Perham/NYM defeats Crookston 4-3

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The Perham/New York Mills tennis team once again had a solid week on the court as the team went 3-0, including a pair of tight wins against East Grand Forks and Crookston on Thursday night.

This week the Yellowjackets will host Park Rapids Area on Tuesday, as well as Staples-Motley on Thursday. 

Tuesday

The Perham/NY Mills tennis team swept Moorhead 7-0 on Tuesday night. In fact, all of the Yellowjackets wins came in straight sets, including Violet Radniecki who won 6-0, 6-0 at third singles, as well as Bella Huwe and Lucy Wallgren who won 6-1, 6-2 at second doubles. 

At third doubles the pair of Miley Anderson and Samantha Pederson won by 6-4, 6-2 scores to complete the 7-0 sweep. 

Perham/NYM – 7, Moorhead – 0

Singles

No. 1 – Kaia Anderson, Perham/NYM def. Madi Anderson, Moorhead, 6-1 , 6-1

No. 2 – Alayna Moe, Perham/NYM def. Lily Grafstrom, Moorhead, 6-1, 6-0 

No. 3 – Violet Radniecki, Perham/NYM def. Kylie Markuson, Moorhead, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 – Autumn Branchaud , Perham/NYM def. Lauren Palmer, Moorhead, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 – Morgan Smith, Perham/NYM – Aubry Zimmerman, Perham/NYM def. Olivia (Livvy) Dreessen, Moorhead – Ubin Kim, Moorhead, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Bella Huwe, Perham/NYM – Lucy Wallgren, Perham/NYM def. Wylie Nordin, Moorhead – Sammy Stage, Moorhead, 6-1, 6-2

No. 3 – Miley Anderson, Perham/NYM – Samantha Pederson, Perham/NYM def. Sophia Anderson, Moorhead – Leah Muehler, Moorhead, 6-4 , 6-2 

Thursday

The Yellowjackets came away with a pair of tough wins on Thursday night against East Grand Forks by a score of 5-2 and Crookston by a score of 4-3. 

In their match against East Grand Forks, Alayna Moe, Violet Radniecki and Autumn Branchaud won their singles matches in straight sets, while Morgan Smith and Aubry Zimmerman won at first doubles in straight sets. 

One of the most competitive matches of the day came at second doubles as Bella Huwe and Lucy Wallgren overcame a 6-3 first set loss to take the second set by a score of 6-2. In the third set Huwe and Wallgren narrowly picked up a 10-8 win to come away with the match by a score of 2-1. 

Against Crookston, the Yellowjackets won three of the singles matches, as well as a close third doubles match to come away with the 4-3 win.

Kaia Anderson won in straight sets at first singles 6-0, 6-3, while Alayna Moe won 6-2, 6-1 at second doubles. 

Violet Radniecki won at third singles by a core of 6-2, 6-0 to give the Yellowjackets wins in three of the four single matches.

The duo of Andie Janke and Dixie Dykhoff pulled out a thrilling win at third doubles as they dropped the first set 7-5, before storming back with a 6-1 win in the second set to force a tiebreak. They also secured a win in the third set by a score of 10-8 to give Perham/NY Mills the win. 

Perham/NYM – 5, East Grand Forks – 2

Singles

No. 1 – Ruby Leach, East Grand Forks def. Kaia Anderson, Perham/NYM, 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 – Alayna Moe, Perham/NYM def. Karlee Walsh, East Grand Forks, 6-2, 6-4

No. 3 – Violet Radniecki, Perham/NYM def. Aria Casavan, East Grand Forks, 6-2, 6-3 

No. 4 – Autumn Branchaud , Perham/NYM def. Emmy Robles, East Grand Forks, 7-5, 6-2 

Doubles

No. 1 – Morgan Smith, PERHAM/New York Mills CoOp (GIRLS) – Aubry Zimmerman , Perham/NYM def. Chloe Svendsen, East Grand Forks – Madi Wallace, East Grand Forks, 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 – Bella Huwe, Perham/NYM – Lucy Wallgren, Perham/NYM def. Morgan McDonald, East Grand Forks – Maya Pulkrabek, East Grand Forks, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8

No. 3 – Addisyn Spradlin, East Grand Forks – Adelie King, East 

Grand Forks def. Miley Anderson, Perham/NYM – Samantha Pederson, Perham/NYM, 6-2, 6-0

Perham/NYM – 5, East Grand Forks – 2

Singles

No. 1 – Ruby Leach, East Grand Forks def. Kaia Anderson, Perham/NYM, 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 – Alayna Moe, Perham/NYM def. Karlee Walsh, East Grand Forks, 6-2, 6-4

No. 3 – Violet Radniecki, Perham/NYM def. Aria Casavan, East Grand Forks, 6-2, 6-3

No. 4 – Autumn Branchaud , Perham/NYM def. Emmy Robles, East Grand Forks, 7-5, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 – Morgan Smith, Perham/NYM – Aubry Zimmerman, Perham/NYM def. Chloe Svendsen, East Grand Forks – Madi Wallace, East Grand Forks, 6-1, 6-2 , 

No. 2 – Bella Huwe, Perham/NYM – Lucy Wallgren, Perham/NYM def. Morgan McDonald, East Grand Forks – Maya Pulkrabek, East Grand Forks, 3-6 , 6-2, 10-8

No. 3 – Addisyn Spradlin, East Grand Forks – Adelie King, East Grand Forks def. Miley Anderson, Perham/NYM – Samantha Pederson, Perham/NYM, 6-2, 6-0