One singles player and a doubles duo will represent Spirit Lake-Okoboji at the Class 1A Girls State Tennis Championships. The combination of KJ Veldman and Rachael Westergard went undefeated through the doubles bracket to earn a regional title Thursday in Spencer. Veldman/Westergard defeated Denison-Schleswig’s No. 1 doubles pairing of Rachael Ingram and Cassidy Ipsen (6-3, 6-0) to cap their state qualifying performance. Joining them will be Hannah Coenen, who earned her trip to state by finishing runner-up in the singles competition. Coenen entered as the number three seed and made it to the championship match, where she lost to Bishop Heelan’s Cassie Stanek (7-6, 6-2). The girls state meet is May 31-June 1 in Waterloo.
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Amanda Bueltel also competed in the singles portion, but lost her first match to the number one seed. In the doubles, Olivia Rohlk and Margaret Delaney dropped their first match, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 to the Denison-Schleswig duo of Ingram/Ipsen.
Veldman/Westergard
Rd. 1: won 6-0, 6-0
Rd. 2: def. Denison-Schleswig #2, 6-2, 6-0
Semifinals: def. Cherokee #1, 6-1, 6-0
Finals: def. Denison-Schleswig #1, 6-3, 6-0
Coenen
Rd. 1: won 6-1, 6-2
Rd. 2: won 6-2, 6-2
Semifinals: won 6-4, 6-1
Finals: lost 7-6, 2-6
