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Six tennis girls earn All-BSC

By Staff | Nov 8, 2015

Karli Olsen

The awards and accolades for this year’s Blue Earth Area Buccaneer girls tennis team just keep on coming.

Last week a total of six Buc tennis players were named to either the Big South Conference All-Conference or Honorable Mention lists.

The Buccaneers as a team also took first place in the East Division of the Big South Conference, then lost to West Division winner St. James in the battle for overall conference champion.

“The girls represented our school and the conference very well this year, with six out of 10 of them earning All-Conference honors,” Coach Konny Wolff says. “In addition, as a team, they earned an Academic Gold Award this season for all having a 3.75 or above grade point average.”

The six Buccaneer All-BSC players are Karli Olsen, Anikka Wilhelmi, Annaliese Klinkner, Lacey Benz, Angie Cyphers and Gracie Leland. Cyphers and Leland were on the Honorable Mention list.

Anikka Wilhelmi

Olson was the top player in the BSC East Division, gaining 40 conference points through the season. Her record for the year was 14-1.

Wilhelmi had 25 conference points and a regular season record of 12-3. Klinkner also had 25 conference points and a 12-2 record. Benz was also at 25 conference points and ended with an 11-4 record.

Cyphers and Leland were both right behind the others with 24 conference points each, which put them on the Honorable Mention list. Cyphers had a season record of 10-5 and Leland sported a 12-3 season record.

“These girls have all been out for tennis since the seventh grade,” Wolff says. “The five seniors who made All-Conference/Honorable Mention were all great senior captains.”

Those seniors are Olsen, Wilhelmi, Klinkner, Benz and Cyphers.

Annaliese Klinkner

“They have been great role models for our younger girls,” the coach says. “Everyone of them has shown good sportsmanship throughout their years on and off the tennis courts. These seniors will be greatly missed next year.”

Lacey Benz

Gracie Leland

Angie Cyphers