Mayo will play for fourth straight girls state tennis championship today

Oct. 28—MINNEAPOLIS — The Mayo girls tennis team will play for a fourth straight Class 3A championship later today.

The Spartans, ranked No. 1 in the state and unbeaten against Minnesota competition, swallowed No. 4 seed Mounds View 7-0 in Wednesday morning’s semifinals at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center.

Mayo, now 20-1 overall, won every match but No. 1 doubles in straight sets. And in that one, the Spartans’ Eden Bendel and Annabelle Camp came away a 6-0, 1-6, 10-7 winner.

At 4 p.m. today, Mayo will play the winner of No. 2 seed Edina and No. 3 Minnetonka.

This is the 14th straight year at the state tournament for Mayo and the 29th in the last 30 years.

Mayo 7, Mounds View 0

Singles: Aoife Loftus (M) def. Reese Wahlstrand 6-0, 6-1; Malea Diehn (M) def. Audrey Halverson 6-0, 6-0; Eliana Elder (M) def. Lily Schulze 6-0, 6-0; Emily Lotus (M) def. Louisa Choi 6-2, 6-4. Doubles: Eden Bendel/Annabelle Camp (M) def. Stella Fagerlee/Saina Makin 6-0, 1-6, 10-7; Grace Pickering/Ella Brinkman (M) def. Sofia Kostinovski/Mikenna Peloquin 7-5, 6-4; Mia Zoghby/Diane Meunier (M) def. Sonam Bhaskar/Julia Choi 6-2, 6-0.