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<\/p>\nROCHESTER \u2014 There was not a lot of mystery about how the match would proceed Monday afternoon, with Cannon Falls senior Livia Tennessen and Red Wing junior Lorelei Hartman squaring off in the Section 1, Class 1A singles tennis championship at the Rochester Athletic Club.<\/p>\n
These two have now faced each other four times this season, and each occasion it\u2019s been an exhausting battle. Their rallies are marathons, both showing such consistent baseline strokes.<\/p>\n
But there was one mystery: Who would win?<\/p>\n
Tennessen claimed the first two meetings, defending section champion Hartman the third one.<\/p>\n
It looked as if Hartman was on her way to tying this series up and retaining her section title.<\/p>\n
But it didn\u2019t happen. Tennessen endured for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 marathon win. And that after they\u2019d both prevailed in stretched-out semifinals matches earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
So were they spent when their day was done?<\/p>\n
Yes, completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just keeping my energy and moving (Hartman) side to side is what did it,\u201d said Tennessen, who, along with Hartman, will represent Section 1-1A in singles in next week\u2019s (Oct. 29-30) state meet at Inner City Tennis in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to get her to maybe make a mistake. But she doesn\u2019t make a lot of mistakes. It was pretty exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Red Wing’s Lorelei Hartman gets ready to deliver a serve as she takes on Cannon Falls’ Livia Tennessen in the Section 1, Class 1A singes tennis championship at the Rochester Athletic Club on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Pat Ruff \/ Post Bulletin<\/p>\n
Exhilarating too for Tennessen, who captured her first section singles title. A year ago she played doubles and reached the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Section 1-1A is stacked with excellence in singles. Lake City\u2019s Therese Bauer (who played doubles Monday) is ranked seventh, Tennessen is eighth and Hartman ninth.<\/p>\n
Both Tennessen and Hartman showed off their excellence all match long Monday, with rallies that were grueling, both players pushing the other side to and fro with their returns.<\/p>\n
While Tennessen played a long two-set match in the semifinals, it took Hartman three sets to beat Lake City’s budding eighth-grade star Gemma Bauer in her semifinal, winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Hartman admitted to not having a lot left in the tank as that third set with Tennessen wound down.<\/p>\n
Tennessen, who had played doubles in the section meet the past two years, enjoyed the shift to singles. She\u2019s been playing No. 1 singles all season for the Bombers and was glad to stick with it at sections.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very fun,\u201d said Tennessen, who is also a standout in basketball and golf and will play both at North Iowa Area Community College next year. \u201cHaving all of those people watching and just getting that last point and winning it, it just felt amazing. It feels great to be a section champion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lake City’s Therese Bauer, left, and Rylee Thrienen pose with their first-place medals after winning the Section 1, Class 1A girls doubles tennis championship on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at the Rochester Athletic Club.<\/p>\n
Pat Ruff \/ Post Bulletin<\/p>\n
Bauer\/Thieren prevail again<\/p>\n
It is the best of all worlds for Lake City juniors Therese Bauer and Rylee Thieren.<\/p>\n
During the team dual portion of their season, the good friends line up at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively.<\/p>\n
But in the section individual tournament, they happily make the switch to doubles, teaming up with each other.<\/p>\n
There were lots more smiles between the two before, during and after they claimed the top prize at Monday’s tournament.<\/p>\n
It was their third straight section doubles crown.<\/p>\n
This is their happiest time, playing doubles with each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think what makes us such good partners is that off the court, we\u2019re also really good friends,\u201d Bauer said after she and Thieren teamed to beat Waseca\u2019s Ava Miller and Hannah Rugger 6-3, 6-2 in the section final. The duo breezed through the semifinals, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n
\u201cBringing that friendship that we have to the court works really well,\u201d Bauer said. \u201cWe just work really well together. We laugh on the court a lot. We tell jokes and just have a lot of fun with each other. And that helps us play better when we\u2019re having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thieren agreed; it is friendship that takes them over the top on the tennis court. In the last two state tournaments, it has led them to third-place finishes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are both just out there having fun,\u201d said Thieren, whose overhead shot and heated serve are her best tennis attributes. Bauer is best around the baseline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has never been a moment when one of us is disappointed in the other,\u201d Thieren said. \u201cWe pick each other up. In singles, you are out there on your own. In doubles, you\u2019ve got someone out there to give you that support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Note: Lake City will also be in the state team tournament, which is Oct. 27-28, also at Inner City Tennis.<\/p>\n
SECTION 1, CLASS 1A
SINGLES
Semifinals \u2014 Livia Tennessen (Cannon Falls) def. Any O\u2019Rourke (United South Central) 6-0, 7-5 (7-5); Lorelei Hartman (Red Wing) def. Gemma Bauer (Lake City) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Championship: Tennessen def. Hartman 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Third place: Bauer def. O\u2019Rourke 6-4, 6-3.
DOUBLES
Semifinals: Therese Bauer\/Rylee Thieren (LC) def. Amanda Hasegawa\/Karen Hasegawa 6-0, 6-0; Ava Miller\/Hannah Rugger (Waseca) def. Stella Brewer\/Adela Koliskova (Winona Cotter) 6-3, 6-2. Championship: Bauer\/Thieren def. Miller\/Rugger 6-2, 6-3. Third place: Brewer\/Koliskova def. A. Hasegawa\/K. Hasegawa 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER \u2014 There was not a lot of mystery about how the match would proceed Monday afternoon, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[370069,359849,370068,342456,316841,372968,99,428],"class_list":["post-889528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-cannon-falls","tag-girls-tennis","tag-lake-city-zumbro-falls","tag-minnesota-state-high-school-league","tag-pb-social-media","tag-red-wing-welch","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}