ROCHESTER — No. 2 seed Century knocked off No. 3 John Marshall 6-1 in the Section 1, Class 3A girls tennis tournament at Century on Wednesday.
The Panthers won in straight sets at all four of the singles positions. Diya Shah and Emma Zhong teamed at No. 1 doubles to beat JM’s Mia Brue and Angelique Thompson 7-6 (7-4 tie-breaker), 6-0 and Cathy Wang and Elma Zhang teamed to beat JM’s Nora Serr and Bhavya Yerriboyina 2-6, 7-5, 18-16 at No. 2 doubles.
Century, ranked sixth in the state and 14-1 overall, will next play No. 1 seed Mayo in the Section 1-3A championship match at 9 a.m. at the Rochester Athletic Club. Top-ranked Mayo is the three-time defending champion.
The team portion of JM’s season ended at 16-4 overall.
Mayo, which has three of the top nine ranked players in Class 3A, rolled past Lakeville South 7-0 in its section semifinal Wednesday. The Spartans haven’t lost to a Minnesota team since the 2022 state championship match with Minnetonka.
No individual results were available from Mayo’s match with Lakeville South.
Century 6, John Marshall 1
Singles: Catherine Li (C) def. Abby Koch 6-0, 6-0; Zoe Zhang (C) def. Sophia Guajardo 6-1, 6-0; Jasmine Yu (C) def. Yam Oleiwi 6-0, 6-1; Isabel Huschba (C) def. Dalia Sharaf 6-1, 6-4. Doubles: Diya Shah/Emma Zhong (C) def. Mia Brue/Angelique Thompson 7-6 (7-4), 6-0; Cathy Wang/Elma Zhang (C) def. Nora Serr/Bhavya Yerriboyina 2-6, 7-5, 18-16; Alyssa Resner/Averi Oliver (C) def. Nissi Hernandez/Alexis Konz 6-0, 6-3.
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