Tigers’ Gadke-Schultz lose first No. 1 doubles match

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STEVENS POINT — Marshfield’s No. 1 doubles team of freshman Hanah Gadke and senior Ashley Schultz lost its first match at the WIAA Division 1 girls tennis sectional and was eliminated from postseason play on Tuesday at Stevens Point Area Senior High.

Gadke and Schultz finish the season with a 6-7 record. They were the only representatives for Marshfield at the sectional. Match scores were not reported.

Eau Claire Memorial and Stevens Point each had three individual champions, and the Old Abes edged SPASH to win the team title and move on to the WIAA State Team Tennis Tournament in Madison on Oct. 21-22.

The top two finishers in No. 1 singles and doubles and winners of the No. 2 singles and doubles flights move on to the WIAA State Individual Tennis Tournament in Madison on Oct. 13-15.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

WIAA Division 1 Girls Tennis Sectional

Oct. 4, at Stevens Point

Team scores: 1. Eau Claire Memorial 48; 2. Stevens Point 45; 3. Menomonie 23, 4. Wausau East 18; 5. Hudson 15; 6. Wausau West 13; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 12; 8. Rhinelander 11; 9. New Richmond 10; 10. Eau Claire North 8; 11. River Falls and Marshfield 4; 13. Merrill and Chippewa Falls 2; 15. D.C. Everest and Superior 0.