VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Hi-Liners had four seeds for the first time ever and each of those seeds made it to the quarterfinals at the EDC tournament for the first time ever. Breck Sufficool and Olivia Ingstad state qualified in doubles for the second year in a row earning the #7 spot. Kailee Nielson qualified in singles, the first Hi-Liner girl to do so since 2017, in the #7 spot as well. Breck Sufficool was named All-EDC for the second time. Results for all Hi-Liners:
#5 Seed Breck Sufficool and Olivia Ingstad (Doubles)
Rd1: Defeated Uggerud/VonPinnon(WF) 6-0, 6-1
Quarterfinal: Lost to #4 Spanjer/Latunski(FN) 7-5, 6-3
State Qualifier: Defeated Lemieux/Blue(GFC) 6-0, 6-3
Consolation Semis: Lost to #2 Abbott/Wolf(Shan) 6-4, 6-3
7th Place Match: Defeated #8 Spicer/Lommen(GFRR) 6-0, 6-0
#7 Seed Kailee Nielson (Singles)
Rd1: Defeated Kellan Taragos(FN) 6-2, 6-4
Rd2: Defeated #10 Kaitilyn Carlson(WF) 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinal: Lost to #2 Paige McCormick(FD) 6-0, 6-1
State Qualifier: Defeated #8 Mallory Pladson(FN) 6-0, 6-0
Consolation Semis: Lost to #6 Sarea Gu(Shey) 7-6(6), 6-2
7th Place Match: Defeated Mary Wolf(Shan) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0
#9 Seed Georgia Zaun (Singles)
Rd1: Defeated Lillian Anderson(W) 6-1, 6-0
Rd2: Defeated #8 Mallory Pladson(FN) 6-4, 6-2
Quarterfinal: Lost to #1 Mimi Gu(Shey) 6-0, 6-0
State Qualifier: Lost to Mary Wolf(Shan) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
#10 Seed Abby Martineck and Abby Redfearn (Doubles)
Rd1: Defeated #7 Dodge/Comings(W) 7-6(8), 6-3
Quarterfinal: Lost to Beeter/Thompson(Shey) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
State Qualifier: Lost to #8 Spicer/Lommen(GFRR) 6-7(5), 6-0, 7-5
Unseeded Alyssa Thomsen (Singles)
Rd1: Lost to Emma Moe(GFRR) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Consolation Rd1: Defeated Cassie Youngquist(FS) 6-0, 7-6(3)
Consolation Rd2: Lost to Lucy Tharaldson(Shan) 6-0, 6-1
Coach Matt Neilson’s thoughts. “We have had an awesome year leading to state qualifying as team, earning the #3 seed. After the team competition, the coaches seed the individuals tournament and Valley City earned four seeds. These four seeds lived up to expectations as they all made the quarterfinals on Friday. We didn’t break into any semifinals which meant that all four would play at 9am indoors at Courts Plus on Saturday in a state qualifying match.”
Looking ahead, the Hi-Liners will have a state send-off on the south side of the HAC at 3pm on Wednesday in which the public is invited to attend. The team play starts at 10am at Choice Health and Fitness in Grand Forks against #2W Bismarck Legacy. Individuals start on Friday. Kailee lines up with the west’s #2 in Felderman. Kailee took a set off of her in the Sheyenne Invite. Breck and Olivia will have the #2W in the first round of a wide open doubles tournament. The seeds won’t matter and anything can happen in the doubles.