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The Marquette Senior High School girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference meet on Sept. 24, breaking Escanaba’s four-year hold on the title. (Photo courtesy of Nate McFarren)<\/p>\n
KINGSFORD \u2014 The Marquette girls flashed a preview that they\u2019re a team to contend with \u2014 and can contend \u2014 at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals in girls tennis when the Division 1 tournament is held at Westwood today.<\/p>\n
The Sentinels broke a four-year reign by Escanaba as Great Northern Conference champions as the league\u2019s tournament was held in Kingsford last Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Marquette won championships in four flights \u2014 all of the Nos. 3 and 4 flights in singles and doubles \u2014 even while not making the finals in the other four.<\/p>\n
The Sentinels registered 33 points to ease past the Eskymos with 27 and West Iron County with 25. The host Flivvers were fourth with 20, then Menominee with 13 and Gladstone with 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cHats off to our girls, they battled their butts off,\u201d Marquette head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing the result. \u201cWe talked about how this tournament was going to be a close one and every win mattered, whether in the winner\u2019s bracket or consolation bracket.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud to say every one of the girls stepped up to the plate\u2026. When we needed it most, our girls who made the finals clutched up and brought home individual titles which secured the team victory.\u201d<\/p>\n
The No. 3 doubles team of Charlye Swajanen and Eva Dewitt had the toughest challenge in their finals match, outlasting Escanaba\u2019s Hailee Cloutier and Claire Jacobsen 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to help insure Marquette\u2019s title.<\/p>\n
In the Sentinels\u2019 other doubles championship, Grace Jandreau and Brynn Helman downed the Eskymos\u2019 Carly Gorenchan and Katie Kievit at No. 4 doubles 6-0, 6-3 in their finale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe teams at No. 3 doubles \u2026 and No. 4 doubles \u2026 had the biggest victories of the day,\u201d Thomsen said. \u201cBoth (pairs) faced off against tough Escanaba teams in the finals and we needed both teams to win to hold off Esky for the team title. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt times in both matches our girls faced adversity, but all four of those girls stayed composed, kept to the script and came out on top.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of credit to all four girls for digging deep and fighting their way to a win.\u201d<\/p>\n
In singles, Marquette\u2019s Stella Dehlin won her crown at No. 3 with a 6-1, 6-0 win over West Iron County\u2019s Erin Kolbas, while the Sentinels\u2019 Kirra Longton took the No. 4 title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Gladstone\u2019s Madison Sundquist.<\/p>\n
\u201cStella Dehlin and Kirra Longton continued their strong year by winning in straight sets in their title matches,\u201d Thomsen said. \u201cStella and Kirra put a lot of pressure on their opponents by hitting the ball extremely clean. Eventually, Stella and Kirra just wore their opponents down.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Marquette picked up an important nine points from its other four flights \u2014 Marin Johnson at No. 1 singles, Nora Skytta at No. 2 singles, Eva Kentala and Lola Rink at No. 1 doubles, and Kylie Smith and Logan McFarren at No. 2 doubles.<\/p>\n
Both doubles tandems won their respective third-place matches, while Skytta finished fourth in her flight.<\/p>\n
GNC tournament<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday at Kingsford<\/p>\n
Team scores \u2014 1. Marquette 33, 2. Escanaba 27, 3. West Iron County 25, 4. Kingsford 20, 5. Menominee 13, 6. Gladstone 10<\/p>\n
Championship matches:<\/p>\n
SINGLES \u2014 No. 1, Aubrey Moore (K) def. Ellena Murphy (MEN) score unavailable; No. 2, Maddy Sleik (K) def. Kaycee Ingram (WIC) 6-2, 6-0; No. 3, Stella Dehlin (MQT) def. Erin Kolbas (WIC) 6-1, 7-5; No. 4, Kirra Longton (MQT) def. Madison Sundquist (G) 6-4, 6-3<\/p>\n
DOUBLES \u2014 No. 1, Aubrey Richardson-Destiny Lemery (WIC) def. Aubrey Elliott-Brooklyn Hackleman (E) 6-4, 6-1; No. 2, Sophie Hill-Isabella Noblet (E) def. Mira Johnson-Alaysa Bacon (K) 6-2, 6-4; No. 3, Charlye Swajanen-Eva Dewitt (MQT) def. Hailee Cloutier-Claire Jacobsen (E) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; No. 4, Grace Jandreau-Brynn Helman (MQT) def. Carly Gorenchan-Katie Kievit 6-0, 6-3<\/p>\n
Story contents based on email received from MSHS head coach Karl Thomsen. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee\u2019s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.<\/p>\n
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