The Hastings girl’s tennis team was eliminated from the Section 3AA tournament with a 5-2 loss to East Ridge on Oct. 4 after a huge 4-3 win against Woodbury a day earlier to kick of the section meet.

Woodbury 3, Hastings 4

Singles

Brooklyn Keller defeated Elise Naidl 6-1, 6-1

Reese Keller defeated Maddison Wallin 6-1, 6-0

Brooke Jelley defeated Sophia Klein 6-0, 6-0

Sophia Johnson fell to Kate Rhyner 2-6, 0-6

Doubles

Mikayla Schuster and Julia Rotty defeated Lauren Adamson and Natalie Meeder 6-0, 6-1

Julia Rotty and Emery Hedeen fell to Payten Olson and Sky Song 1-6, 1-6

Jenna Brommerich and Wills Nelson fell to Eva Voss and Caitlin Kovacich 1-6, 4-6

East Ridge 5, Hastings 2

Singles

Brooklyn Keller defeated Mariana Velasquez 6-1, 6-0

Reese Keller defeated Renee Baias 6-1, 6-1

Brooke Jelley fell to Hanna Sandberg 0-6, 2-6

Sophia Johnson fell to Julia Simone 0-6, 1-6

Doubles

Mikayla Schuster and Julia Rotty fell to Paige Heideman and Selma Vander Linden 0-6, 1-6

Julia Rotty and Emery Hedeen fell to Camilla Osuna and Anne Benjamin 1-6, 0-6

Jenna Brommerich and Wills Nelson fell to Emily Tracy and Emily Hoopes, 1-6, 0-6

“We were the sixth seed playing the third seed,” explained Head Coach Marissa Welch. “We had lost to East Ridge earlier in the year with Claire in the lineup, and because my lineups for sections had already been submitted with Claire at the number one position prior to her injury - everyone had to move up a spot and I filled the fourth singles position with one of our alternates, freshman, Sophia Johnson.  Sophia has been an integral 'yes' player throughout this season.  She was a bubble player, getting some varsity time, but mainly JV time due to our low numbers, but anytime a varsity player was sick or injured and I reached out to Sophia, she was a yes! with no hesitation.  She always stepped up and gave her positions her best effort!  Can't ask for anything more than that from a coaching standpoint.  We went with the same lineup as we played against Woodbury as it was our most competitive.  East Ridge went with a double’s strong lineup, and that is a solid play against our singles strong roster.  Our girls competed, but East Ridge fulfilled their top seed and advanced on to the semi-finals!”

The team aspect is over for the Raiders but, individual sections is still on the calendar starting Oct. 13.