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WAUSAU – Nadeen Lieberman became the first freshman in the history of the Marshfield girls tennis program to qualify for the WIAA State Individual Girls Tennis Tournament at No. 1 singles by virtue of her third-place finish Wednesday at the WIAA Division 1 sectional at Wausau East High School.
Lieberman (16-8) defeated Kelsie Hines of Hudson 6-2, 6-2, before dropping her second match to Sydney Wolfe of Eau Claire Memorial.
Lieberman rebounded by beating Sara Wallace of Chippewa Falls 6-2, 6-2, in the third-place match.
The Tigers’ No. 3 doubles team of Olivia Haessly and Emily Seidel also placed third. The duo lost to Becca Schaefer and Maddie Carmody of Eau Claire Memorial before beating Shannon Peper and Emma Meisner of New Richmond 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the third-place match.
Haessly and Seidel end the season with a 16-9 record.
No. 3 teams do not qualify for the state meet.
Lieberman will play in the state tournament Oct. 11-13 at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison.
Eau Claire Memorial won the sectional team title with 50 points and advances to the WIAA State Team Girls Tennis Tournament in Madison on Oct. 19-20. Stevens Point was a distant second with 21 points.
WIAA Division 1 Girls Tennis Sectional
Oct. 3, at Wausau East
(* denotes automatic state qualifiers)
Team standings: *1. Eau Claire Memorial 50; 2. Stevens Point 21; 3. Hudson 20; 4. Wausau East 18; 5. Rhinelander 15; 6. Marshfield 12; 7. New Richmond 11; 8. Wisconsin Rapids, Merrill and Rice Lake 10; 11. D.C. Everest, Chippewa Falls and Menomonie 8; 14. Wausau West 6; 15. River Falls and Lakeland 4; 17. Eau Claire North 2; 18. Superior 0.
Singles
No. 1: *1. Gabi Mitchell (DC) 27-1; *2. Sydney Wolfe (ECM) 27-5; *3. Nadeen Lieberman (MAR) 16-8; *4. Sarah Wallace (CF) 20-7.; Asuka Matsuzaki (ECN) 9-11, Lyssa Messerli (RH) 16-8, Kelsie Hines (HUD) 18-11, and Kelli Miles (WE) 7-12 did not place.
No. 2: *1. Kate Tanawattanacharoen (ECM) 29-3; 2. Erin Lemmer (WE) 19-4; 3. Tessa Arendt (WR) 22-9; 4. Maggie Gibson (CF) 13-14.
No. 3: 1. Sarah Kohler (ECM) 28-6; 2. Annie DeBroux (MER) 5-2; 3. Jaide Barber (SP) 7-8; 4. Kayla Garcia (RF) 16-5.
No. 4: 1. Emma Pedersen (ECM) 31-2; 2. Elisa Broughton (HUD) 13-9; 3. Eva O’Melia (RH) 24-2; 4. Michaela Gunseor (WW) 14-6.
Doubles
No. 1: *1. Caroline Krolicki-Mallory Wanserski (WE) 25-1; *2. Lauren Delmastro-Mackenzie Cunningham (ECM) 22-9; *3. Kaycie Anderson-Mattie Kidder (NR) 10-1; *4. Bailey Knight-Alex Johnson (HUD) 23-8; Kara Komoto-Bailey Kleven (RL) 19-6, Jolene Ladewig-Morgan Wilde (MER) 16-5, Kelsie Pahl-Beth Ann Zenk (RH) 18-4, and Hannah Champion-Maddie Tosseth (RH) 4-4 did not place.
No. 2: *1. Sarah Israel-Britta Pressler (ECM) 26-5; 2. Sydney Squires-Julia Douglas (HUD) 26-5; 3. Kate Vruwink-Sarah Stauner (WR) 24-3; 4. Kauyer Lor-Allie McGreaham (SP) 13-9.
No. 3: 1. Zoe Hoche-Juliet Champion (SP) 11-0; 2. Becca Schaefer-Maddie Carmody (ECM) 25-8; 3. Olivia Haessly-Emily Seidel (MAR) 16-9; 4. Shannon Peper-Emma Meisner (NR) 21-9.