No. 2 seed West Fargo Sheyenne won two singles matches and at No. 2 doubles to claim the Eastern Dakota Conference team championship 3-2 over No. 4 Grand Forks Central on Thursday.
Central advanced to the final with a 3-2 upset of No. 1 seed Valley City in the semifinals while Sheyenne defeated No. 3 Fargo Davies 3-2 in the semis.
Sheyenne’s Sarea Gu defeated Central’s Madi Stauss 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and the Mustangs’ Alyssa Sommerfeld defeated Central’s Magdalene Spicer 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. Central’s Gianna Blue won 6-1, 6-2 over Sheyenne’s Sofia Layfield 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
Central’s No. 1 doubles team of Sydnee Lemieux and Jennifer Wang outlasted the Mustangs’ team of Jayne Thompson and Anna Mauch 6-1, 7-6 (9-6) at No. 1 doubles. Sheyenne’s No. 2 doubles team of Shireen Durrani and Erika Hoy defeated Stella Blue and Alli Wilhelmi 6-4, 6-3.
In one state qualifier, No. 3 seed Fargo Davies defeated No. 5 Grand Forks Red River 4-1.
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Davies’ Paige McCormick defeated Addison Lommen 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, the Eagles’ Tanis Lee downed Naomi Rahman 6-0, 6-0 and Davies’ Grace Wanzek made a sweep in singles with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 win at No. 3 singles.
In the second state qualifier, top seed Valley City downed No. 6 Fargo Shanley 4-1.
Shanley’s Madeline Abbott claimed the Deacons’ lone victory at No. 1 singles with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win over Valley City’s Abby Martineck.
At No. 2 singles, VC’s Kailee Nielson scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Shanley’s Mary Wolf, and the Hi-Liners’ Georgia Zaun defeated the Deacons’ Lucy Tharaldson 1-6, 6-0, 10-4 at No. 3 singles.
Valley City’s No. 1 doubles team of Breck Sufficool and Abby Redfearn defeated Shanley’s Kayla Mathison and Taylor Sandin 6-0, 6-1. The Hi-Liners’ No. 2 team of Skye Nielson and Alyssa Thomsen defeated Shanley’s Paige Friederichs and Gretta Cassola 6-0, 6-3.
The EDC individual singles and doubles tournament is Friday and Saturday at courts in Fargo and West Fargo.
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