Mayo romps in girls tennis state quarterfinals

Oct. 27—MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 1 ranked and three-time defending state champion Mayo girls tennis team put on a dominating display in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state tournament Tuesday morning at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center.

Mayo, now 19-1, won all of its singles matches against Stillwater 6-0, 6-0. It also won two of its three doubles matches that way, 6-0, 6-0.

Aoife Loftus, Malea Diehn, Eliana Elder and Emily Loftus won at the four singles positions for the Spartans. The No. 1 doubles team of Grace Pickering and Diane Meunier, and the No. 3 doubles team of Mia Zoghby and Ella Brinkman both won without dropping a game. Eden Bandel and Annabelle Camp won in nearly as convincing fashion at No. 2 doubles, beating Makayla VonWald and Nathalie Schultz 6-0, 6-1.

The Spartans will next take on No. 4 seed Mounds View in the state semifinals at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center. Mounds View beat No. 5 seed Forest lake 4-3 in another quarterfinal dual.

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

Mayo 7, Stillwater 0

Singles: Aoife Loftus (M) def. Emerson Donnohue 6-0, 6-0; Malea Diehn (M) de. Evely Whie 6-0 6-0; Eliana Elder (M) def. Jayna lockhart 6-0, 6-0 ; Emily Loftus (M) def. Olivia Edstrom 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Grace Pickering/Diane Meunier (M) def. Sienna Granquist/Mariah Krueger 6-0, 6-0; Eden Bendel/Annabelle Camp (M) def. Makayla Von Wald/Nathalie Schultz 6-0, 6-1; Mia Zoghby/Ella Brinkman (M) def. Lily Nelson/Sophie Shadwick 6-0, 6-0.