The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team played a great match and won a big 5-2 victory over the East Grand Forks Green Wave to wrap up the regular season in a dual at East Grand Forks.
CROOKSTON vs EAST GRAND FORKS
The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team won three singles and two doubles matches to beat the East Grand Forks Green Wave 5-2.
The second, third, and fourth singles picked up wins for Crookston, with Emelia Hoerner having a convincing win with a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Ava Martin continued her solid play as she beat the Green Wave’s Lola Bina 6-0 in the first set and then 6-4 in the second set. At fourth singles, Lauren Tull coasted to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over EGF’s Kinley Peterson 6-0, 6-0 to pick up the three singles win. At first singles, Emma LaPlante lost to one of the top singles players in the state in a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Ruby Leach.
In doubles, the first doubles team of Chloe Boll and Logan Brekken won a battle over EGF’s Addisyn Spradlin and Morgan McDonald in three sets. The Pirates won the first set 6-3, before losing the second set 6-3. The third set was a dandy as Boll and Brekken won a nailbiter 11-9 to get the win. The other doubles victory came at third doubles, with Lucy Smith and Taylor Schulz playing a solid match to win 6-2, 6-3.
Crookston ends the regular season with a 10-7 record and will likely be the #3 seed in the Section 8A girls’ tennis tournament. The first round will be played on Thursday, October 10, at Courts Plus in Fargo, North Dakota.
| CROOKSTON-5 | East Grand Forks-2 | Win | Score | |
| 1st | Emma LaPlante | Ruby Leach | EGF | 6-2, 6-0 |
| 2nd | Emelia Hoerner | Madi Wallace | Crookston | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 3rd | Ava Martin | Lola Bina | Crookston | 6-0, 6-4 |
| 4th | Lauren Tull | Kinley Peterson | Crooskton | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 1st Dub | Chloe Boll Logan Brekken | Addisyn Spradlin Morgan McDonald | Crookston | 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 |
| 2nd | Grace Boll Madelyn Anderson | Daisy Omang Adelie King | EGF | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 3rd | Lucy Smith Taylor Shultz | Emmy Robles Lucy Pesch | Crookston | 6-2, 6-3 |
