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WAUSAU – Marshfield’s No. 3 doubles team of Sam Ridgway and Danielle Minsaas are moving on sectionals after winning a semifinal match at the WIAA Division 1 girls tennis subsectional Monday at Wausau East High School.
Only the No. 1 and No. 2 flighted singles players and doubles teams are eligible to move on to the WIAA State Individual Girls Tennis Tournament in Madison on Oct. 14-16. No. 3 and 4 singles, and No. 3 doubles are used only for team points purposes, with the sectional team champion qualifying for the WIAA State Team Tennis Tournament in Madison on Oct. 22-23.
Ridgway and Minsaas, the No. 1 seed in No. 3 doubles, defeated Chloe Belant and Mariah Jacoby of Merrill 6-4, 6-0, and Malina Reynolds and Cassidy Cleveland of Lakeland 6-2, 6-1, to reach sectionals. The Tigers’ team will face Lilly Wittwer and Kaydee Rennie of Wausau West in the sectional semifinals.
All other Marshfield players were eliminated.
Marshfield’s Sandra Costa won a first-round match over Angela Hinner of Merrill 6-2, 6-0, before losing in the second round to Mia Bailey of Wausau West 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 singles.
No. 3 singles player Sonia Dissanayaka defeated Kylie Crow of Stevens Point 6-1, 6-4, before losing in semifinals to Tori Riopel of Rhinelander 6-3, 6-2.
Lucy Luedtke defeated Samara Rezwan of Wausau East 6-4, 6-2, at No. 4 singles, before losing in semifinals to Addison Jandrain of Stevens Point 6-4, 6-2.
Marshfield’s No. 2 doubles team of Emma Tucker and Maren Hamill also picked up a first-round win, defeated Merrill’s Lydia Borrows and Sarah Rell 6-0, 6-0, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Caroline Blakeman and Berit Borgnes of Stevens Point, 6-2, 6-1.
Allison Kloos at No. 2 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Abigail Forst and Loryn Jakobi lost their first matches for Marshfield.
The sectional tournament will be held Wednesday at the Menards Tennis Center in Eau Claire.