The Park Rapids girls tennis team closed out the regular season with a 7-12 overall record after dropping a pair of dual meets at Crookston last Saturday.
The Panthers opened with a 5-2 loss to Crookston and followed with a 4-3 loss to Roseau in the regular-season finale.
Amy Luther and Holly Roepke won a close match at No. 1 doubles while Jodi Ryan and Mindy Lawrence prevailed in a third-set tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles to account for the Panthers' two wins against Crookston.
Against Roseau, Allison Lempola won in straight sets at No. 4 singles, Luther and Megan Lawrence coasted to a victory at No. 1 doubles, and Danielle Kent and Kelsey Lempola rolled to a straight-set win at No. 3 doubles as the Panthers suffered their fifth 4-3 loss of the season.
Park Rapids will host the South Subsection 8A team tournament Monday beginning at 1 p.m. with No. 3 Park Rapids playing No. 2 Wadena-Deer Creek at the Century School courts and No. 1 Staples-Motley playing either No. 4 Perham or No. 5 New York Mills at the Depot Courts in the two semifinal matches. The subsection title match will follow at 3 p.m. at the Depot Courts. The subsection champion will advance to the Section 8A title match Oct. 18 at Sartell.
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Park Rapids will also host the South Subsection individual tournament next Thursday starting at 11 a.m. The top-four finishers in singles and doubles advance to the Section 8A meet Oct. 19 at Sartell.
Crookston 5, Park Rapids 2
No. 1 singles: Molly Simmons, C, over Jena Pike 6-2, 6-2.
No. 2 singles: Brittney Morris, C, over Megan Lawrence 6-0, 6-2.
No. 3 singles: Kayla Engebretson, C, over Mary Kading 6-1, 6-0.
No. 4 singles: Hayley Myrold, C, over Danielle Kent 6-0, 6-0.
No. 1 doubles: Amy Luther/Holly Roepke, PR, over Andrea Lariviere/Rachel Buchmeier 7-5, 6-4.
No. 2 doubles: Alisyn Buchmeier/Sarah Cooley, C, over Kelsey Lempola/Alyssa Klingenberg 6-2, 6-1.
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No. 3 doubles: Jodi Ryan/Mindy Lawrence, PR, over Laura Proulx/Sarah DeRosier 3-6, 6-3, 7-4.
Roseau 4, Park Rapids 3
No. 1 singles: Abby Ness, R, over Jena Pike 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 singles: Jessie Johnson, R, over Holly Roepke 6-2, 6-0.
No. 3 singles: Kiah Gumeringer, R, over Alyssa Klingenberg 6-2, 6-0.
No. 4 singles: Allison Lempola, PR, over Kirsten Didrikson 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.
No. 1 doubles: Amy Luther/Megan Lawrence, PR, over Carissa Erickson/Amy Olson 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles: Dani Janzen/Brenna Janzen, R, over Jodi Ryan/Mindy Lawrence 6-4, 6-4.
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No. 3 doubles: Danielle Kent/Kelsey Lempola, PR, over Tiffany Wolff/Emily Nelson 6-3, 6-2.
Panthers go 1-2 at TRF
Ryan and Mindy Lawrence won all three of their matches at No. 3 doubles as the Panthers went 1-2 at a quadrangular meet at Thief River Falls last Thursday.
The Panthers defeated East Grand Forks 6-1, lost to Roseau 4-3 and dropped a 5-2 decision to Thief River Falls.
Park Rapids volleyed past East Grand Forks behind straight-set doubles wins by Luther and Roepke at the No. 1 spot, Kelsey Lempola and Alyssa Klingenberg at the No. 2 position, and Ryan and Mindy Lawrence at the No. 3 spot. Megan Lawrence at the No. 2 spot, Mary Kading at the No. 3 spot and Julia Kujawa at the No. 4 spot added wins in singles.
Roseau escaped with a 4-3 win by sweeping the singles matches. The Luther/Roepke, Kelsey Lempola/Klingenberg and Ryan/Mindy Lawrence doubles teams all won in straight sets.
Kading's straight-set win at No. 3 singles and a tiebreaker victory by Ryan and Mindy Lawrence at No. 3 doubles led the Panthers against Thief River Falls.
Park Rapids 6, E. Grand Forks 1
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No. 1 singles: Alivia Holkesvig, EGF, over Jena Pike 6-4, 6-4.
No. 2 singles: Megan Lawrence, PR, over Kerianne Trudel 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3 singles: Mary Kading, PR, over Chelsea Routier 6-1, 6-3.
No. 4 singles: Julia Kujawa, PR, over Andrea Dickman 7-5, 6-7, 9-7.
No. 1 doubles: Amy Luther/Holly Roepke, PR, over Courtney Jones/McKenna Jones 6-0, 6-4.
No. 2 doubles: Kelsey Lempola/Alyssa Klingenberg, PR, over Abby Senger/Brittney Greenwood 6-3, 6-3.
No. 3 doubles: Jodi Ryan/Mindy Lawrence, PR, over Bailey Mankie/Paige Jensen 6-2, 6-0.
Roseau 4, Park Rapids 3
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No. 1 singles: Abby Ness, R, over Jena Pike 6-0, 6-3.
No. 2 singles: Jessie Johnson, R, over Megan Lawrence 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).
No. 3 singles: Carissa Erickson, R, over Mary Kading 6-2, 6-2.
No. 4 singles: Amy Olson, R, over Danielle Kent 6-2, 6-1.
No. 1 doubles: Amy Luther/Holly Roepke, PR, over Dani Janzen/Brenna Janzen 6-4, 6-0.
No. 2 doubles: Kelsey Lempola/Alyssa Klingenberg, PR, over Kiah Gumeringer/Kristin Didrikson 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.
No. 3 doubles: Jodi Ryan/Mindy Lawrence, PR, over Katie Olson/Amanda Monkman 6-2, 6-3.
TRF 5, Park Rapids 2
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No. 1 singles: Kassi Sparby, TRF, over Jena Pike 6-1, 6-4.
No. 2 singles: Carli Sandahl, TRF, over Megan Lawrence 6-1, 6-2.
No. 3 singles: Mary Kading, PR, over Kristine Sletten 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
No. 4 singles: Cheyenne Horien, TRF, over Danielle Kent 6-1, 6-0.
No. 1 doubles: Sarah Larson/Amanda Hoard, TRF, over Amy Luther/Holly Roepke 6-1, 6-4.
No. 2 doubles: Kelly Hanson/Mauri Gonsorowski, TRF, over Kelsey Lempola/Alyssa Klingenberg 6-3, 6-2.
No. 3 doubles: Jodi Ryan/Mindy Lawrence, PR, over Chelsea Daley/Laura Heschze 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
