to earn its 5-2 win. ….
to earn its 5-2 win.
In singles, Razink beat Makenna Roske 6-1, 6-0 in flight two, junior Rachel Daniels beat Becca Nelson 6-0, 6-1 in flight three and Machon beat Graycin Miller 6-4, 6-0 in flight four. Bucki said Krug got a beneficial match in flight one with Andrea Bechard, a sectional qualifier last fall who just kept making shots to keep points alive and won 6-4, 7-5.
“Masaeda would do everything right and that girl would just find a way,” Bucki said.
Senior Morgan Strebig and sophomore Makenna Tlusty teamed up for a 6-1, 6-0 win over Jorey Feidt and Angela Hilson at number-two doubles and Lily Holmes and Sydnie Peterson got a 6-1, 6-1 win for Medford at number-three doubles over Mackenzie Weltzin and Cassidy Herrmann.
Barron’s Ashlynn Mark and Zoey Frandsen reversed a 6-1 loss to Clarkson and Dahl in set one and won the next two 6-4, 10-4 to take the number-one doubles match.
A solid, experienced Baldwin-Woodville squad won two matches that went to tiebreakers to secure its 5-2 win over the Raiders.
Ruesch played an excellent numberone singles match with Maggie Jensen, but Jensen pulled it out 4-6, 6-2, 10-7. The other tiebreaker was at number-two doubles where Abigail Nilssen and Lola Peavey beat Grace Holmes and Mann 6-7 (10), 6-0, 10-8.
Medford’s wins came from Tlusty, who beat Salem Tumax 6-1, 6-3 at four singles, and the team of Dahl and Peterson, who beat Allison Forbes and Mia Voorhees 6-1, 6-2 at three doubles.
Shannon Fritts downed Daniels 6-3, 6-1 at two singles, Jacque Kroening beat Strebig 6-2, 6-0 at three singles and Kylie Kastel and Mallory Hable beat Krug and Clarkson 6-1, 6-3 in the number-one doubles match.
Baldwin-Woodville finished 3-0 for the day, Amery was 1-2 and Barron was 0-3.
Upcoming schedule
Medford will get plenty of early-season work before school even starts, assuming the nice late-summer weather continues. The Raiders open Great Northern Conference play today, Thursday, at Stevens Point Pacelli and goes to Phillips Tuesday for another GNC meet. The Raiders will see lots of good competition at the two-day Altoona Invitational Aug. 25-26, host D.C. Everest in a non-conference meet Aug. 29 and return to GNC play at Newman Catholic in Wausau on Aug. 31.
