WILLMAR -- Brainerd kept in the hunt for the Central Lakes Conference tennis title with a 6-1 win over Willmar Monday.
The Warriors (5-1, 6-1) trail St. Cloud Tech by one point.
The lone point for Willmar (1-7, 1-8) came from the 3-doubles team of Austen Hilding and Sam Murphy, who won 6-4, 7-5.
Preston Peterson came close to forcing a third set at 4-singles, but lost the match 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
Willmar hosts Sartell today at 4:30 p.m.
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Brainerd 6, Willmar 1
Singles
(1) Cole Sundquist, Brd, def. Evan Armstrong 6-2, 6-1 (2) Jordan Shiltz, Brd, def. Mitch Konieczny 6-4, 6-3 (3) Jordan Goos, Brd, def. Jimmy Unger 6-1, 6-1 (4) Trent Anderson, Brd, def. Preston Peterson 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
Doubles
(1) Garth Askegaard-Chris Rud, Brd, def. Mitch Fader-Landon Peterson 6-1, 6-3 (2) Dylan Wheeler-Jordan Posch, Brd, def. Marty Larson-Shane Christensen 6-3, 6-3 (3) Austen Hilding-Sam Murphy, Wil, def. Reno Fussy-Caleb Johnson 6-4, 7-5
Non-Conference Benson/KMS 5, NLS 2
Benson/KMS (7-4) won all of its matches in straight sets, getting points from Ethan Ratliff-Crain, Brandon Edlund and Mads Pajbjerg in singles, and Luke Widseth-Jed Eix and Mike Goulet-Lars Hering in doubles.
The Wildcats won the only three-set match, with Cody Treptau and Elliot Eckhoff victorious at 3-doubles, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
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Singles
(1) Alex Wiegmann, NLS, def. Ben Murphy 6-1, 6-4 (2) Ethan Ratliff-Crain, BKMS, def. George Kueppers 6-0, 6-2 (3) Brandon Edlund, BKMS, def. Seth Nelson 6-2, 6-0 (4) Mads Pajbjerg, BKMS, def. Spencer Moller 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
(1) Luke Widseth-Jed Eix, BKMS, def. Josh Treptau-Ethen Sietsema 6-0, 6-2 (2) Mike Goulet-Lars Hering, BKMS, def. Nic Magnuson-Berett Steffen 6-1, 6-4 (3) Cody Treptau-Elliot Eckhoff, NLS, def. Jake Hanson-Sam Grace 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
Worthington 7, YME 0
No. 1 singles Cameron Zens of Yellow Medicine East nearly broke up the Worthington shutout but fell to Dayton Williamson 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, with a 9-7 tiebreaker, in the last match to finish in a non-conference meeting at Granite Falls.
Singles
(1) Dayton Williamson, W, def. Cameron Zens 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) (2) Dan Wetering, W, def. David Nowacki 6-1, 6-0 (3) Shane Pedersen, W, def. Aaron Schueler 6-0, 6-0 (4) Florian Meier, W, def. Ethan Ator 6-0, 6-2
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Doubles
(1) Taylor Wiener-Mitch Benson, W, def. Stan Benson-Andy Waller 6-1, 6-1 (2) David Sorenson-Zach Nerem, W, Doran Sample-Nolan Grane 6-1, 6-2 (3) Kyle Hain-Cody Reese, W, def. Tyler Kotlowski-Clinton Repsher 6-4, 6-1
West Central South Minnewaska 6, LQPV/DB 1
Jack Hansen won in straight sets at 1-singles for Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd, but Minnewaska won the six other matches.
Tanner Holten at 2-singles and Jackson Moore at 4-singles both won 6-0, 6-0 for the Lakers.
Singles
(1) Jack Hansen, LQPVDB, def. Dylan Hoffman 6-2, 6-0 (2) Tanner Holten, Min, def. Nathan Carter 6-0, 6-0 (3) Jacob Braaten, Min, def. Mitchell Ehlen 6-0, 6-1 (4) Jackson Moore, Min, def. Eric Voss 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
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(1) Tanner Blair-Lars Meisner, Min, def. Austin Ireland-Brandon Hurley 6-2, 6-1 (2) Christian Waage-Zach Bosek, Min, def. Jonathan Sondell-Milan Will 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 (3) Tony Kruger-Kris Daniels, Min, def. Dustin Miller-Casey Hoium 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
