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By Alvin Yuan The Lady Wasps tennis team had their region tournament this past weekend. They went into the tournament with a 17-0 undefeated season and continued to show their brilliance by winning region. In first singles, Emmy Lovell won her round 1 game against Manti 6-2, 6-2, then finished her semi-final round against North Sanpete 6-2, 6-3, and won the finals against Richfield 6-0, 7-5, placing first in the region. In second singles, Hannah Echols played her 1st game against Manti, winning 6-1, 6-1, moving on to beating Emery in the semi-finals, 6-3, 6-0, but unfortunately lost to North Sanpete 3-6, 3-6 after a back and forth battle, placing second in second singles. In third singles, Leah Thorn defeated Manti 6-0, 6-1, then beat North Sanpete 6-1, 7-6(7-4), and won the finals against Richfield with a steadfast 6-4, 6-2, placing first in third singles. Marietta Flake had a play-in match against the 3rd singles player from Carbon and won 6-2, 6-0. She will also be playing at state. In first doubles, Flake and Lily Fechner beat Delta 6-0, 6-1, then continued to the semi-finals against Emery which they won with a score of 6-3, 6-0. In the finals, Juab couldn’t shift the momentum over to their side and was defeated by the Hawks 2-6, 3-6, placing second. In second doubles, Averee Hatifeld and Emmy Fechner won against Delta 6-1, 6-0, proceeding to winning the semi-finals against Carbon 6-2, 6-0, and gave a valiant effort against North Sanpete in the finals, but lost 1-6, 5-7. In third doubles Nataya Day and Hannah Rock took a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Canyon View, then beat Carbon 6-1, 6-2, and won the finals against North Sanpete with a tough split set score of 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, placing first. This weekend, the Lady Wasps will compete at the state tournament at Liberty Park.
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