By Bruce Karnick

Tuesday October 6th, the Hastings Girls Tennis team took on John Marshall for the first round of Sections. The ladies had been working hard leading up to the section meet to fine tune before this match and it paid off. The Raiders defeated John Marshall 7-0.

Singles Results. Anri Sakakibara won 6-1, 6-0. Charlotte Kranz won 6-7(3), 6-0, 10-1, Claire Keller won 6-1, 6-2, Autumn Winkler won 6-3, 6-2 Doubles Results. Mya Green and Skylar Tjomsland won 6-2, 7-6(6), Audrey Langworthy and Erika Henrichs won 6-4, 3-6, 10-5. Chloe Konrady and Ellie Haas won 6-1, 6-2.

The victory celebration would need to be short so the girls could get right back to work. Their next opponent was the number one seeded Rochester Mayo. Unfortunately, Mayo was too much for the Raiders and they fell 7-0. Here are the match results.

Singles: No. 1 – Claire Loftus, MAYO def. Anri Sakakibara, HASTINGS, 7-5, 6-1, -; No. 2 – Sutton Julsrud, MAYO def. Charlotte Kranz, HASTINGS, 6-1, 6-1, -; No. 3 – Nandini Iyer, MAYO def. Claire Keller, HASTINGS, 6-4, 6-2 , -; No. 4 – Audrey Aney, MAYO def. Autumn Winkler, HASTINGS, 6-2, 6-1 Doubles: No. 1 – Taylor Julsrud, MAYO – Grace Ackerman, MAYO def. Skylar Tjomsland, HASTINGS -Mya Green, HASTINGS, 6-2, 6-2, -; No. 2 – Ani Bulbulian, MAYO – Molly Pickering, MAYO def. Audrey Langworthy, HASTINGS – Erika Henrichs, HASTINGS, 6-1, 7-63, -; No. 3 – Jorden Ruskell, MAYO – Keely Ryder, MAYO def. Molly Moran, HASTINGS – Chloe Konrady, HASTINGS, 6-1, 6-0, The defeat at Mayo ended the Raiders season. A season that the athletes and coaches were extremely thankful to have and one this reporter was happy to cover. To Coach Marissa Welch, thank you so much for your support and help this season, I could not have done it without you. For the Seniors that have completed their High School Tennis career, we wish you nothing but the best for your future. For the rest of the ladies, we all are looking forward to next year!

The 2020-2021 Girls Tennis Seniors Front row: Maria Husting, Captain Anri Sakakibara, Captain Erika Henrichs, Captain Mya Green, Hally Frandrup, Veronica Radke, Abby Axell Back row: Jade Fletcher, Skylar Tjomsland, Gracyn Rose, Audrey Langworthy, Eva Millhollin, Grace McGinnis, Lauren Dohmen, Lydia Huntington Photo Courtesy of Head Coach Marissa Welch