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WAUSAU – Marshfield had one runner-up finish and three others place third as it took third in the team standings at the 2024 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament on Friday at Wausau East High School.
D.C. Everest dethroned three-time defending champion Stevens Point to win the WVC championship, finishing in with four champions and 36 points. Stevens Point won the other three flights and finished second with 33 points, with Marshfield third at 17 points.
Aran Tripathi placed second at No. 4 singles for the Tigers, losing a three-set tiebreaker to Everest’s Marcus Heineck 6-7 (8), 7-5, 10-8.
Kai Rens (No. 1 singles), Antonio Koehn (No. 3 singles) and the No. 2 doubles team of Peter Tompkins and Rahul Dissenyake each lost semifinal matches before coming back to win their third-place matches for Marshfield.
Marshfield will compete at a WIAA Division 1 subsectional on Monday at Rhinelander.
2024 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament
May 17, at Wausau East High School
Team scores: 1. D.C. Everest 36; 2. Stevens Point 33; 3. Marshfield 17; 4. Wausau West 15; 5. Wausau East 9; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 2.
No. 1 Singles
Championship: Ted Kitchell (DC) def. Mitchell Thielman (SP), 6-1, 6-2.
Third place: Kai Rens (MAR) def. Andrew Lipowski (WW), 6-0, 6-1.
Fifth place: Aiden Chavez (WR).
No. 2 Singles
Championship: Tully Smith (SP) def. Calvin Gassall (DC), 7-5, 2-6, 10-6.
Third place: Micah Boismenue (WW) def. Will Jepson (MAR), 5-7, 6-0, 12-10.
Fifth place: Ivan Lawler (WE).
No. 3 Singles
Championship: Will Mathews (SP) def. Sean Fleming (DC), 3-6, 7-5, 10-6.
Third place: Antonio Koehn (MAR) def. Riley Stanchik (WW), 7-5, 6-0.
Fifth place: Carter Clements (WE) def. Samuel Cummins (WR), 6-1, 6-1.
No. 4 Singles
Championship: Marcus Heineck (DC) def. Aran Tripathi (MAR), 6-7 (8), 7-5, 10-8.
Third place: Reid Meuman (SP) def. Beckett Wieman (WW), 6-2, 6-0.
Fifth place: Tim Hughes (WE) def. Parker Rendmeister (WR), 6-0, 6-0.
No. 1 Doubles
Championship: Jacob Lutgen-Carson Slowinski (SP) def. Adam Swedlund-Jonah Vesper (DC), 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.
Third place: Andrew Franken-Sully Hanz (WE) def. Carson Kirsch-Breton Wayde (WW), 6-1, 7-6 (1).
Fifth place: James Baldwin-Carter Swen (WR) def. Henry Johnson-Ryan Grassman (MAR), 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.
No. 2 Doubles
Championship: Max Hoffman-Gavin Burress (DC) def. Wyatt Thielman-Will Bevers (SP), 7-6 (6), 7-5.
Third place: Peter Tompkins-Rahul Dissenyake (MAR) def. Chaz Weiss-Elliot Harding (WE), 6-4, 5-7, 10-5.
Fifth place: Eli Hackett-Ryan McCallum (WW).
No. 3 Doubles
Championship: Tim Waller-Hayden Gorski (DC) def. Sebastion Nelson-Drew Rust (SP), 6-4, 6-2.
Third place: Nathan Yang-Derek Emon (WW) def. Beckett Hall-Kevin Buth (MAR), 7-5, 6-4.
Fifth place: Matthias Clements-Julio Flores (WE).