The B-B-E Jaguars girls' tennis team gave a terrific effort on the road today while facing No. 6-ranked Litchfield. The host Dragons entered the match as the top seed. The Jaguars fought hard up and down the lineup but were unable to overcome a superb Litchfield team. At one time, all three of B-B-E's doubles teams were playing at deuce. At No. 4 singles, Skylar Knight-DeWeerd held a 2-1 lead early in her second set. At No. 2 singles, Bree Thieschafer also had an early 2-1 lead in the second set but lost in straight sets.
Once the dust settled, the Dragons came away with a 7-0 win that puts them in the Section 6A Final Four round.
Here's a short video clip from No. 2 singles action today:
The tennis season is not over, however, as the top six players for the Jaguars will advance to the Section 6A individual tournament. Details to be announced at a later time.
Here's a short video clip featuring Hannah Hirman and Skylar Knight-DeWeerd battling at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively...
Right now, I'm blogging from the Muddy Cow Bar and Grill in Litchfield! They have terrific food, and while we were getting our food, the Litchfield V.F.W. started a meat raffle. The tennis team is here getting supper. Soon it's wheels up for Maple Lake high school...31 miles away!
Section 6A girls' tennis playoff scores on October 3:
New London-Spicer 7, Sauk Centre 0
Osakis 7, Melrose Area 0
Minnewaska Area 7, St. John's Prep 0
Section 3A girls' tennis playoff scores on October 3:
Montevideo 7, MACCRAY/Renville County West 0
Benson/K-M-S 5, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 2
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta-West Central Area 6, Pipestone Area 1
Luverne 5, Yellow Medicine East 2
**At Maple Lake, the Irish gained a 22 to 17 lead in game one. FINAL: B-B-E 25, Maple Lake 23.
Game 2...the Irish trailed 20-17 before making a big comeback to earn a 25-22 win. They scored the last 4 points of the set. This one is even so far! One set each. **Final scores and more in a new blog post.
