Photo From Brent Thomsen
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City Hi-liners tennis team continued their winning ways on Monday as they defeated Grand Forks Red River. Below are the results. (Valley City listed first)
Valley City 5
Grand Forks Red River 4
Singles:
- Breck Sufficool defeated Claire Huebner 6-2, 6-4
- Olivia Ingstad lost to Maddy Sandberg 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(0)
- Abby Martineck lost to Farrah Spicer 6-0, 6-1
- Kailee Nielson lost to Addey Lommen 6-1, 6-2
- Abby Redfearn defeated Sarah Hong 6-3, 7-5
- Georgia Zaun defeated Grace Paranica 6-3, 6-3
Doubles:
- Sufficool/Ingstad defeated Huebner/Sandberg 6-4, 6-4
- Martineck/Redfearn lost to Spicer/Lommen 6-2, 6-4
- Nielson/Alyssa Thomsen defeated Hong/Paranica 6-2, 6-0
Coach Matt Nielson with this to say after another victory, “Today, our girls came through as a team. They played all out and picked each other up. Against Shanley, Breck had tough match-ups but Abby M. was a double winner to help us win 6-3. Today, Abby M had the tough match-ups but Breck was able to pick up two wins to help us win 5-4. Every team matches up differently and everyone needs to be ready when their number is called. We did that today. I know Breck and Olivia were looking forward to today and they both executed in singles and in doubles. Olivia came back to split sets. In the third set, she was down 4-1 and forced a tiebreaker. She played methodically and was selecting the right shots and finishing. Breck finished her match off with confidence, footwork, and follow through. These two are forces when they are on and they were today.”
With the win, the Hi-Liners are now 8-2 on the season and currently the #3 seed in the EDC tournament with two matches to play. If Valley City wins those two, they will be the #2 seed. If they split, then they would be the #4. If the Hi-Liners lose both, they would fall to the 6th. Both matches are at home at 4pm with Fargo North on Thursday and Sheyenne on Friday.