Klucas gets 100th career victory as Aitkin sweeps Little Falls

AREA TENNIS

Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008

LITTLE FALLS - Kelsey Klucas picked up her 100th career victory to help the Aitkin Gobblers sweep the Little Falls Flyers 7-0 in girls' tennis action Tuesday.

In the final meet of the regular season Klucas picked up her 24th win and enters postseason play undefeated.

The fifth ranked Gobblers begin Subsection 1, Section 7-1A team tournament play Monday when they host Eveleth-Gilbert in the quarterfinals.

Aitkin 7, Little Falls 0

Singles

No. 1: Kelsey Klucas (A) def. Sara Peterson 6-3, 6-0

No. 2: Alice Browning (A) def. Sammi Koester 6-2, 6-3

Aitkin's Kelsey Klucas, shown in action earlier this season, won her 100th career match Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Sara Peterson of Little Falls.

No. 3: Nicole Beneke (A) def. Bailey LaCousiere 6-3, 6-3

No. 4: Tori Sundholm (A) def. Jenae Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 10-8

Doubles

No. 1: Allie Carlson-Ellen Raushel (A) def. Anna Pfohl-Lauren Theis 6-0, 6-1

No. 2: Kaitlyn Davies-Anna Browning (A) def. Raina Rodewald-Kaitlyn Ernerson 6-0, 6-2

No. 3: Hannah Spicer-Brittany Searle (A) def. Carmen Backowski-Molly Koester 6-3, 6-2

Conference: LF 1-6. Overall: LF 5-14, Aitkin 17-2. Next: LF at Pequot Lakes 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aitkin hosts Eveleth-Gilbert 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Pequot Lakes 4, Foley 3

Pequot Lakes - The teams of Kirstie Harmdierks-Cori Lundmark and Katelyn Schmidt-Tricia Villella won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to give Pequot Lakes a 4-3 victory over Foley on Tuesday.

"This was a big win for us since it secured the No. 1 place for the South Subsection 7-1A team playoffs," said Pequot head coach Monica Sergent.

Angela Villella and Sarah Thomas had the Pequot Lakes singles victories.

Singles

No. 1: Bethany Gapinski (F) def. Megan Lenz 6-1, 6-4

No. 2: Angela Villella (PL) def. Hanna Kantor 6-0, 6-1

No. 3: Sarah Thomas (PL) def. Emily Marquette 7-5, 6-4

No. 4: Nicole Gapinski (F) Def. Jasmine Nordby 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1: Kirstie Harmdierks-Cori Lundmark (PL) def. Alysha Kantor-Emma Dunning 7-5, 7-6 (7-2)

No. 2: Katelyn Schmidt-Tricia Villella (PL) def. Emily Orton-Lenor Popp 7-5, 6-3

No. 3: Chelsea Studenski-Alexa Herbst (F) def. Carol Meister-Kaycee Nelson 6-3, 6-1

Conference: PL 7-2. Overall: PL 15-4. Next: Pequot Lakes hosts Little Falls 4 p.m. Thursday.

Becker 4, Pierz 3

BECKER - Kayla Kapsner, Rochelle Langer and Cassie Banick won their singles matches in the final dual meet of the season as the Pierz Pioneers lost to Becker 4-3 in girls' tennis on Tuesday.

Singles

No. 1: Kayla Kapsner (P) def. Hannah Miller 6-4, 6-1

No. 2: Amanda Ritche (B) def. Hayley Bujalski 6-2, 6-2

No. 3: Rochelle Langer (P) def. Nicole Cody 7-5, 6-3

No. 4: Cassie Banick (P) def. Jaydee Toedter 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1: Rachel Gilbert-Jessie Althoff (B) def. Kaari Jensen-Jayme Sczublewski 6-1, 6-7, 7-5, 4-7 (7-4)

No. 2: Katie Andren-Kristen Fah (B) def. Erin Gritzmacher-Kara Kasper 6-1, 6-3

No. 3: Arianna Fishbada-Ali Johnson (B) def. Mary Waytashek-Nicole Block 6-2, 5-7, 6-0

Overall: P 13-7.

Wadena-Deer Creek 5, West Central 2

WADENA - Katie Anderson dominated her No. 1 singles match once again to help the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines secure a 5-2 win over West Central in non-conference tennis Tuesday.

Rachel Richter was the other singles winner for the Wolverines while the W-DC doubles teams won all three matches.

Singles

No. 1: Katie Anderson (W-DC) def. Mikayla Paulson 6-0, 6-0

No. 2: Sarah Wagner (WC) def. Elizabeth Quincer 6-3, 6-3

No. 3: Rachel Richter (W-DC) def. Nicole Anderson 6-3, 6-2

No. 4: Kelley Haberer (WC) def. Sam Eichoff 6-4, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1: Jess Rinkel-Andrea Jensen (W-DC) def. Hope Krusemark-Emma Byrne 6-3, 6-4

No. 2: Kelley Johnson-Brittany Anderson (W-DC) def. Amanda Hanson-Becky Rauchbauer 6-2, 6-2

No. 3: Megan Schmidt-Brittany Ellingson (W-DC) def. Carly Gilbertson-Jasmyn Sutton 4-6, 6-1, 7-6

Overall: WDC 5-9. Next: WDC at Long Prairie 4:30 p.m. Thursday.



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