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MERRILL – The Marshfield girls tennis team dropped a tight match 4-3 to Merrill on Tuesday at Merrill High School.
Marshfield won a pair of singles matches but only managed one win in doubles to lose the close Wisconsin Valley Conference match.
Sydney Newmier won 7-6 (5), 6-4, at No. 2 singles and Sonia Dissanayaka earned a 6-3, 6-2, win at No. 3 singles for Marshfield.
The Tigers’ lone doubles win came from the No. 3 team of Loryn Jakobi and Izabel Paape, who won 6-0, 6-3.
Marshfield (1-1) hosts D.C. Everest on Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Boson Tennis Complex.
Merrill 4, Marshfield 3
Singles: 1. Alexandra Johnson (MER) def. Brooklyn Dillinger, 6-2, 6-0; 2. Sydney Newmier (MAR) def. Audrey Ladewig, 7-6 (5), 6-4; 3. Sonia Dissanayaka (MAR) def. Angela Hinner, 6-3, 6-2; 4. Erin Murray (MER) def. Sandra Costa, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: 1. Amelia Skoviera-Tessa Wheat (MER) def. Nicole Specht-Haley Sternitzky, 6-1, 6-1; 2. Autumn Reissmann-Lauren Cohrs (MER) def. Abigail Forst-Emma Tucker, 6-3, 6-1; 3. Loryn Jakobi-Izabel Paape (MAR) def. Zoey Dreikosen-Kendra Petrowski, 6-0, 6-3.
Records: Marshfield 1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Merrill 1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.