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Luverne goes 2-1 in a busy week of girls' tennis matches

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Brennen Rupp

The Luverne Cardinals girls’ tennis team improved their record to 5-1 on the season by going 2-1 with their last three contests.
The Cardinals opened up the week by defeating the Marshall Tigers 5-2 in Marshall on Thursday, Sept. 10.
“I was very happy with the way the girls played,” Luverne head coach Jon Beers said. “We had two girls missing. Solveig and Brynn Thier were missing in doubles, so we had to do some switching of our double teams.”
With Solveig and Thier out, Kristin Rud and Hope Thorson made their varsity debuts with 6-1 and 6-2 losses.
While the match may have looked lopsided, Beers said he was proud of the way the girls battled.
“The match score may have looked like an easy win for Marshall,” he said. “But we were in most games and the match was much closer than the score indicated.”
The reshuffling of the doubles matchups led to Lauren Ver Steeg and Liz Kelm playing together for the first time in years. Beers said they operated like a well-oiled machine, winning their match 6-4, 6-3.
“It was the first time they played together since they were freshmen,” Beers said. “They played great together.”
In singles action, Elise Jarchow continued her hot start to the season winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0.
“She has played great all season,” Beers said. “That continued today.”
On Saturday, Sept. 12, the Cardinals dropped their first dual of the season to St. James 5-2.
Ainslie Robinson won her singles match in three sets. Robinson won a back and forth first set 7-6. She dropped the second set 6-2 before bouncing back to win the third set 6-4 to win the match.
Mia Wenzel won her singles match in three sets as well. Wenzel won a close first set 7-5, lost the second set 6-2, but came back to win the third set 6-3.
“Both girls won the first set and lost the second set,” Beers said. “It could have been easy for both girls to give up after losing the second set. Both battled back to take the third set and get us some points on the day.”
The Cardinals were once again without Tofteland and Thier in doubles action. Despite missing those two, every single match in doubles went to three sets.
“We gave them a good test,” Beers said. “I’m very confident that we will give them an even better match the next time we see them this year. We were without Solveig Tofteland and Brynn Thier. We hope to have them back in the near future. With them back in the lineup, I’m hopeful for a better outcome next time.”
On Monday, Sept. 14, the Cardinals returned home to take on the Marshall Tigers and came out on top 4-3.
Jarchow picked up another win, defeating her opponent 6-0, 6-4.
Robinson won her match in straight sets as well. She won the first set 6-0 and took the second set 6-1.
“I thought Ainslie had her best match of the year,” Beers said. “She was very aggressive and never let her opponent into the match.”
 
LHS 5 -  Marshall 2Singles vs Marshall (9/10)
 
No. 1: Gionna Parsa (Marshall) def. Roz Oye (LHS) 7-6; 6-2
No. 2: Elise Jarchow (LHS) def. Eden Knudson 6-3; 6-0
No. 3:  Ainslie Robinson (LHS) def. Mariah Bergjord 6-2; 6-3
No. 4: Mia Wenzel (LHS) def. Regan Loft (Marshall) 6-2; 6-4
 
Doubles 
 
No. 1: Lauren Ver Steeg (LHS) LIz Kelm (LHS) def. Leah Schaefer (Marshall) Leah Matzner (Marshall) 6-4; 6-3
No. 2: Olivia Wieneke (LHS) Jacey Smith (LHS) def. Kayla Polejewski (Marshall) Danielle Ewing (Marshall) 6-4; 7-5
No. 3: Aubrey Bjella (Marshall) Mackenna Eickhoff (Marshall) def. Hope Thorson (LHS) Kristin Rud (LHS) 6-1; 6-2
 
St. James 5 - Marshall 2
 
Singles vs St James (9/12)
 
No. 1.  Ellie Becker, St. James Co-op  def. Roz Oye, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 6-0 , 6-1
No. 2. Jaelyn Haler, St. James Co-op  def. Elise Jarchow, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 6-0 , 6-3
No. 3.  Ainslie Robinson, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Mya Hanson, St. James Co-op 7-6 , 2-6 , 6-4
No. 4. Mia Wenzel, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Eva Romsdahl, St. James Co-op (GIRLS), 7-5 , 2-6 , 6-3
 
Doubles
 
No. 1.  Gabriela Trapero, St. James Co-op - Sailor Mohlenbrock, St. James Co-op def. Liz Kelm, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Lauren Ver Steeg, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 2-6 , 6-3 , 6-0
No. 2 . Samantha Tetzloff, St. James Co-op- Allison Bluedorn, St. James Co-op def. Olivia Wieneke, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Jacey Smith, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 5-7 , 7-5 , 6-3
No. 3. Sofia Solorzano, St. James Co-op - Emma Anderson, St. James Co-op  def. Kristin Rud, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Hope Thorson, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 6-4 , 4-6 , 6-3
 
LHS 4 - Marshall 3
 
Singles vs Marshall (9/14)
 
No. 1. Gionna Parsa, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL def. Roz Oye, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 7-5 , 6-3
No. 2. Elise Jarchow, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Eden Knudson, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-4
No. 3. Ainslie Robinson, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Leah Matzner, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-1
No. 4. Mariah Bergjord, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL def. Mia Wenzel, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 4-6 , 6-3 , 11-9
 
Doubles:
No. 1.  Leah Schaefer, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL - Regan Loft, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL def. Lauren Ver Steeg, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Liz Kelm, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH, 6-4 , 3-6 , 14-12
No. 2. Olivia Wieneke, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Jacey Smith, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Danielle Ewing, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL - Kaia Christensen, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-3
No. 3.  Brynn Thier, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH - Kristin Rud, LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH def. Kaylee Prins, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL - Samantha Maher, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-3

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