6-1, 6-0 winner at 3rd singles vs. Faribault
The Tigers finished a hectic first week of the season with a 4-3 dual meet loss at Faribault on Thursday, Aug. 25, and a third place finish in the four-team Farmington Invitational on Friday.
Faribault 4 Farmington 3
"We lost a heart-breaker," coach Jack Olwell said. "I'm still not over it. We had some great efforts and several of the matches were very close."
Thanks to wins at the third and fourth singles positions by Melanie Kappes and Megan Stivers and a victory by the first doubles tandem of Katie Burgess and Ally Midboe, the match was tied at 3-3 with the lone remaining match at third doubles.
The Tiger duo of ShyAnne Spurzem and Kassie Seegert won the first set 6-4 and held a 5-4 lead in the second before falling 5-7. Faribault rode that momentum to a 6-0 win in the third set to win the match and the meet.
"Faribault put it in another gear in the third set," Olwell said. "They played flawless tennis."
Farmington Results:
No. 1 singles: Meghan Lindstrom lost 1-6, 0-6
No. 2 singles: Maggie Rudorfer lost 0-6, 0-6
No. 3 singles Melanie Kappes won 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 singles: Megan Stivers won 6-3, 6-0
No. 1 doubles: Ally Midboe/Katie Burgess won 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 doubles: Rachel Molitor/Jessica Autey lost 3-6, 2-6
No. 3 doubles: Kassie Seegert/ShyAnne Spurzem lost 6-2, 5-7, 0-6
Farmington Invitational
Cannon Falls didn't lose a match in running away with the team title in Friday's tournament. The Bombers racked up 21 points, 10 more than runner-up Belle Plaine. Farmington tallied six and New Life Academy four.
The fourth doubles team of Rachel Rees and Liz Adams turned in the best Farmington performance, compiling a 2-1 mark, good enough for second place.
Maggie Rudorfer, Kappes and Stivers each went 1-2 at second, third and fourth singles to tie for second place in their respective brackets.
"We lost a number of squeakers," "Olwell said. "We lost all five of our matches that went to a deciding third set tiebreaker. Cannon Falls, on the other hand, won all six of theirs."
Farmington team results:
Cannon Falls 7 Farmington 0
Farmington 6 New Life Academy 1
Belle Plaine 7 Farmington 0
Farmignton individual results:
No. 1 singles: Lindstrom, 0-3
No. 2 singles: Rudorfer, 1-2
No. 3 singles: Kappes, 1-2
No. 4 singles: Stivers, 1-2
No. 1 doubles: Midboe/Burgess, 1-2
No. 2 doubles: Spurzem/Callie Olmscheid, 1-2
No. 3 doubles: Molitor/Autey, 1-2
No. 4 doubles: Rachel Rees/Liz Adams, 2-1
