FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)- Fargo North won a marathon of match against The Hi-Liners Tuesday night. The Spartans won at Island Park 7-2. Valley City falls to 2-2. They return home Thursday to play Davies.

 

 

VC 2

FN 7

Singles:

1.  Blake Triebold lost to Michael Hallquist 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2)
2.  Jack Ingstad lost to Jacob Shelver 6-3, 6-2
3.  Collin White lost to Mitchell Dummer 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
4.  Bennett Rogelstad lost to Brett Skeldum 6-0, 6-3
5.  Austin Rogelstad lost to Jaron DuFault 6-2, 6-7(11), 6-3
6.  Derek Bear beat Sam Harr 6-7(5), 6-0, 7-6(3)

Doubles:

1.  Triebold/Ingstad lost to Hallquist/Dummer 7-6(6), 6-3
2.  White/A.Rogelstad beat Shelver/Skeldum 6-3, 6-2
3.  B.Rogelstad/Hale Kringlie lost to DuFault/Ryan Kennelly 6-3, 7-5

Exhibition:

Seth Zeltinger/Ethan Bear lost 2-6, won 6-3, and lost 5-7

E.Bear lost 3-6

Coach’s Comments

Wow – we had some very tight matches today.  We had four 3-set matches and a total of 5 tiebreakers.  These matches were determined by a point here or there.

The craziest match goes to Derek where he lost in a tiebreaker in the first set and then bagelled his opponent in the second set.  He followed that up by going to a tiebreak in the third set before winning the match.

The craziest tiebreaker goes to Austin where he saved several match points.  He finally put the set away on a winner forehand taking the tiebreaker a whopping 13-11.

Austin and Collin also played some aggressive, solid doubles together winning the match in a business like 3 and 2.  Blake found a rhythm in singles and played a high level of tennis for a long time.  It was really fun to watch him operate!

We are very close to turning a corner.  Bennett and Hale were one point away from 6-6 in the second set and forcing a tiebreaker.  Jack and Blake had set points in the first set.  Austin had a deuce to make it 2-2 in the third set, but instead the score went to 3-1.  Blake, Collin, and Austin all dropped the first set, won the second set, then lost in the third set.  The match was determined by a point here or there.  We are so close.  We have only one day of practice – tomorrow – to figure it out as we have Davies home on Thursday, Mandan home on Friday, and the West Fargo Invite on Saturday.  We can do it!