Girls tennis: Wolverines bounce back with a win over Parkers Prairie

1 Genevieve Pinella AD7C2965.JPG — Wadena-Deer Creek's Genevieve Pinella serves in a match against Staples-Motley on Sept. 13, 2022.

By Jared Rubado

September 20, 2022 03:49 PM

WADENA – It was an up-and-down week for the Wadena-Deer Creek girls tennis team.

After the Wolverines dropped a pair of narrow matchups against Staples-Motley and Crosby-Ironton in their home triangular, they bounced back with a 6-1 win over Parkers Prairie on Saturday.

1 Libby Hartman AD7C2820.JPG — Wadena-Deer Creek's Libby Hartmann returns a serve in a match against Staples-Motley on Sept. 13, 2022.

WDC won three singles matches. Libby Hartmann beat Aili Tayli 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. Genevieve Pinella also won in straight sets over Dakota Moske 6-4, 6-1. Charlie Snyder pulled out a three-set win over Elektra Blumer 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

WDC also won all three doubles matches. Katie and Anna Fiemeier beat Brook Schilling and Anna Helling without surrendering a game. Kayla Meeks and Cadie Leeseberg cruised past Sophie Pfeffer and Elizabeth Harstad 6-1, 6-1. The Wolverines took the No. 3 doubles match by forfeit.

In their home triangular, the Wolverines suffered two close losses. Staples-Motley edged out a 4-3 win over WDC.

1 Kaylee Endres AD7C2922.JPG — Wadena-Deer Creek's Kaylee Endres returns a shot in a match against Staples-Motley on Sept. 13, 2022.

Katie and Anna Fiemeier won again at No. 1 doubles. Meeks and Cadie Leeseberg also pulled out another win at No. 2 doubles. Chloe Leeseberg and Claire Khapphan beat Heidi Zimmerman and Livia Triff at No. 3 doubles 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Cardinals won all four singles matches.

Against Crosby-Ironton, the Rangers got the better of WDC by a score of 5-2. Katie and Anna fiemeyer, along with Meeks and Cadie Leeseberg, each won their first of three matches during the week at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles.

WADENA-DEER CREEK 6, PARKERS PRAIRIE 1

SINGLES- No. 1 Libby Hartman (W) def. Aili Tayli 6-1, 6-1; No. 2- Audrey Ruckheim (P) def. Kaylee Endres 7-5 (10), 6-7 (8), 7-5; No. 3- Genevieve Pinella (W) def. Dakota Moske 6-4, 6-1; No. 4- Charlie Snyder (W) def. Elektra Blkumer 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

DOUBLES- No. 1- Katie Fiemeyer-Anna Fiemeyer (W) def. Anna Helling-Brooke Schilling 6-0, 6-0; No. 2- Kayla Meeks-Cadie Leeseberg (W) def. Sophie Pfeffer-Elizabeth Harstad 6-1, 6-1; No. 3- WDC wins by forfeit

CROSBY-IRONTON 5, WADENA-DEER CREEK 2

SINGLES- No. 1 - Tori Oehrlein, CI def. Libby Hartman, WDC 6-2, 6-2; No. 2 - Margaret Silgen, CI def. Kaylee Endres, WDC 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 - Sydney Jones, CI def. Genevieve Pinnella, WDC 6-4, 6-2; No. 4 - Mary Fleming, CI def. Charlie Snyder, WDC 6-1, 7-5.

DOUBLES- No. 1 - Katie Fiemeyer-Anna Fiemeyer, WDC def. Brooke Johnson-Monica Fleming, CI, 6-1, 6-3; No. 2 - Kayla Meeks-Cadie Leeseberg, WDC def. Emma Silgen-Lucy Lewandowski, CI, 6-4, 6-0; No. 3 - Lillianna Young-Maria Smith, CI def. Chloe Leeseberg-Claire Kapphahn, WDC 6-4, 6-1.

STAPLES-MOTLEY 4, WADENA-DEER CREEK 3

SINGLES- No. 1 - Lauren Rutten, SM def. Libby Hartman, WDC 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 - Ronnie Noska, SM def. Kaylee Endres, WDC 6-0, 6-4; No. 3 - Georgia Kruchten, SM def. Genevieve Pinnella, WDC 6-0, 6-3; No. 4 - Elizabeth DiGiovaini, SM def. Charlie Snyder, WDC 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES- No. 1 - Katie Fiemeyer-Anna Fiemeyer, WDC def. Amy Rollins-Kenzie Erickson, SM, 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 - Kayla Meeks-Cadie Leeseberg, WDC def. Corinne Olson-Maddison Perius, SM, 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 - Chloe Leeseberg-Claire Kapphahn, WDC def. Heidi Zimmerman-Livia Triff, SM, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4