The individual portion of the Minnesota State High School League’s Girls Tennis State Tournament began with two rounds of play in singles and doubles on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Semifinals, championships, consolation semifinals and finals and third-place matches are set for Friday, Oct. 30 at three sites: Class A at Inner City Tennis in Minneapolis, Class AA at Life Time Bloomington South and Class AAA at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center. Play begins at 8 a.m.
See all the results by perusing the updated individual brackets.
Here’s a recap of Thursday’s action:
Class A Singles
Chloe Alley took two more steps toward a third consecutive state title with dominant 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 victories, while a pair of underdogs reached the semifinals.
A Minnehaha Academy senior, Alley handled Crookston’s Lauren Tull and Holy Family Catholic’s Brooklyn Mauch in the first two rounds. She’ll meet Cannon Falls senior Livia Tennessen in Friday’s semifinals following the No. 5 seed’s comeback victory against No. 4 Tabitha Barkosky of Maple River in the quarterfinals, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The other side of the bracket featured a first-round upset, as Visitation senior Reese Foley upended No. 3 Ronnie Noska of Staples-Motley, 6-2, 6-0. Foley went on to beat MACA/WCA’s Lydia Sweep by the same scoreline in the quarterfinals.
Also advancing to the semifinals is No. 2 Elizabeth Shores, who bounced back from a loss in Wednesday afternoon’s team final to record a 6-2, 6-1 win over Belle Plaine’s Ella Thorstad and a 6-0, 6-0 verdict against Emme Sullivan of Pequot Lakes.
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Chloe Alley (Minnehaha Academy) vs. No. 5 Livia Tennessen (Cannon Falls)
No. 2 Elizabeth Shores (St. James) vs. Reese Foley (Visitation)
Class A Doubles
Breck senior Abbey Perry and junior Addie Berman returned a day after helping the Mustangs win their first team title since 2021 and booked their spot in the doubles semifinals as they seek a second consecutive title in that field.
Perry and Berman – who played in the top two singles spots in Breck’s run to the team title – got past Litchfield’s Elise Carlson and Brynn Nagel (6-2, 6-1) and Foley’s Lydia Anderson and Alaina Miller (6-0, 6-2).
Fifth-seeded Alison Slama and Emelia Klanderud of Fairmont outlasted the No. 4 seed, Solveig Rahm and Maahi Bhalla of Mounds Park Academy in a 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal. The Fairmont team was a 6-2, 6-0 first-round winner over Brecklyn Nicoll and Lily Rootkie of Pine City.
Last year’s doubles runner-up pairing is back in the semifinals as No. 2 Isla Dille and Molly Patten of Litchfield were victorious against Ava Oakes and Hazel Habben of Benson in the first round (6-1, 6-1) and Mora’s Addy and Emma Axtell in the quarterfinals (6-1, 6-2).
Just like last year, Dille and Patten will meet Lake City’s Therese Bauer and Rylee Thieren – seeded third this time. Bauer and Thieren handled their first two opponents of the tournament, Natalie Hanson and Sarah Kroll of Staples-Motley (6-2, 6-0) and Valeria Aguilar and Ruby Ciske of St. James (6-0, 6-0).
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Addie Berman and Abbey Perry (Breck) vs. No. 5 Emelia Klanderud and Alison Slama (Fairmont)
No. 2 Isla Dille and Molly Patten (Litchfield) vs. No. 3 Therese Bauer and Rylee Thieren (Lake City)
Class AA Singles
Familiar faces are set to square off in Friday’s semifinals. All four semifinalists from the 2025 tournament returned to the final four a year later, though the matchups are different.
The top seed, Academy of Holy Angels senior Elizabeth Payne defeated Minneapolis Southwest’s Lila West 6-3, 6-0 and Stewartville’s Olivia Regal 6-1, 6-1 as she aims for a second straight title.
Hill-Murray junior Madeline Bergerson, seeded fifth, topped No. 4 Mayme Scott of team champion Rock Ridge in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-1. Bergerson beat Southwest Christian’s Hartley Rice in the first round, 6-1, 6-0.
Second-seeded junior Sam Williams of Mankato East had no problems in her first two matches, winning 6-1, 6-0 over Rock Ridge’s Ellie Dimberio and 6-0, 6-0 versus Kendall Rice of Southwest Christian.
The No. 3 seed is senior Ellen Davis of Minneapolis Southwest, who advanced with a 6-2, 6-0 win over August Beltz of Mankato East and a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Claire Mickelson of Chisago Lakes.
Payne beat Williams in last year’s final, while her then-semifinal opponent Davis took third with a win over Bergerson.
