D-NH closes the door on Viking netter’s season

By Becky Walz,

Leah Holland served up a win at No. 6 singles Tuesday in Decorah’s team regional final. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

The season came to an end for the Decorah girls tennis team in a tight match against Dike-New Hartford Tuesday on the Luther College courts, 5-4.
After singles, the match score was tied 3-3. First to score a team point for the Vikings was Leah Holland, who defeated Kiersten Christiansen, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. The second Viking victory came at No. 1 singles where Evon Leitz battled from behind in both sets to come back and win both, the first 7-5, and the second in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3) over Aida Tott. The final singles victory came from Olivia Huinker at No. 2 singles. Down 1-4 in the first set, Huinker had a tremendous comeback and ended up winning the first set in a tiebreak 7-6 (7-2) and the second set 6-3 over Izzy Norton.
Camryn Holland, Kaitlyn Bjork, and Jaidyn Duvel fell to their opponents. At No. 3 singles, C. Holland score landed at 6-3, 1-6, (6-10), at No. 4 singles, Bjork settled at 1-6, 4-6, and at No. 5 singles, Duvel fell 2-6, 4-6.
In doubles, the No. 3 duo of Duvel and L. Holland got off to a quick lead that they refused to give up; the pair dominated Indee Grassley and Christiansen, 6-0, 6-2. At No. 2 doubles, Bjork and Klaara Short fell to Claire McCumber and Addy Joslin, 1-6, 3-6, making the team score 4-4. At No. 1 singles, Leitz and Huinker, who had lost their first set 4-6, battled to win their second 7-5 before falling in an intense match tiebreaker 8-10 to Tott and Norton.
“It’s never easy to see a season come to an end,” said Coach Huinker. “This group of girls was a joy to coach and grew tremendously throughout the season. Evon was a fantastic role model and leader for our younger and less-experienced players this season – we will miss her next year! The rest of our team will return, and this means we will begin next season where we left off this one, and that will be a great place to begin.”

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