VALLEY CITY N.D. (Submitted)- All ten EDC teams played in Fargo in the JV Regional Tournament which consists of 4 flights of singles and three flights of doubles. The results for only Valley City is below with the Hi-Liner tennis player(s) listed first.
Opening Round:
1S. Matthew Holm defeated Noah Johnson (SH) 8-5
2S. Jared Burk lost to Josh Beil (FD) 8-1
3S. Connor Liebersbach lost to Mike McGrath (FD) 8-1
4S. Ian King lost to Easton Netland (FD) 8-6
1D. Cole Haugen/Jon Koenig lost to Xavier Ames/Landon Picotte (FD) 8-2
2D. Adrian Rivera/Jack Nadeau defeated Christian Schuler/Theo Steinberger (W) 8-3
3D. Blayze Torbenson/Joey Sayler lost to Peyton Utke/Bennett Tollefson (WFS) 8-2
Quarterfinals:
1S. Matthew Holm lost to Daniel West (FD) 8-4
2D. Adrian Rivera/Jack Nadeau lost to Ian Shook/Levi Beiwer (FD) 8-0
Consolation Quarterfinals:
1S. Matthew Holm lost to Dhimant Mannuru (FN) 8-6
2S. Jared Burk lost to Indy Kuhn (FD) 8-2
3S. Connor Liebersbach lost to Elliott Sjurseth (SH) 8-2
4S. Ian King lost to Alex Busan (SH) 8-3
1D. Cole Haugen/Jon Koenig defeated Michael Sandin/Logan Castagna (SH) 8-5
2D. Adrian Rivera/Jack Nadeau lost to Tyden Passanante/Tryg Hammer (FD) 8-4
3D. Blayze Torbenson/Joey Sayler lost to Sam Sather/Andrew Johnson (GFC) 8-5
Consolation Semifinals:
1D. Cole Haugen/Jon Koenig defeated Liam Schreiber/Leo Yan (FN) 8-4
Consolation Championship:
1D Cole Haugen/Jon Koenig lost to Kevin Johnson/Nolan Snyder (SH) 8-5
Head Coach Matt Nielson shared his thoughts about his players performance during the tournament.
“Matthew is continuing to develop his groundstrokes and then putting points away at the net which led to a first round victory. Jack and Adrian have improved this season and it showed with a 8-4 opening match win.”
“Jared and Connor both played singles in the JV tourney after playing doubles together in the West Fargo invite. These two are both looking to make even bigger strides in their games before next season as they want to always be up with the varsity in 2024.”
“ole and Jon had a rough start in the opening round. Then, they moved better, made better decisions on the court, an upped their consistency in their next rounds leading to two wins and a spot in the consolation championship. We got down 1-5, but had a great come back to 5-6 by playing loose. At that point, we let the score enter our minds which is never a good thing in tennis and then dropped the final two games and the match. We will use as a great learning experience for the future so we continue to play loose no matter the point in a match.”