Mayo girls plow back into today’s state tennis final

Oct. 22—MINNEAPOLIS — Rochester Mayo has made it safely back into the state Class 3A girls tennis final where it will face the winner of No. 2 seed Edina and No. 3 Minnetonka.

The No. 1 seeded Spartans are the two-time defending state Class 3A state champions and are favored to make it a third time as titlists.

Mayo got there by beating Mounds View 4-3 on Wednesday morning at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center. Mayo swept the four singles spots with ease, while Mounds View won at all three doubles positions.

Mayo takes a 24-0 record into the state final, which will be at 4 p.m. at Baseline Tennis Center. Mayo is 75-0 over the past three seasons.

The other semifinal, which pairs No. 2 Edina with No. 3 Minnetonka, begins at 10 a.m. this morning.

SEMIFINALS

Mayo 4, Mounds View 3

Singles: Malea Diehn (Mayo) def. Rory Wahlstrand 6-0, 6-0; Aoife Loftus (Mayo) def. Julia Choi 6-0, 6-0; Ana Medina (Mayo) def. Chloe Tilstra 6-0, 6-0; Eliana Elder (Mayo) def. Noelle Roncari 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: Reese Wahlstrand/Sofia Kostinovski (MV) def. Grace Pickering/Ella Brinkman 6-3, 6-1; Stella Fagerlee/Saina Makin (MV) def. Isla Huebner/Emily Lofotus 6-1, 6-1; Sonam Bhaskar/Mikenna Peloquin (MV) def. Eden Bendel/Annabelle Camp 6-3, 6-3.