The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team lost to the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks 5-2 and were shutout in a 7-0 loss to the Bemidji Lumberjacks in a triangular played at the Gillette Wellness Center on the Bemidji State campus.
CROOKSTON VS GRAND RAPIDS
Crookston’s Reggie Winjum had a solid start to the season with an impressive 6-3, 6-2 victory to get one of the two Pirate victories in the match.
The other win came at second doubles with Colton Osborn and Alex Zammert winning the first set 6-2. They lost the second set before bouncing back to win an exciting third set tie-breaker 11-9 to get the victory.
The first double team of Jack Everett and Hudson Rick lost a heartbreaking three-set match. The duo lost the first set 6-2 before winning the second set 7-6. In the third set tie-breaker, Grand Rapids won 11-9.
Grant Funk lost a 6-4, 6-4 battle at second singles and Sam Widseth lost a hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 match at fourth singles.
| Crookston-2 | Grand Rapids-5 | Win | Score | |
| 1st Singles | Reggie Winjum | Grady Giffen | Crox | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2nd | Grant Funk | Ben Schroeder | GR | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 3rd | Gunner Groven | Jax Colter | GR | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4th | Sam Widseth | Ian Brekke | GR | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1st Doubles | Jack Everett Hudson Rick |
Cooper Lonson Owen Kastendick |
GR | 6-2, 6-7, 11-9 |
| 2nd | Colton Osborn Alex Zammert |
Anders Morque Jack Sonder |
Crox | 6-2, 2-6, 11-9 |
| 3rd | Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson |
Ethan Gugisberg Elliot Spahn |
GR | 6-1, 6-2 |
CROOKSTON VS BEMIDJI
The Bemidji Lumberjacks beat Crookston 7-0. Bemidji won the first four matches. Grant Funk lost a close match at second singles in a 6-4, 7-5 loss. At third singles, Gunner Groven had the closest match of the dual. He lost the first set he lost 6-2 and bounced back to win the second set 6-4. The third set tie-breaker was exciting, but Groven came up short in a hard-fought loss, 10-8.
Once the fourth match was won by Bemidji, The final three matches only played one set up to eight and the Lumberjacks won all three to win the match 7-0.
Crookston starts the season 0-2 and will travel to East Grand Forks on Wednesday and will play Fergus Falls and East Grand Forks in a triangular. Bemidji improves to 2-0 on the year.
| Crookston-0 | Bemidji-7 | Win | Score | |
| 1st Singles | Reggie Winjum | Owen Lappinga | Bem | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 2nd | Grant Funk | Brooks Johnson | Bem | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 3rd | Gunner Groven | Josh | Bem | 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 |
| 4th | Sam Widseth | Blake | Bem | 8-2 |
| 1st Doubles | Jack Everett Hudson Rick |
Jack McNallan Peter Matthews |
Bem | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 2nd | Colton Osborn Alex Zammert |
Chase Fairchild Max Louvar |
Bem | 8-2 |
| 3rd | Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson |
Bem | 8-5 |
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