By Robert Whitmire

SPASH tennis has placed second in the WIAA Sectional Tournament for a third consecutive year.

The Panthers entered the day trailing Eau Claire Memorial and Wausau East. In the end, SPASH surpassed East with stellar play at the sectional and fell short by 2 points to Eau Claire Memorial.

Sabrina Tang capped off her regular season with a 28-0 record and winning the sectional at the 1 singles flight, and advances to the individual state tournament. Allison Kleman finished in 4th place at the 4 singles flight.

The 1 doubles tandem of Lillie James/Taylor Konczal finished in 3rd place earning a trip to the individual state tournament while the No. 2 doubles tandem of Maggie Negaard Elizabeth /Wentzel won the No. 2 doubles flight and advance to the individual state tournament as well.

The No. 3 doubles tandem of Jenna Boeck/Anna Hlavac took 1st place, and more on to the state tourney after beating the Wausau East team that had beaten them in the previous two match-ups.

No. 2 singles Leah Olsen and No. 3 singles Allison Rust lost in sub-sectional play and were not competing at the sectional.

Singles
No. 1 — Sabrina Tang, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Sarah Altmann, 6-0, 6-0; No. 1 — Sabrina Tang, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Sierra Auleta, 6-2, 6-3; No. 1 — Sabrina Tang, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Natasha Bailey, 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 — Leah Blaskowski, EAST HIGH, def. Allison Kleman, 6-0, 6-2; No. 4 — Natalie Harvey, MEMORIAL HIGH, def. Allison Kleman, 6-4, 6-1;

Doubles
No. 1 — Taylor Konczal-Lillie James, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Sydnie Steinmetz-Anna Kent, 7-6 (3), 6-3; No. 1 — Lexi Hastings-Lindsey Johnson, MENOMONIE HIGH, def. Taylor Konczal-Lillie James, 6-2, 6-1; No. 1 — Taylor Konczal-Lillie James, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Emily Winzenz-Mary Obias, 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 — Elizabeth Wentzel-Maggie Negaard, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Quinn Lodholtz-Chloe Westberg, 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 — Maggie Negaard-Elizabeth Wentzel, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Chloe Jacobsen-Kendall Brewe, 7-5, 6-2; No. 3 — Anna Hlavac-Jenna Boeck, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Alison Fletcher-Lauren Carmody, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3; No. 3 — Anna Hlavac-Jenna Boeck, STEVENS POINT AREA SENIOR HIGH, def. Zoe Briguelet-Miller-Elizabeth Boulanger, 7-6 (2), 6-1.