Cook County seventh-grader Marin Hay serves the ball during her No. 1 doubles match. The Vikings’ tennis team had a tough outing against the more experienced Marshall and Aitkin girls’ tennis teams on Thursday, August 25.
A young and inexperienced girls’ varsity tennis team traveled to Marshall School in Duluth to take on the Marshall and Aitkin girls’ tennis teams. The Viking girls’ tennis team has 13 girls on its roster, but only eight were able to travel to Duluth on Thursday, August 25. The girls’ varsity tennis team has eight new players and five returning players.
Of the eight players who traveled to Marshall, six were playing matches for the first time in their lives and the other two were second-year players, one playing singles for the first time. Coach Muus was very proud of the first year “rookies” who had the courage to take on the much more experienced opponents with less than two weeks of practice.
Without the Vikings’ top two players, everyone else had to move up and take on even tougher opponents than they normally would. Aitkin and Marshall also had tough teams with a lot of depth. The young Vikings gained some much needed matchplay experience and hope to continue improving a little bit more each day.
Cook County seventh-grader Hannah Toftey focuses on the ball as she serves against Marshall’s No. 1 doubles team on August 25.
The Vikings played Aitkin in the first match at Marshall (Duluth) and lost 7-0.
At #1 Singles, freshman Libby Zafft (Cook County) lost to senior Tori Sundholm (Aitkin), 6-1,6-0. At #2 Singles, freshman Brenna Hay lost to sophomore Anna Browning, 6-0,6- 0. The Vikings had to forfeit matches at #3 and #4 Singles for lack of players.
At #1 Doubles, seventh-graders Marin Hay and Hannah Toftey (Cook County) lost to senior Amanda Kurtz and eighth-grader Claire Browning (Aitkin), 6-0,6-0.
At #2 Doubles, seventh-graders Sarah Toftey and Melanie Smith (Cook County) lost to seniors Kristin Salmonson and Emily Lundgren (Aitkin), 6-0,6-0.
At #3 Doubles, freshmen Mikala Schliep and Kaylee Cronberg (Cook County) lost to senior Emily Hansen and freshman Lisa Anderson (Aitkin), 6-0,6-0.
The Vikings played Marshall (Duluth) in the second match and lost 7-0.
At #1 Singles, freshman Libby Zafft (Cook County) lost to sophomore Mary Baumgartner (Marshall), 6-2,6-1.
At #2 Singles, freshman Brenna Hay (Cook County) lost to sophomore Natasha Khwaja (Marshall), 6-1,6-2. The Vikings had to forfeit matches at #3 and #4 Singles for lack of players. At #1 Doubles, seventhgraders Hannah Toftey and Marin Hay lost to sophomores Clara Espe and Erin Paul (Marshall), 6-0,6-0.
At #2 Doubles, seventh-graders Sarah Toftey and Melanie Smith (Cook County) lost to freshman Tiffany Wong and eighth-grader Azalea Ginete (Marshall), 6-0,6-0.
At #3 Doubles, freshmen Mikala Schliep and Kaylee Cronberg (Cook County) lost to sophomores Hannah Auvinen and Morgan Flaherty (Marshall), 6-0,6-1.
The Viking girls’ tennis team traveled to Duluth Central on Wednesday, August 31, to compete against Duluth Denfeld (noon) and Duluth East (2:00 PM).
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