The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team is competing in the Northwest Quad in East Grand Forks today. They are playing Thief River Falls, East Grand Forks, and Moorhead.
Crookston finished the quad with a second-place finish, three points behind Thief River Falls. The Pirates had three first-place finishes. The only singles champion was Paige Abrahamson who beat East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls in straight sets and won an exciting three-set match over her Moorhead opponent, including 9-7 in the third set to earn the first place finish. “She has found her niche in the singles lineup and with the depth we have in the lineup it showed,” said Pirate Coach Cody Brekken. “She had one close match and that was a big win for her after starting a little slow, but
The first doubles team of Halle Bruggeman and Emma Gunderson went 2-1 on the day and finished first via a tie-breaker. Bruggeman and Gunderson beat East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls in straight sets and lost to the Moorhead duo 6-3, 6-4. “They had a great day today,” said Coach Brekken. “The tie-breaker went down to games lost so every game mattered today.”
The third doubles team of Morgan Nelson and Isabelle Smith won all three of their matches and finished first place. They outscored their three opponents by a total of 36-6 to win their division with ease. “It was good to find a solid match with the two and they played well together,” said Coach Brekken. “They showed how deep we are throughout the lineup and played a solid three matches.”
Crookston will wrap up the regular season on Saturday hosting Park Rapids and Roseau for parent’s day and senior day. Crookston’s match with Bemidji the following Tuesday has been canceled because Bemidji starts the section playoffs on that day.
TEAM SCORES –
1. Thief River Falls – 18
2. Crookston – 15
3. Moorhead – 11
4. East Grand Forks – 3
| CROOKSTON- | Scores | ||
| 1st | Halle Winjum | Beat Ruby Leach (EGF) 7-6, 7-4 Lost to Brooklyn Broadwell (TRF) 6-1, 2-6, 7-2 Lost Katrina Hanson (MHD) 6-2, 6-4 |
3rd |
| 2nd | Brekken Tull | Beat Karlee Walsh (EGF) 6-1, 6-4 Lost Avery Skaar (TRF) 6-2, 6-1 Beat Elizabeth Glutt(MHD) 7-5, 6-1 |
2nd |
| 3rd | Abby Borowicz | Beat Brynn Hanson (EGF) 6-1, 6-0 Lost Braylee Wienen (TRF) 6-0, 6-3 Beat Keena Watson (MHD) 7-6, 6-1 |
2nd |
| 4th | Paige Abrahamson | Beat Izzy Kimball (EGF) 6-1, 6-1 Beat Ingrid Anderson (TRF) 6-1, 6-1 Beat Izzy Kelly (MHD) 6-3, 3-6, 9-7 |
1st |
| 1st Dub |
Halle Bruggeman Emma Gunderson |
Beat Farder/Bowman (EGF) 6-0, 6-3 Beat Weets/Hamre (TRF) 6-1, 6-3 Lost Swenson/Torkelson (MHD) 6-3, 6-4 |
1st |
| 2nd | Addie Fee Kaylie Clauson |
L Rothenberger/Petrovich (EGF) 6-3, 6-3 Beat Dagg/Greene (TRF) 6-4, 6-4 Lost Hoogland/Anderson (MHD) 6-3, 6-3 |
3rd |
| 3rd | Morgan Nelson Isabelle Smith |
Beat Entera/Polley (EGF) 6-1, 6-0 Beat Gillespie/Lunsetter (TRF) 6-2, 6-2 Beat Ngusa/Folingstad (MHD) 6-0, 6-1 |
1st |
