NEW LONDON —The New London-Spicer boys tennis team made quick work of Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd on Monday, winning 7-0.
All the victories were in straight sets, though the doubles matches were close.
At No. 1 doubles, the Wildcats’ Jack Noeldner and Matt Monson beat Levi Olson and Gavin Stulz 6-1, 7-5.
Jack Barney won at No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-2 over Liam Risch and Jowell Gamez won at No. 3 singles over Matthew Martinson 6-3, 6-2.
singles
(1) Kenny Schmiesing, N, def. Jackson Buer, L, 6-0, 6-2…(2) Jack Barney, N, def. Liam Risch, L, 6-3, 6-2…(3) Jowell Gamez, N, def. Matthew Martinson, L, 6-3, 6-2…(4) Andres Rojas, N, def. Luke Stock, L, 6-0, 6-0
doubles
(1) Jack Noeldner/Matt Monson, N, def. Levi Olson/Gavin Stulz, L 6-1, 7-5…(2) Ethan Spors/Adam Klaphake, N, def. Wyatt Wiebe/Nate Gruwell, L, 6-2, 6-4…(3) Josh Soto/Joe Brouwer, N, def. Garrett Kostad/Gunnar Olson, L, 6-2, 6-3
6 Litchfield, 1 St Peter
Litchfield swept the singles and won at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles in the non-conference victory at St. Peter.
Alex Drager, Mason Woelfel, Garrison Jackman and Nathan Wuotila all earned single victories for the Dragons.
Perhaps the closest match came at No. 2 doubles. Litchfield’s Brady Cannon and Eli Schacherer beat Andres Dixon and Tyson Schmitz 6-2, 7-6 (6).
singles
(1) Alex Draeger, L.def. Marty Anderson, SP, 6-2, 7-5…(2) Mason Woelfel, L, def. Fede Zimmerman, SP, 6-0, 6-0…(3) Garrison Jackman, L, def. Cooper Dean, SP, 6-2, 6-0…(4) Nathan Wuotila, L, def. Ezekiel Ribar, SP, 6-1, 6-3
doubles
(1) Braden Olson/Tyler Pennertz, L, def. Will Elias/Ben Taylor, SP, 6-4, 6-3…(2) Brady Cannon/Eli Schacherer, L, def. Anders Dixon/Tyson Schmitz, SP, 6-2, 7-6 (6)…(3) Colton Abels/Quinn Dixon, SP, def. Gray Nelson/Josh Blomberg, L, 6-3, 6-4
Willmar is the fifth seed in the South Sub-Section 8AA tournament and plays No. 4 seed Big Lake at 3 pm Wednesday at Becker.
The Big Lake/Willmar winner then plays top-seeded Becker at about 4:30 pm
The seeds were announced Monday.
Other South matches include No. 3 Monticello vs No. 6 Sauk Rapids at 3 pm Wednesday at St. Cloud Tech. The winners second-seeded Tech at 4:30 pm
At North Sub-Secton 8AA, No. 4 Moorhead plays no. 5 Detroit Lakes at 3 pm Wednesday at Bemidji. The winner plays the top-seeded Lumberjacks at 4:30 pm
And, no. 2 Alexandria plays host to No. 3 Sartel at 4:30 pm
The final two rounds are Thursday at Sartell and Tech. It’s North No. 1 vs. South No. 2 at Sartel and South No. 1 vs. North No. 2 at Tech. The final is 4 pm at Sartel.
At stake is a berth in the state Class AA tournament June 7 at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.
