Tennis season comes to a close
The 2017 season officially came to a close for the Glencoe-Silver Lake girls’ tennis team in the opening round of individual play in the Section 2A Tournament at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 12.
None of the Panthers competing in the tournament made it out of the first round in either the singles or doubles competitions.
Justine Helmbrecht, seeded fifth in the singles bracket, fell to a rally by St. Peter’s Caitline Salfer (6-7 (7-5), 6-0, 6-4). Kaitie Doolittle lost 6-2, 6-1 to seventh-seeded Gretchen Dwyer of LeSueur-Henderson.
In doubles play, the duo of Allie Harpel/Grace Draeger fell in a play-in match, as did Mackenzie Davis/Lilly Schmitt.
As a team, the Panthers had previously bowed out of the sectional tournament in a 7-0 loss at Jordan on Thursday, Oct. 5.