Blue Earth Area nets sectional team tennis victory
BLUE EARTH — Blue Earth Area head young ladies tennis trainer Konny Wolff industriously wrapped new hold tape on Buc third singles player Kylie Rosenau's racket before Monday's Section 2A Team quarterfinal meet.
Rosenau then, at that point, made some racket of her own by hammering out the No. 3-cultivated Bucs' first group point in transit to a 6-1 victory over the No. 6-cultivated Redwood Valley Cardinals at Hal Schroeder Courts in Blue Earth.
Blue Earth Area (12-4) advances to confront the Class A No. 7-positioned and No. 2-cultivated St. James Area Saints in a 11 a.m. sectional group elimination round Thursday at the Gustavus Adolphus College grounds in St. Peter. St. James Area dispensed with No. 7-cultivated Maple River, 6-1, in Monday's quarterfinals.
No. 6-positioned and top-cultivated Fairmont (16-2) will play the champ between No. 4-cultivated River Valley and No. 5-cultivated United South Central in a 9 a.m. sectional group elimination round Thursday at Gustavus Adolphus College. Fairmont procured a first-round bye by means of the No. 1 seed.
"We changed our setup up somewhat today due to missing a few players, so we'll perceive how it ends up," Konny Wolff said during the sectional quarterfinal's warmup meeting.
Rosenau, Olivia Dutton and Addison Armstrong initiated the Bucs' fast beginning on the scorecards by consolidating to lose just one game out of 19 played during singles-section activity.
Rosenau used another racket hold, however a natural two-gave strike, to pepper prevailing upon shots every one of the third singles court. Rosenau got BEA's first point on the strength of consecutive 6-0 set successes over Lauren Dolezal.
Dutton almost copied her partner's edge of triumph, gathering a 6-0, 6-1 choice over the Cardinals' McKenna Flinn at the No. 4 spot in the singles division to stake the Bucs to a 2-0 lead in the group record.
Dutton showed her capacity to perform various tasks by associating for a forehand victor while at the same time trying not to step on a racket unintentionally slipped onto her playing surface.
"That was an extremely athletic continue on her part," BEA aide mentor Karleigh Wolff said regarding Dutton's readiness.
Armstrong then, at that point, gathered Point 3 for the Bucs by covering consecutive shutout set triumphs over Lily DeBlieck during second singles activity.
Amusingly, the third duplicates blend of Ashlyn Klinkner and Jazmyn Lunz, who were late increments to the Bucs' beginning setup, secured the sectional double meet success by outslugging Ava Shaw-Kerkhoff and Julia Lang, 6-3, 6-1.
Klinkner and Lunz followed 2-1 in the initial set prior to recording administration breaks at 3-2 and 6-3 to guarantee the triumph. The Bucs' couple rolled out four straight successes on the way to a 6-1 second-set choice.
Lauren Survis and Carol Schrader outlived Redwood Valley's Avery Wilson and Anneliese Hammer in the meet's just additional meeting during No. 2 duplicates play. Survis and Schrader got a 7-5, 2-6, (11-9) rebound win to secure BEA's fifth group count.
No. 1 singles netter Marissa Benz conveyed the Bucs' last group point by serving a 6-2, 6-0 misfortune to Brooke Zollner. Benz and Zollner were the seventh and last match to hit the six-court office on Monday.
Mila Jenniges and Ella Stoneberg energized to create Redwood Valley's solitary group point at first duplicates. Jenniges and Stoneberg outdueled Grace Hanson and Ella Survis, 6-3, 7-5.
2021 Section 2A Team
Tennis Quarterfinals
Blue Earth Area 6,
Redwood Valley 1
Singles Bracket
• Marissa Benz (BEA) def. Brooke Zollner, 6-2, 6-0.
• Addison Armstrong (BEA) def. Lily DeBlieck, 6-0, 6-0.
• Kylie Rosenau (BEA) def. Lauren Dolezal, 6-0, 6-0.
• Olivia Dutton (BEA) def. McKenna Flinn, 6-0, 6-1.
Pairs Bracket
• Mila Jenniges-Ella Stoneberg (RV) def. Elegance Hanson-Ella Survis, 6-3, 7-5.
• Lauren Survis-Carol Schrader (BEA) def. Avery Wilson-Anneliese Hammer, 7-5, 2-6, (11-9).
• Ashlyn Klinkner-Jazmyn Lunz (BEA) def. Ava Shaw-Kerkhoff-Julia Lang, 6-3, 6-1.
