson/Tyse Woelber, P, won by forfeit