Area girls' tennis results

SARTELL - The top-seeded Staples-Motley Cardinals defeated the No. 2 Sauk Centre Mainstreeters 6-1 for the Section 6-1A championship Tuesday to advance to their fifth straight state tournament.

S-M, ranked third in 1A, advances to the state tournament Oct. 27 in Minneapolis. The Cardinals placed fourth at state last year.

"All year long, because we've been deep and played a lot of kids on our team, it looked like we weren't doing as well as we could," said Cardinals head coach Kevin Coughlin. "We snuck by with a win here and there, but playing all those different players really paid off.

"Our No. 3 singles player, Andrea Koskiniemi, came up sick so we had to move Mikayla Wing up to No. 3 and bring in Annie Kautto at No. 4. Mikayla stepped up and won a big match and Annie, although she lost, played very well."

The Cardinals swept the doubles while Abby Edin and Skye Coughlin pulled off singles victories.

Staples-Motley 6, Sauk Centre 1

Singles

No. 1: Abby Edin (SM) def. Laura Hintzen 6-3, 6-1

No. 2: Skye Coughlin (SM) def. Kady Buschette 6-1, 6-3

No. 3: Mikayla Wing (SM) def. Christine Zimmerman 6-0, 6-1

No. 4: Krystal Heinen (SC) def. Annie Kautto 7-5, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1: Caitlin Robinson-Emma Koskiniemi (SM) def. Chelsea Donnay-Leah Amundson 7-5, 6-4

No. 2: Ashley Lisson-Savanna Hill (SM) def. Samantha Ritter-Amy Zimmerman 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

No. 3: Kelly Hagenson-Annie Gillespie (SM) def. Leah Middendorf-Meghan Duchene 6-3, 6-4

Next: S-M in Class 1A state tournament vs. Section 1A champion 10 a.m. Oct. 27 at Reed Sweatt Tennis Center, Minneapolis.

Aitkin 5, Eveleth-Gilbert 2

AITKIN - Led by straight-set wins from No. 1 and No. 2 singles players Nicole Beneke and Anna Browning the second-seeded Aitkin Gobblers defeated third-seeded Eveleth-Gilbert 5-2 in the North Subsection 7-1A team tournament Tuesday.

Aitkin's No. 1 doubles team of Allie Carlson-Kaitlyn Davies also won their match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

Singles

No. 1: Nicole Beneke (A) def. Anna Mariucci 6-1, 6-3

No. 2: Anna Browning (A) def. Jackie Rodriguez 6-1, 6-0

No. 3: Audra Harvey (E-G) def. Tori Sundholm 7-5, 6-3

No. 4: Kaija Fossum (A) def. Lexi Brascugli 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1: Allie Carlson-Kaitlyn Davies (A) def. Caitlyn Privette-Casey Sopp 6-2, 6-3

No. 2: Erin Terrio-Amy Terrio (E-G) def. Elizabeth Matson-Megan Rubbelke 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)

No. 3: Hannah Spicer-Brittany Searle (A) def. Megan Oakman-Kayla Young 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Overall: A 15-2. Next: Aitkin vs. Foley in Section 7-1A semifinals 8 a.m. Monday at Virginia.

Pequot Lakes, Pierz players advance

MORA - Megan Lenz and Angela Villella of Pequot Lakes claimed the South Subsection 7-1A doubles championship Tuesday.

Lenz-Villella defeated Jamye Sczublewski-Erin Gritzmacher of Pierz 6-3, 6-3 for the championship. Both doubles teams will advance to the section tournament.

Also advancing to the section was Pequot's other doubles team of Cori Lundmark-Kirstie Harmdierks, who won the third-place match after losing to Lenz-Villella in the semifinals.

Cassie Banick of Pierz also advanced to the section after defeating Nicole Gapinski of Foley 6-1, 6-2 for third place in singles.

Pequot Lakes will also be competing in the Section 7-1A team tournament Monday against Virginia at Hibbing.

Singles

Third place: Cassie Banick (Pierz) def. Jasmine Nordby (PL) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; lost to Hanna Kantor (Foley) 6-2, 6-3; def. Nicole Gapinski (Foley) 6-1, 6-2.

Kayla Lease (Mora) def. Anna Poster (Prz) 6-7 (7-9), 6-0, 6-0

Tricia Villella (PL) def. Erin Pangerl (Pine City) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1; lost to Hannah Kantor 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

First place: Megan Lenz-Angela Villella (PL) def. Evan Kolberg-Megan Eustice (Mora) 6-0, 6-0; def. Cori Lundmark-Kirstie Harmdierks (PL) 6-2, 6-1; def. Jayme Sczublewski-Erin Gritzmacher (Pierz) 6-3, 6-3.

Second place: Sczublewski-Gritzmacher (Pierz) def. Alexa Herbst-Emily Marquette (Foley) 7-5, 6-3; def. Alisha Kantor-Emma Dunning (Foley) 6-3, 1-6, 6-0; lost to Lenz-Villella (PL) 6-3, 6-3.

Third place: Lundmark-Harmdierks (PL) def. Kayla Weiss-Brianna Long (Pine City) 6-2, 6-1; lost to Lenz-Villella (PL) 6-3, 7-5; def. Kanto-Dunning (Foley) 6-1, 6-2

Kolberg-Eustice def. Jessica Oldakowski-Maria Janson (Prz) 6-3, 6-3

Next: Pequot Lakes, Pierz in Section 7-1A individual tournament 9 a.m. Tuesday at Hibbing.