Girls tennis: Benson/KMS, YME, Montevideo players are alive in Section 3A

Oct. 19—SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Three area doubles teams and two singles players remain alive following Day 1 of the Section 3A individual girls tennis tournament Monday at Huether Family Match Pointe.Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg's Tara Beyer and Emily McGinty and Ava Oakes and Hazel Habben and Montevideo's Emma Johnson and Becca Golden are in the semifinals. So are Yellow Medicine East's Brianna Nelson and the Thunder Hawks' Emily Koosmann.Day 2 resumes at 8 a.m. Tuesday at Huether Family Match Pointe.Beyer and McGinty won both of their matches and were the favorites. They are seeded second and opened with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against 15th-seeded Karly Bratsch and Jana Reed of MACCRAY. Beyer and McGinty then earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over seventh-seeded Kamryn Bjerkeset and Valeria Turcios of Montevideo.Beyer and McGinty next play 14th-seeded Samantha Konz and Leah Schei of Morris/Chokio-Alberta/West Central Area, which is the Section 3A champion.Habben and Oakes are in contention after they won two matches. They are the fourth seed and opened with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against 13th-seeded Iva Witte and Anna Austin of Pipestone. Habben and Oakes then secured a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win over 12th-seeded Carley Redepenning and Kyla Smith of Yellow Medicine East.Habben and Oakes next play top-seeded Emma Johnson and Becca Golden of Montevideo. Johnson and Golden opened with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against 16th-seeded Olivia Ver Steeg and Allyssa Evers of Luverne. They then won 6-4, 6-2 against ninth-seeded Camryn Olesen and Reese Koosman of Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd.Nelson, who is seeded second, has yet to lose a game and next faces sixth-seeded Lauren Sweep of MACA/WCA. She opened with a sweep of 15th-seeded Ireland Draper of Pipestone and swept 10th-seeded Kinsley Trump of Benson.Koosmann, who is seeded fifth, next plays top-seeded Lydia Sweep of MACA/WCA. She swept 12th-seeded Aidyn Bonn of LQPV/D-B and beat 13th-seeded Ella Lysen of Benson 6-0, 6-4.