Oct. 3—GRAND FORKS — The Bemidji High School girls tennis team’s undefeated streak has officially extended into the postseason.
After earning a first-round bye thanks to a 23-0 regular season, the Lumberjacks kept the wins coming Thursday evening by defeating Alexandria 4-3 and advancing to the semifinals of the Section 8AA tournament.
Three of the Jacks’ four wins came in singles. Lilly Caron picked up a crucial victory in No. 3 singles, taking down Sam Whaley in a three-set thriller to help propel BHS to the next round of the tournament.
Liz Peterson bested Kennedy Stevenson in No. 2 singles with two 6-1 sets and Bailey Rupp topped Bentley Kriel in two sets for the win at No. 4.
Bemidji’s only doubles win of the afternoon came courtesy of Sam Wood and Megan Berg in No. 1 doubles. After winning the first set 6-0, the duo edged out Cadence Simon and Carleigh Lueck with a 7-5 victory in the second.
The section semifinals will take place on Oct. 11 in Sartell.
Bemidji 4, Alexandria 3
Singles
No. 1: A. Stevenson (ALX) def. E. Peterson 6-2, 7-6
No. 2: L. Peterson (BHS) def. K. Stevenson 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Caron (BHS) def. Whaley 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
No. 4: Rupp (BHS) def. Kriel 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1: Wood/Berg (BHS) def. Simon/Lueck 6-0, 7-5
No. 2: Odland/Witte (ALX) def. Myhre/McKeon 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3: Mohr/Thiery (ALX) def. Knott/McNallan6-4, 1-6, 6-4
