— The Detroit Lakes girls tennis team narrowly came away with a victory over Perham/New York Mills on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The Lakers and Yellowjackets made up for their match from last week, which was canceled due to inclement weather. Detroit Lakes earned a 4-3 victory over Perham, improving to 10-6 overall, while the Yellowjackets fell to 11-8 overall.
Detroit Lakes’ No. 3 singles player, Ava Fradenburgh; the No. 1 doubles team of Jaycie Sliper and Georgina Walters; and the No. 3 doubles team of Blake Olvier and Kylie Stalley all secured two-set wins.
Perham’s No. 1 singles player, Lilliahna Klettke; No. 2 singles player, Talya Vandermay; and No. 2 doubles team of Kenzlee Rodewald and Brightyn Barthel also secured two-set wins.
The match was settled at No. 4 singles between DL’s Kelli Skarie and Perham’s Brooklyn Glorvigen. In a three-set thriller, Skarie was crowned the victor and improved to 4-3 in singles.
The Lakers are back in action against Brainerd and the Yellowjackets host Wadena-Deer Creek on Thursday.
Detroit Lakes 4, Perham/New York Mills 3
Singles — No. 1 Klettke (PER) def. Wolf 6-2, 6-3; No. 2 Vandermay (PER) def. Hochgraber 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 Fradenburg (DL) def. Murdock 6-3, 6-0; No. 4 Skarie (DL) def. Glorvigen 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles — No. 1 Sliper/Walters (DL) def. Jabas/Dykhoff 6-1, 6-3; No. 2 Rodewald/Barthel (PER) def. Stensgard/Hanson 6-2, 6-3; No. 3 Oliver/Stalley (DL) def. Carlson/Bain 7-5, 6-3
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