Returning senior and captain Isabella Abrahams took the court in the first singles flight of the tournament.  Bella cruised through her first match, only dropping a single game on her way to a 6-1, 6-0 victory.  Bella found herself in a third set super tie breaker in a much closer second round match.  After much back and forth, Bella dropped the nail-biter 11-9 and a close third match 6-3, 6-4 to earn herself 4th place on the day. 

Senior Clara Stephan played the third singles tournament for the Otters.  After a first round loss 6-3, 6-3, Clara found herself in quite the battle with Morgan McDonald of East Grand Forks.  The first set was very back and forth.  Clara did a great job of riding the ups and downs of the set.  She was up 5-4, then down 5-6.  Dropping a couple games at the end of a set can be very hard on the mental aspect of the game, but Clara stayed the course and fought her way back to force a tie break that she ended up winning on her way to a straight set victory.  This was a great win for Clara.

On the doubles side of things, sophomore duo Hattie Fullhart and Ashtyn Lill took to the court as our number 1 doubles team.  Hattie and Ashtyn earned a fairly routine first round win before a tight three-set match against Perham.  After a slow start where they found themselves down a set, Hattie and Ashtyn were able to clean things up a bit and play more solid tennis to earn themselves a win 10-4 in the third set tie-breaker.  This win put the girls in the championship match against East Grand Forks where the girls took the tournament 6-3, 6-4.  

In the 3rd doubles tournament, 7th graders Carsyn Lill and Dillyn Lill took to the court for their first career varsity matches.  The girls played solid, consistent tennis to earn their first two matches in straight sets and put themselves in the championship match.  The final match put them to the test as they won the first set 6-3 but hit a rough patch at the end of the second set and dropped three consecutive games to drop the set 6-3 and force a third set super tie-breaker to determine the championship.  Carsyn and Dillyn did a nice job of staying focused, recognizing and executing some corrections, and digging in to earn the championship 10-1 in the final set.  This was a great first varsity outing for these new youngsters on our team. 

Sophomore Ruby Ellison filled the second singles tournament slot for the Otters.  After a bit of a slow start to her first match and finding herself down a set 0-6, Ruby found her groove and won the second set.  She fell in this match in a third set tie-break 10-5.  Ruby cruised through her next two matches, dropping only five games total on her way to taking home 3rd place for the day.  This was a great way for Ruby to start the season.

Our 4th singles slot was shared by three of our players: Ali Bredenberg, Julianna Flugstad and Avary Bartholomay.  While this position didn't end up gathering wins, these girls went out and battled, gained great on-court experience and worked their tails off to represent their team well. 

Sophomore Layla Zosel and freshman Kaia Ness paired up as a new 2nd doubles team.  Layla and Kaia cruised through their first round 6-1, 6-0 before finding themselves in the thick of a very close second round match.  The girls dropped a tight first set 6-4, but recovered very nicely to earn the second set 7-5.  They eventually dropped the match in the third set tie-breaker, but showed their great competitive edge by battling back after dropping the first set.  It's not uncommon in tennis to see a team kind of "go away" in a match after dropping a tight set, but these girls battled hard and fought the entire way.  It was great to watch that they were clearly not going away.  The second round loss put them in the final match for 3rd place, which was also a very long, tough battle.  The third set tie-break went their way this time and the girls earned the match 10-5 in the third set and earned a great 3rd place finish for themselves.