Pirate Girls Tennis competes in Crookston Invitational

The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team competed in the Crookston Invitational at courts throughout town, including Crookston High School, Highland School, and Schuster Park. The six teams that competed were Crookston, East Grand Forks, Hibbing, Morehead, Wadena-Deer Creek, and Detroit Lakes.
The Pirates were victorious in second singles, third singles and third doubles, while also getting second place in first singles and second doubles. First doubles finished in fourth place, and fourth doubles ended in fifth place. Crookston won the tournament by one point over East Grand Forks.

TEAM STANDINGS-
1. Crookston – 16
2. East Grand Forks – 15
3. Moorhead – 10
3. Wadena-Deer Creek – 10
5. Hibbing – 8
6. Detroit Lakes – 4

CHAMPIONS
Emilia Hoerner took first place in second singles. She started off very strong, defeating EGF’s Madi Wallace 6-0, 6-2 to start her day. She then got off to a rough start against Olivia Thielen of Hibbing, dropping the first set 2-6. After a rain delay of about 20 minutes, Hoerner came back with a vengeance, taking the second set 6-2 before winning the super tiebreak 10-8, allowing her to move on to the championship match, where she beat Morehead’s Sammy Stage 6-4, 6-0 to take the crown.
In third singles, Lauren Tull was in absolute cruise control, as she did not drop a single set all day. She beat EGF’s Lola Bina 6-1, 6-1, then shut out the Lakers’ Ella Lanson 6-0, 6-0, and took the title with a straight set win over Lauren Palmer of Morehead by a score of 6-3, 6-3.
Lastly, in third doubles, Madi Anderson, Taylor Weiland and Lucy Schulz started on fire, winning their first match 6-1, 6-2, and then powered their way through a couple three-set matches. In both of them, they won the first set, dropped the second set, and stormed back in the super tiebreak to win 11-9, rewarding them with a first-place victory.

SECOND PLACE
Ashlyn Bailey showcased why she is first singles for the Pirates in her first two matches, as she took down Kelli Sharie of Detroit Lakes 6-0, 6-2, and then shut out Lily Grafstrom of Morehead 6-0, 6-0. She then made it to the championship match against Ruby Leach. and the match went in the opposite direction, as it was interrupted by two brief rain delays, and that may have played a factor, as Leach won 6-3, 7-5 to push Bailey to second place.
Also finishing in second place was second doubles, the team of Ava Martin and Logan Brekken. They looked fantastic in the first two matches of the day, as they beat doubles teams from WDC and Detroit Lakes in straight sets. They then played in what could be considered the match of the day against Daisy Omange and Adelie King of EGF. The Pirates took the first set 5-7, dropped the second set 6-4, and then were overwhelmed in the final set, losing it 10-7 to claim second place.

FOURTH PLACE
In fourth place was the first doubles pairing of Emma LaPlante and Chloe Boll. They won their first match in straight sets, but lost their last two matches to end in fourth place.

FIFTH PLACE
Fourth singles, rotating between Grace Boll and Katie Seaver, finished in fifth place for the Pirates. They won their first match 6-2, 7-5, and lost their second match 6-0, 6-2. All three teams in their pool went 1-1, and the Pirates ended up by tiebreaker in the fifth place match against Georgie Walter of Detroit Lakes, which the Pirates won 6-3, 6-2.

Ashlyn Bailey

Emelia Hoerner

Ava Martin

Logan Brekken

Chloe Boll

Emma LaPlante

Lauren Tull

Grace Boll

Ashlyn Bailey

Emelia Hoerner

Ava Martin

Logan Brekken

Chloe Boll

Emma LaPlante

Lauren Tull

Grace Boll

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