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MARSHFIELD – Eau Claire Memorial swept all seven flights and claimed the team title at the WIAA Division 1 boys tennis sectional at Boson Courts on Wednesday.
Memorial won all seven individual sectional titles and moves on to the WIAA State Team Boys Tennis Tournament in Madison on June 8-9.
Marshfield, which had all seven of its players qualify for sectionals, saw its season come to an end as it won only three matches on Wednesday. The Tigers ended up third in the team standings behind Memorial and Hudson.
Marshfield’s Jack Haessly beat Jack Schulte of Hudson in the No. 3 singles semifinals before losing to Kyle Wogahn of Eau Claire Memorial in the finals and the Tigers’ senior finishes his season with a 15-6 record.
The Tigers’ No. 3 doubles team of Tanner Hayes and Zach Ott also placed second ending their season at 12-1. The duo of juniors beat Jake Schreffler and Sam Duchow of Hudson in the semifinals but lost to Colin Loshaw and Austin Auleta of Memorial (22-1) in the finals, suffering their first loss of the season.
Jacob Limmex picked up the other win for Marshfield. Limmex, a freshman, lost his semifinal match at No. 4 singles before beating Cameron Kissinger of D.C. Everest in the third-place match to wrap up his first varsity season with a 10-3 record.
The top four at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, and the winners at No. 2 singles and doubles qualify for the WIAA State Boys Tennis Individual Tournament on May 31-June 2 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.
Sixteen extra qualifiers at No. 1 singles and doubles will be added to the field and likely will be announced Thursday.
WIAA Division 1 Boys Tennis Sectional
May 23, at Marshfield
*State tournament qualifiers
Team standings: 1. *Eau Claire Memorial 56; 2. Hudson 36; 3. Marshfield 30; 4. Stevens Point 20; 5. Wausau East 13; 6. Wausau West and Eau Claire North 10; 8. River Falls, New Richmond and Rhinelander 8; 11. D.C. Everest and Chippewa Falls 6; 13. Osceola/Somerset, Menomonie and Wisconsin Rapids 2; 16. Superior 0.
Individual results
No. 1 singles: 1. *Matt Delmastro (ECM); 2. *Max Hawksford (HUD); 3. *Bradley Luetschwager (SP); 4. *Nick Bradish (NR); Lost first match: Jacob Twardowski (MAR), Conrad Felten (WE), Elliott O’Melia (RH) and Max Devine (ECN).
No. 2 singles: 1. *Christian Phelps (ECM); 2. Ben Rodenkirch (SP); 3. Jason Stone (MAR); 4. Cal Johnson (HUD).
No. 3 singles: 1. Kyle Woghan (ECM); 2. Jack Haessly (MAR); 3. Jack Schulte (HUD); 4. Noah Hummel-Hall (SP).
No. 4 singles: 1. Matt Lindsay (ECM); 2. Max Cherrier (HUD); 3. Jacob Limmex (MAR); 4. Cameron Kissinger (DC).
No. 1 doubles: 1. *Drew Schaefer-Peter Retzepis (ECM); 2. *Jeff Dahl-Griffin Robertson (HUD); 3. *Tyler Hansen-Ryan Wessell (SP); 4. *Ben Lahren-Nick Snoeyenbos (WW); Lost first match: Bryce Gadke-Dan Bargender (MAR), Brent Bundgaard-Asher Elmquist (OS), Andy Plautz-Justin Strom (WE), Matt Nicol-Kevin Curtin (ECN).
No. 2 doubles: 1. *T.J. Jungbluth-Alex Rentzepis (ECM); 2. Tony Shepherd-Josh Zahl (WW); 3. Kody Owens-Ben Klundt (HUD); 4. Kohl Van Oudenhoven-Quinn VanOudenhoven (MAR).
No. 3 doubles: 1. Colin Loshaw-Austin Auleta (ECM); 2. Tanner Hayes-Zach Ott (MAR); 3. Jake Klug-Brady Becker (WE); 4. Jack Schreffler-Sam Duchow (HUD).