This story is sponsored by: The Marshfield Tiger Booster Club
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
WAUSAU – The Marshfield girls tennis team took first-place Wausau West to the brink, but fell 4-3 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet Tuesday at West High School.
Payton Koran won a three-set match at No. 4 singles, and Marshfield won a pair of doubles matches, but were swept in four matches by West (6-0 WVC) and drop to 2-3 in the conference.
Marshfield’s No. 1 doubles team of Sam Ridgway and Danielle Minsaas won 6-1, 6-3, and the No. 2 team of Sophia Morrell and Ava Paape were victorious 6-4, 6-4.
Marshfield will finish its regular-season schedule at Merrill on Thursday. The Wisconsin Valley Conference Tournament is Sept. 29 at Wausau East.
Wausau West 4, Marshfield 3
Singles: 1. Mia Bailey (WW) def. Isabel Krueger, 6-0, 6-0; 2. Alexis Kloth (WW) def. Lucy Luedtke, 6-1, 6-1; 3. Ruby Edmundson (WW) def. Sonia Dissanayaka, 6-2, 6-4; 4. Payton Koran (MAR) def. Lilly Wittwer, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Doubles: 1. Sam Ridgway-Danielle Minsaas (MAR) def. Hannah Baumann-Mackenzie Bautch, 6-1, 6-3; 2. Sophia Morrell-Ava Paape (MAR) def. Kylie Draeger-Abby Names, 6-4, 6-4; 3. Miranda Nelson-Rachel Harder (WW) def. Ashley Grancorvitz-Ruhi Shah, 6-1, 6-3.
Records: Marshfield 2-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wausau West 6-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.