Wausau West wins three flights at Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Tennis Tournament, ties for overall title

Wausau Pilot & Review

WAUSAU – Wausau West won a pair of singles titles and also placed first at No. 1 doubles as it placed third at the 2024 Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Tennis Tournament on Thursday at Wausau East High School.

Combined with the points earned during the regular-season dual meets, West tied Wisconsin Rapids for the overall WVC championship. Wausau West won the outright title in 2023.

Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield tied for the team title at the tournament, with West third, D.C. Everest fifth and Wausau East sixth. East ended up fifth in the final overall standings with D.C. Everest sixth.

Mia Bailey took the No. 1 singles title and Lilly Wittwer won the No. 2 singles crown for the Warriors. West’s No. 1 doubles team of Mallory Smogoleski and Rachel Harder also won the conference championship for the Warriors as they defeated Lucy Luedtke and Isabel Krueger of Marshfield, 6-1, 6-2, in the finals.

Elizabeth Chan placed third at No. 3 singles for Wausau East’s top finish.

All three of D.C. Everest’s doubles teams placed third – Qiarie Burns and Emily Ringwelski at No. 1, Izabel Lezcano and Kali Rutta at No. 2, and Brynn Kampmann and Sheila Lee at No. 3.

Wausau East, Wausau West and D.C. Everest will all compete at a WIAA Division 1 subsectional on Monday at Rhinelander. The sectional meet is Wednesday at the Menard Tennis Center in Eau Claire.

2024 Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Tennis Tournament

Oct. 3, at Wausau East High School

Team scores:

1. Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield 29; 3. Wausau West 27; 4. Stevens Point 15; 5. D.C. Everest 12; 6. Wausau East 10; 7. Merrill 4.

Final overall team standings (including dual meet scores): 1. Wisconsin Rapids and Wausau West 95; 3. Marshfield 85; 4. Stevens Point 71; 5. Wausau East 34; 6. D.C. Everest 30; 7. Merrill 10.

No. 1 Singles

Championship: Mia Bailey (WW) def. Hayley Jensen (WR), 6-2, 6-1.

Third place: Abbey Olson (WE) def. Lily Meeks (SP), 6-3, 6-2.

Fifth place: Lillian Griesbach (MAR) def. Emily Frahm (MER), 6-2, 6-3.

No. 2 Singles

Championship: Lilly Wittwer (WW) def. Abbey Gust (WR), 6-0, 6-1.

Third place: Mali Palmer (SP) def. Talia Schlindwein (WE), 6-4, 6-1.

Fifth place: Brooklyn Costa (DC) def. Maddie Kundinger (MAR), 6-2, 6-2.

No. 3 Singles

Championship: Sydney Holberg (WR) def. Talia Soskos (MAR), 6-0, 6-1.

Third place: Elizabeth Chan (WE) def. Emily Lucht (WW), 7-5, 6-3.

Fifth place: Kayla Peterman (SP) def. Claire Hintz (MER), 6-0, 6-1.

No. 4 Singles

Championship: Halle Rachu (MAR) def. Layla Wesolek (WR), 6-3, 5-7, 10-5.

Third place: Carmen Ghidorzi (WW) def. Kelsie Kerchefski (SP), 6-4, 6-1.

Fifth place: Holly Hahn (DC) def. Greta Peterson (MER), 7-5, 7-5.

No. 1 Doubles

Championship: Mallory Smogoleski-Rachel Harder (WW) def. Lucy Luedtke-Isabel Krueger (MAR) 6-1, 6-2.

Third place: Jenna Wentland-Julia Krueger (WR) def. Elizabeth Fish-Emma Ekstrand (SP), 7-5, 6-4.

Fifth place: Qiarie Burns- Emily Ringwelski (DC) def. Sarah Rell-Jenna Malluege (MER), 6-0, 6-4.

No. 2 Doubles

Championship: Audrey Luedtke-Aubrey Layton (MAR) def. Annabelle Ross-Sierra Dillingham (WR), 6-2, 6-4.

Third place: Izabel Lezcano- Kali Rutta (DC) def. KayBri Marchel-Haley Champeau (SP), 6-2, 6-4.

Fifth place: Stella Olson-Layne Fuller (WW) def. Naomi Potter-Scout Sweeney (WE), 6-1, 6-1.

No. 3 Doubles

Championship: 1. Madeline Kloos-Sophia Rosandich (MAR) def. Alison Stultz-Stella Kuhn (WR), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-8.

Third place: Brynn Kampmann-Sheila Lee (DC) def. Isabel Feist-Lily Harger (SP), 6-3, 6-1.

Fifth place: Jerzy Haubert-Sophie Seubert (WW) def. Taryn Throm-Alaina Baken (WE), 6-1, 6-2.