Bucs fall to Eagles in Section tennis
No. 2 seeded Maple River defeats No. 3 seeded BEA 5-2
The No. 2 seeded Maple River Eagles defeated the Blue Earth Area Bucs 5-2 in the semifinal round of the Class A, Section 2 Tennis Tournament on Oct. 3. The contest took place on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.
The Bucs’ only two wins came in the doubles matches.
BEA’s Grace Schavey and Brooklyn Rosenau won their No. 2 doubles match over Norah Davis and Reagan Reuter 6-4, 7-6 (6).
At No. 3 doubles, McKinley Hanson and Katelyn Storbeck triumphed over Kennedi Oliver and Merrit Ward 6-4, 6-3.
The rest of the matches were won by Maple River.
Kelsey Jaeger and Claire Langworthy beat Carol Schrader and Erin Prescher at No. 1 doubles 6-2, 6-1.
At No. 1 singles, the Eagles’ Macy Sohre won over Grace Hanson 6-0, 6-3.
Ally Mersman won the No. 2 singles match over the Bucs’ Addison Prescher 6-2, 6-0.
The No. 3 singles match was won by Maple River’s Tabitha Barkosky. She defeated Abbey Lorenz 6-2, 6-1.
Madison Ward got the win for the Eagles in the No. 4 singles match when she was victorious over Abigail Greff 6-1, 6-1.
The St. James Saints and Maple River squared off for the Section Championship which was played the afternoon of Oct. 4.
BEA does not have any seniors on their squad so they should field a very experienced team in 2025.
The Section 2 Individual Tournament began on Friday morning, Oct. 4 ,at Gustavus Adolphus College.
BEA 5, River Valley 2
The No. 3 seeded Blue Earth Area Buccaneers girls tennis team played host to the No. 6 seeded River Valley Wildcats in the opening round of the Class A Section 2 playoffs on Sept. 30.
BEA defeated River Valley 5-2 to advance to the semifinal round against Maple River. That contest was held on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Against River Valley, BEA won all three doubles matches and two of the four singles matches to secure the victory.
BEA’s No. 4 singles player, Abigail Greff, notched the first victory of the meet for the Maroon and Gold without losing a game. She defeated Tori Matter 6-0, 6-0.
The No. 2 doubles team of Grace Schavey and Brooklyn Rosenau put the Bucs up 2-0 when they triumphed over Bronwyn Sorenson and Alisyn Danielson 6-0, 6-0.
The score became 3-0 in favor of BEA when McKinley Hanson and Katelyn Storbeck picked up the victory in the No. 3 doubles match by defeating Morgan Arnsdorf and Delaney Rex 6-1, 6-0.
BEA’s No. 1 doubles team of Carol Schrader and Erin Prescher picked up the fourth win for the Bucs by beating Chloe Okerman and Dani Junker 6-2, 6-0.
The Bucs’ fifth win came in the No. 3 singles match where Abbey Lorenz downed Jillian Mays 6-1, 6-2.
River Valley’s two wins came at No. 1 and No. 2 singles.
The No. 1 singles match went to a third set tiebreaker before River Valley’s Taylor Birkner prevailed over BEA’s Grace Hanson 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.
Brissa Hernandez claimed the Wildcats’ other win in the No. 2 singles match by getting by Addison Prescher 6-4, 6-4.
BEA 7, Worthington 0
The Bucs finished off their regular season on Sept. 26 with a 7-0 shutout victory over the Worthington Trojans at Schroeder Courts in Blue Earth.
Grace Hanson won at No. 1 singles over Chloe Martinez 6-0, 6-1.
Addison Prescher was victorious in the No. 2 singles match over Sadie Nickel 6-0, 6-0.
Abbey Lorenz lost only one game in defeating Lily Brown in the No. 3 singles match, 6-1, 6-0.
Abigail Greff completed the Bucs’ sweep of the singles matches by besting Madison Poe 6-1, 6-3.
Carol Schrader and Erin Prescher defeated Kah Blu Moo and Makayla Phouangphet in the No. 1 singles match. However, the score was not reported.
In the No. 2 singles match, it was Grace Schavey and Brooklyn Rosenau downing Ashley Esparza and Tiana Garcia 6-1, 6-1.
McKinley Hanson and Katelyn Storbeck were victorious in the No. 3 singles match over Angie Dailey and Cassie Schultz 6-2, 6-1.