State tennis: Hill-Murray tandem wins doubles title
Class 2A
Unseeded entering the week, the doubles duo of Sedona Stumpf and Brooke Gabel ran the table through an upset-filled bracket in Bloomington to win the Class 2A crown.
Stumpf and Gabel dropped the opening set of the title bout to Holy Angels’ Josie Brown and Katie Jung 4-6, but rallied to win the final two sets 6-1, 6-0.
Holy Angels’ Elizabeth Payne won the singles title via a thrilling victory in the final, where she edged Mankato East’s Sam Williams in a third-set tiebreaker.
Class 3A
Mounds View sisters Rory and Reese Wahlstrand reached the finals in their attempt to defend their state doubles title, but fell 6-1, 6-0 to Edina’s Raya Hou and Lauryn Schenk in the championship match Friday at Baseline Tennis Center.
Rochester Mayo’s Aoife Loftus defeated her teammate, Malea Diehn, 6-1, 6-3 to win the singles title. Loftus upset top-seeded Cassandra Li of Eagan in the semifinals in three sets.
Class A
Minnehaha Academy’s Chloe Alley defended her singles title with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Leah Maddock of Osakis, while Breck’s Addie Berman and Abbey Perry won the doubles title in straight sets over Litchfield’s Isla Dille and Molly Patten.
