PARK RAPIDS – The Park Rapids girls tennis team remained undefeated in No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles at the Park Rapids Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The singles matches took place on the Depot Courts, while the doubles matches took place on the Century School Courts.
Addi Frieden dropped just one match in No. 4 singles with wins over Kaylen Blair (6-2, 6-2) of Minnewaska Area, Siiri Smestad (6-2, 6-2) of Fergus Falls, Emmy Robles (6-3, 6-2) of East Grand Forks and Aubrie Lee (6-2, 6-2) of Roseau. To save time, each set in the five-team tournament started at 2-2.
Emma Berghuis and Natalie Berghuis defeated Addisyn Spradlin and Daisy Omang (6-2, 6-1) of EGF, Ella Wright and Lizzie Kennedy (6-4, 6-4) of Roseau, Katie Sorenson and McKenna Uhde (6-3, 6-3) of Minnewaska and Kaia Ness and Annie Mayer (6-4, 6-4) of Fergus Falls in No. 3 doubles.
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The Panthers tied 2-2 in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, with Ella Ehler defeating Lindsey Vistad (6-3, 6-2) of Roseau and Ruby Ellison (6-3, 6-4) of Fergus Falls for her two No. 1 singles victories, while Emmy Goochey and Abby Runyan earned No. 1 doubles victories over Maya Pulkrabe and Morgan McDonad (7-5, 6-4) of EGF and Bryn Wilson and Ava Holgren (6-2, 6-3) of Roseau.
Park Rapids’ No. 2 doubles team, Madeline Brandt and Emma Morris, moved to a 1-3 score with a win over Roseau’s Dakota Dunham and Rachelle Dunham (7-5, 6-3). Nora Bolton (who lost two third-set tiebreakers) in No. 2 singles and Rachel Ulvin in No. 3 singles moved to a 0-4 score.
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In exhibition matches in doubles No. 4, Makenna Maanum and Bella Vinge of the Panthers reached a 2-2 draw with wins over Minnewaska Area (6-4, 6-3) and Roseau (6-4, 6-3) and losses to Fergus Falls (6-2, 3-6, 10-8) and EGF (6-2, 7-6).
Minnewaska Area finished 23-5 in 28 games in the round-robin tournament, while Fergus Falls finished 19-9. Park Rapids finished 13-15, EGF finished 11-17, and Roseau finished 4-24.
The doubles tournament scheduled for Friday with Becker, Crookston, Minnewaska Area, Mound Westonka, Perham/New York Mills and Roseau in Park Rapids has begun, but no games were completed due to rain.
