By Bruce Karnick

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The Raiders girl’s tennis team finished the regular season against Hill-Murray on Thursday with a much needed 6-1 win over the Pioneers. Hastings entered the last quarter of the season at 10-4 knowing they hard a difficult stretch of games to finish the regular schedule. First Simley came to town Tuesday. This match had several great individual performances and the Raiders made Simley work for the win. The final score was Simley 5, Hastings 2.

Singles: No. 1 – Clara Thoemke, Simley def. Claire Keller, Hastings, 6-3 , 4-6 , 6-2 ; No. 2 – Keira Schmid, Simley def. Reese Keller, Hastings, 6-4 , 6-2 , -; No. 3 – Leah Thoemke, Simley def. Autumn Winkler, Hastings, 6-1 , 6-3 , -; No. 4 – Brooklyn Keller, Hastings def. Cailynn Thomas, Simley, 6-3 , 6-0 , -; Doubles: No. 1 – Ellie Johnson, Simley – Chrissa Muller, Simley def. Molly Moran, Hastings – Charlotte Kranz, Hastings, 6-4 , 6-3 , -; No. 2 – Ali Loomis, Simley – Lily Langdon, Simley def. Chloe Konrady, Hastings – Ellie Haas, Hastings, 0-6 , 6-3 , 6-3 ; No. 3 – Ruby Rotty, Hastings – Mikayla Schuster, Hastings def. Elle Boone, Simley – Kara Bakula , Simley, 6-2 , 6-4 , -; Wednesday, Hastings traveled to Roseville in a rain day make up date. Similar to the Simley game, Roseville had to work to get the win with may sets going 6-4 or 7-5. Brooklyn Keller won her singles match 7-6 and 6-2. Molly Moran and Charlotte Kranz won their doubles match 4-6, 6-4, 12-10. The final score was Roseville 5, Hastings 2.

Last week was also the Raider homecoming week, so tennis had their Senior night as part of the Hill-Murray game. Hastings had a dominant performance for their final regular season matchup. Hopefully that bodes well for the section playoffs. Hastings won 6-1 and now waits for the announcement of their first tournament opponent.

Singles: No. 1 – Claire Keller, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL def. McKenna Foley, Hill Murray School, 6-1 , 6-2 , -; No. 2 – Reese Keller, HASTINGSHIGHSCHOOL def. Olivia Klepec, Hill Murray School, 6-0 , 6-3 , -; No. 3 – Autumn Winkler, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL def. Stephanie Melby, Hill Murray School, 6-2 , 6-0 , -; No. 4 – Brooklyn Keller, HASTINGSHIGHSCHOOL def. Sedona Stumpf, Hill Murray School, 6-1 , 6-0 , -; Doubles: No. 1 – Olivia Katz, Hill Murray School – Emma Vaske, Hill Murray School def. Molly Moran, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL – Charlotte Kranz, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 4-6 , 6-2 ; No. 2 – Chloe Konrady, HASTINGSHIGHSCHOOL – Ellie Haas, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL def. Cate Kangas, Hill Murray School – Elizabeth Lafeber, Hill Murray School, 6-2 , 6-2 , -; No. 3 – Ruby Rotty, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL Mikayla Schuster, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL def. Meghan Rose, Hill Murray School – Rachael Herrmann, Hill Murray School, 6-0 , 7-5 , -; The section 3AA playoff is scheduled to begin October 18th, with the low seed traveling to the high seeds. Watch next week for an update on tournament placement.