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EAU CLAIRE – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic No. 1 doubles team of Lucas Michalik and Finn O’Neill lost its first match and was eliminated from postseason competition on Wednesday at the WIAA Division 2 boys tennis sectional at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Michalik and O’Neill lost to eventual sectional champions Dylan Weyers and Jordan Lehman of Baldwin-Woodville in their first match to end the season with a 9-7 record. The Dons’ duo was the only entry for Columbus Catholic in the sectional.
Stevens Point Pacelli had three individual champions and two second-place finishes to win the team title by just two points over Eau Claire Regis. La Crosse Aquinas was third.
Pacelli advances to the WIAA State Boys Tennis Team Tournament in Madison on June 8-9.
The top four at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, and the winners at No. 2 singles and doubles qualify for the WIAA State Boys Tennis Individual Tournament on May 31-June 2 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.
Eight extra qualifiers at No. 1 singles and doubles will be added to the field and likely will be announced Thursday.
WIAA Division 2 Boys Tennis Sectional
May 23, at UW-Eau Claire
*State tournament qualifier
Team standings: 1. *Stevens Point Pacelli 43; 2. Eau Claire Regis 41; 3. La Crosse Aquinas 28; 4. Amery 20; 5. Viroqua/Youth Initiative 17; 6. Baldwin-Woodville 14; 7. Medford 12; 8. Black River Falls 8; 9. Ashland 5; 10. Ellsworth 4; 11. Phillips, Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Mauston and Sparta 2; 15. Durand/Mondovi and Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 0.
Individual results
No. 1 singles: 1. Mac DeBot (SPP); 2. Jesse Olson (AM); 3. Robert Quinlan (ASH); 4. John Keefe (MED); Lost first match: Marc Sacia (ECR), Brock Heubener (MAU), Mike Guggenbuel (LCA), Colman Melcher (VYI).
No. 2 singles: 1. Joseph Wirtz (SPP); 2. Jake Mathy (LCA); 3. Marcus Bogumill (ECR); 4. Jacob Stoffel (BW).
No. 3 singles: 1. Hunter Cameron (ECR); 2. Sean Van Domelen (LCA); 3. Lucas Mancheski (SPP); 4. Kurt Russell (MED).
No. 4 singles: 1. Victor Bourget (ECR); 2. Owen Yenter (SPP); 3. Tom Gundersen (LCA); 4. Matt Berry (ALT).
No. 1 doubles: 1. Dylan Weyers-Jordan Lehman (BW); 2. Jimmy Richison-Michael Elbing (AM); 3. Zach Valk-Braden Olson (ALT); 4. Garrett Nowak-Scott Strand (ECR); Lost first match: Ryan Schmidt-Shawn Achenbach (VYI), Eddie Hartman-Philip Grygleski (SPP), Sam Steingraeber-Gabe Tudahl (LCA), Lucas Michalik-Finn O’Neill (MCC).
No. 2 doubles: 1. Brian Gobler-Michael Kozuch (ECR); 2. Caleb Klein-Pat Rath (SPP); 3. Carson Schneider-Auston Stenger (LCA); 4. Brady Kaiser-Alex Weber (ALT).
No. 3 doubles: 1. Josh Derr-Luke Yenter (SPP); 2. Michael Kuzner-Nolan Rodriguez (ECR); 3. Wyatt Oldham-Brady Seland (VYI); 4. Eric Schmidt-Connor Satterlund (AM).