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WAUSAU – Marshfield had a pair of third-place finishes and ended up fifth among the six teams at the 2014 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament on Thursday at Wausau West and Wausau East high schools.
The Tigers finished with 12 points in the tournament and ended up with 38 total points in combination with the regular-season schedule to take fourth-place in the overall standings.
Stevens Point had three singles champions and all three of the Panthers’ doubles teams took second to lift them to the team title with 33 points. SPASH also won the overall conference title with 99 points.
Wausau East was second with 29 points in the tournament and 77 in the overall standings.
Marshfield’s Matt McCann defeated Wausau East’s Keasha Chang 6-4, 6-4, in the third-place match at No. 4 singles, and the Tigers’ No. 3 doubles team of Bryce Gadke and Jacob Limmex beat Michael Nicklaus and Christopher Nicklaus of D.C. Everest 6-0, 6-0, to take third as well.
Hunter Schultz took fourth at No. 1 singles and the No. 3 doubles team of Ofek Brautbar and Dylan Handrich also was fourth for the Tigers.
Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 subsectional Tuesday at Stevens Point.
2014 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament
May 22 at Wausau West & East
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 33; 2. Wausau East 29; 3. Wausau West 19; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 13; 5. Marshfield 12; 6. D.C. Everest 6.
No. 1 Singles
Championship: Bradley Luetschwager (SP) def. Sean Bailey (WW), 6-3, 6-3.
Third place: Dane Steidl (WR) def. Hunter Schultz (MAR), 6-4, 7-5.
Fifth place: Sawyer Schlindwein (WE) def. Meng Yang (DCE), 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 Singles
Championship: Blaine Bancker (SP) def. Zach Gilmaster (WR), 6-1, 6-0.
Third place: Ben Reich (WW) def. Tanner Frahm (WE), 6-1, 6-1.
Fifth place: Keng Yang (DCE) def. Graham Sweet (MAR), 6-4, 6-2.
No. 3 Singles
Championship: Adam Schneider (WE) def. Georgiy Ivanov (WR), 6-0, 6-0.
Third place: Jon Peck (SP) def. Cody Achatz (WW), 6-0, 3-6 (5).
Fifth place: John Weisenberger (MAR) def. Max Brink (DCE), 6-3, 6-2.
No. 4 Singles
Championship: Skyler Colegrove (SP) def. William Le (WW), 6-3, 6-0.
Third place: Matt McCann (MAR) def. Keasha Chang (WE), 6-4, 6-4.
Fifth place: Luke Mertes (WR) def. Austin Th ao (DCE), Default.
No. 1 Doubles
Championship: Tanner Dimka-Gunthar Reising (WE) def. Trenton Seegert-Noah Meier (SP), 7-5, 6-2.
Third place: Bryce Gadke-Jacob Limmex (MAR) def. Michael Nicklaus-Christopher Nicklaus (DCE), 6-0, 6-0.
Fifth place: Josh Zahl-Ben Nichols (WW) def. Lucas Kreuser-Adam Pryor (WR), 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2 Doubles
Championship: Garrett Richetto-Matt LaViolette (WE) def. Connor Cook-Dakota Zarecki (SP), 6-2, 6-3.
Third Place: Mitch Hruska-Cameron Kissinger (DCE) def. Justin Kowalski-Kris Reich (WW), 6-4, 6-1.
Fifth Place: Mitch Ott-Sam Trudeau (MAR) def. Sam O’Shasky-Tyler Wolosek (WR), 6-3, 7-6.
No. 3 Doubles
Championship: Sam Klug-Isaac Stine (WE) def. Adam Wentzel-M.J. DeBot (SP), 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Third place: Jon Richetto-David Richetto (WW) def. Ofek Brautbar-Dylan Handrich (MAR), 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Fifth place: Josh Beyer-Shane Glinski (WR) def. Zilowski-Denk (DCE), 6-1, 6-0.