SIOUX FALLS – Aberdeen Roncalli won three matches in super-tiebreakers and the Cavaliers sit in the middle of the pack in team points following the opening day of the State A Tennis Tournament on Monday.
“For a young team still growing and developing, we had a great day,” said Roncalli coach Jason Haskell. “Looking forward to seeing how (Tuesday) will play out.”
Roncalli scored 136 points and are in sixth place among the 11 teams in the tourney.
The Cavaliers will have the majority of their players still competing when action resumes today.
Gannon May moved into the semifinals at top flight singles after a hard-fought 6-2, 3-6, (10-5) super breaker victory in the quarterfinals. May will face former Aberdeen Central standout Mitchell Hofer of Sioux Falls Christian in the semis.
Roncalli also received super-tiebreaker wins from Linus Johnson at flight three singles, and Ben Goebel at flight four singles.
The Cavaliers did go 1-4 in tiebreakers and also lost a super on the day.
“For four of our players this is the first state tournament they have played in,” Haskell said. “Tournament pressure is different and I felt like we responded well to that pressure.”
Milbank scored 105 points on the day.
The Bulldogs received a pair of wins from the second flight doubles team of Gregory Grabow and Alex Baugh before the duo fell in a close match to Rapid City Christian in the semifinals.
Team Points: Sioux Falls Christian 360, Rapid City Christian 328, St. Thomas More 266, Pierre 214, Huron 160, Aberdeen Roncalli 136, Lennox 135, Madison 115, Milbank 105, Vermillion 95, Spearfish 76.
ABERDEEN RONCALLI
SINGLES
First Flight
GANNON MAY: bye; def. Matthew Thin, Huron, 6-2, 3-6, (10-5).
Second Flight
EZRA FEICKERT: def. Lucas Green, Vermillion, 6-2, 6-1; lost to Cain Schaefers, Rapid City Christian, 6-2, 6-1.
Third Flight
LINUS JOHNSON: def. Noah Lueking, Pierre, 3-6, 6-3, (10-7); lost to Tysen Hovden, Vermillion, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0.
Fourth Flight
BEN GOEBEL: def. Hayden Fogelman, Vermillion, 6-2, 3-6, (11-9); lost to Elijah Lindgren, Sioux Falls Christian, 6-1, 6-1.
Fifth Flight
CALEB STOKS: def. Oliver Meyer, Madison, 6-1, 6-3; lost to Leyton Kenner, Rapid City Christian, 6-3, 6-1.
Sixth Flight
LIAM VOEHL: lost to Levi Poling, Spearfish, 6-4, 6-1; bye; lost to Cannon Hunsley, Madison, 8-7 (7-1).
DOUBLES
First Flight
GANNON MAY-WILL HASKELL: bye; lost to Hight-Leiferman, Pierre, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2; lost to Thin-Htoo, Huron, 8-7 (7-5).
Second Flight
EZRA FEICKERT-BEN GOEBEL: def. O’Bryan-Meyer, Spearfish, 6-1, 6-1; lost to Palmer-Selfridge, Rapid City Christian, 6-3, 3-6, (10-4); lost to Huxford-Huxford, St. Thomas More, 8-2.
Third Flight
CALEB STOKS-LIAM VOEHL: def. Meyer-Meyer, Madison, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); lost to Moo-Moo, Huron, 6-4, 6-3; lost to Foss-Poling, Spearfish, 8-1.
MILBANK
SINGLES
First Flight
CHARLES WHITESITT: def. Taiden Pierce, Madison, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; lost to Mitchell Hofer, Sioux Falls Christian, 6-0, 6-2.
Second Flight
GREGORY GRABOW: bye; lost to Jacob Leiferman, Pierre, 3-6, 6-2, (10-8).
Third Flight
WILL MUELLENBACH: def. Chase Lundquist, Lennox, 6-1, 6-2; lost to Jack Squier, Sioux Falls Christian, 6-1, 6-3.
Fourth Flight
ALEX BAUGH: def. Cameron Smith, Lennox, 6-0, 6-1; lost to Hudson Selfridge, Rapid City Christian, 6-1, 6-0.
Fifth Flight
DEVON MUELLER: lost to Evan Foss, Spearfish, 6-1, 6-3; bye; lost to Oliver Meyer, Madison, 9-8 (7-3).
Sixth Flight
JAMES NELSON: lost to Duncan Johnson, Lennox, 6-2, 6-2; bye, bye.
DOUBLES
First Flight
CHARLES WHITESITT-WILL MUELLENBACH: bye; lost to Levine-Levine, St. Thomas More, 7-6 (6-2), 6-0; lost to Plank-Sherard, Lennox, 8-6.
Second Flight
GREGORY GRABOW-ALEX BAUGH: def. Lundquist-Smith, Lennox, 6-1, 6-2; def. Huxford-Huxford, St. Thomas More, 6-2, 6-4; lost to Palmer-Selfridge, Rapid City Christian, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6).
Third Flight
LANDON APPL-DEVON MUELLER: lost to Holland-Johnson, Lennox, 6-3, 1-6, (10-3); bye; bye.