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Elizabeth Payne (Holy Angels) vs. No. 5 Madeline Bergerson (Hill-Murray)
No. 2 Sam Williams (Mankato East) vs. No. 3 Ellen Davis (Minneapolis Southwest)
Class AA Doubles
Top-seeded Kylie Southworth and Brielle Romasiewicz of St. Peter scored a measure of revenge with their 6-1, 6-4 quarterfinal victory over Mahtomedi’s Brooke Berg and Ellie Driscoll. Though both Southworth and Romasiewicz won their singles matches in the team quarterfinals Tuesday, Berg and Driscoll helped the Zephyrs upset No. 2 St. Peter with a win at No. 1 doubles.
Southworth and Romasiewicz started their day Thursday with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Delano’s Maddie Ring and Mara Halonen.
Rock Ridge put two doubles pairings in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Alice Johnson and Kiri Milos advanced to the semifinals with the final result of the day, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 against Blake’s No. 5 Camila Pardo and Michelle Pham. It was the second three-set victory of the day for Johnson and Milos, who defeated South St. Paul twin sisters Annie and Grace Spreigl in a tight first-round match, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Blake’s unseeded Louisa Cohen and Raina Prigge stormed to the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Nina Paulsen and Emmi Peterson of Rock Ridge. Paulsen and Peterson upset No. 3 Ali Bredenberg and Dillyn Lill in the first round, 6-2, 6-1. Cohen and Prigge’s first-round match was a 6-3, 6-2 result against Anna Bricco and Aundra Aarre of Winona.
One half of the reigning championship pairing, Hill-Murray senior Brooke Gabel returned to the semifinals, this time with classmate Nora Rubischko. The second-seeded Pioneers beat St. Peter’s Natalie Salfer and Margaux Letts (6-3, 6-1) and Orono’s Mollie Hollerman and Molitor Bluma (6-1, 6-2).
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Kylie Southworth and Brielle Romasiewicz (St. Peter) vs. No. 4 Alice Johnson and Kiri Milos (Rock Ridge)
No. 2 Nora Rubischko and Brooke Gabel (Hill-Murray) vs. Louisa Cohen and Raina Prigge (Blake)
Class AAA Singles
Success continued for Rochester Mayo a day after the Spartans claimed their fourth consecutive state championship. The top two seeds in the singles tournament, Mayo seniors Maleah Diehn and Aoife Loftus dropped only six combined games in their first-round and quarterfinal victories Thursday.
Loftus, who beat Diehn in last year’s final, will get another chance at Edina senior Rashi Singh in Friday’s semifinals after losing in the No. 1 singles position during Wednesday night’s team final, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Second-seeded Loftus was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Minnetonka’s Bella Starkman in Thursday’s first round, then defeated Reese Wahlstrand of Mounds View, 6-2, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Diehn defeated Amelia Larsen of Maple Grove, 6-1, 6-0 and Prior Lake’s Sofia Livingston, 6-3, 6-0.
The No. 3 seed, Singh was similarly in command with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Cambridge-Isanti’s Scarlet Porta and a 6-0, 6-3 decision against Amelia Johnson of Eagan.
Fifth-seeded Lucy Saari joined the final four with a thrilling comeback against No. 4 Olivia McDonald of Minneapolis Washburn. The Forst Lake senior dropped the first set but rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory a year a three-set loss to McDonald in the first round that included first- and third-set tiebreaker setbacks. Saari beat Eagan’s Brynn Gleason in the first round, 6-1, 6-1.
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Malea Diehn (Rochester Mayo) vs. No. 5 Lucy Saari (Forest Lake)
No. 2 Aoife Loftus (Rochester Mayo) vs. No. 3 Rashi Singh (Edina)
Class AAA Doubles
Eliana Elder and Grace Pickering added to Rochester Mayo’s achievements as the top-seeded doubles team got past Wayzata’s Nikole Nazarevych and Melody Le, 6-1, 7-6 (6) in the first round before dispatching Molly Brown and Jaden Slominski of Eastview 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
Minnetonka’s fifth-seeded Emily Leviton and Caroline Yang defeated the No. 4 seed, Saina Makin and Stella Fagerlee of Mounds View in a 6-3, 6-1 quarterfinal after topping Paige Dahlman and Danica Scofield of Blaine, 6-0, 6-3.
The No. 2 seed prevailed in a first-round battle. Edina’s Bella Loucks and Sophia Zeng rallied past Zoe Zhang and Jasmine Yu of Rochester Century, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3. They went on to defeat Alexandria Area’s Addison and Kennedy Stevenson, 6-0, 6-1.
The first individual state tournament victory in Cambridge-Isanti history came courtesy of third-seeded Anya Lowman and Allie Troolin, who won 6-2, 6-0 over Apple Valley’s Antonia Barthel and Sydney Mertens. They kept their historic run going in the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Roseville Area’s Isabelle Ronneberg and Imari Marquette.
Semifinal matchups
No. 1 Eliana Elder and Grace Pickering (Rochester Mayo) vs. No. 5 Emily Leviton and Caroline Yang (Minnetonka)
No. 2 Bella Loucks and Sophia Zeng (Edina) vs. No. 3 Anya Lowman and Allie Troolin (Cambridge-Isanti)