Oct. 7 — SIOUX FALLS, SD — Not a single match was lost in the Montevideo girls’ tennis team’s journey to becoming Section 3A champions.
The top-seeded Thunder Hawks swept No. 8 MACCRAY on Thursday before sweeping No. 5 Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 7-0 in the semifinals and No. 2 Luverne 7-0 in the game for the sectional title Monday at Huether Family. Match tip.
Singles players Brooke Lindeman, Ashley Klaassen, Avery Albrecht and Carlee Axford each won in straight sets in the sectional championship for Montevideo. Lindeman and Axford are seniors and Klaassen and Albrecht are juniors.
The Thunder Hawks’ victorious doubles teams were Gwyn Smiens and Lily Eisenlohr, Megan Macziewski and Hallie Helgeson and Kylie Johnson and Teagan Epema. All are seniors except Johnson, who is a junior.
Montevideo competes in the Class A team tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
The Thunder Hawks topped Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
One match went to a third set. Megan Macziewski and Hallie Helgeson of Montevideo won 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 against Avery Davis and Ella Lysen of Benson/KMS.
