Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis beats Fergus Falls, taking on EGF

The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team beat the Fergus Falls Otters 7-0 and are now taking on the East Grand Forks Green Wave at the EGF Triangular played at the EGF Senior High tennis courts.

CROOKSTON VS FERGUS FALLS
Crookston came out strong and dominated all seven matches as they shut out the Fergus Falls Otters 7-0 to earn their first victory of the season.
Reggie Winjum shut down his opponent at first singles for a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Grant Funk won a good battle at second singles with a hard-fought 6-3 victory in the first set and won the second set 6-2. Gunner Groven continued to the Pirtate dominance at third singles with a solid 6-2, 6-1 victory. At fourth singles, Sam Widseth had a great match while cruising to a 6-2 victory in the first set and he won the second set with ease winning 6-0 to complete the singles sweep.
The first doubles team of Jack Everett and Hudson Rick kept the dominant Pirate performance going as they won the first doubles match 6-1, and won the second set 6-2. The second doubles team of Colton Osborn and Alex Zammert shut out their opponent in the first set 6-0, and won the second set 6-1. The third doubles team of Jacob Halvorson and Sawyer Anderson shut out their opponents with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to give the Pirates a 7-0 team victory.

	Crookston-7	Fergus Falls-0	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Tyler Harthun	Crox	6-0, 6-0
2nd	Grant Funk	Clayton Pappel	Crox	6-3, 6-2
3rd	Gunner Groven	Dane Hare	Crox	6-2, 6-1
4th	Sam Widseth	Sully Rufer	Crox	6-2, 6-0
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Ben Koch Will Vaughn	Crox	6-1, 6-2
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Cohen Mannie Isaiah Ibarra	Crox	6-0, 6-1
3rd	Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson	David Hughes Hudson Emerson	Crox	6-0, 6-0

CROOKSTON VS EAST GRAND FORKS
Crookston took an early 1-0 lead in the match when Sam Widseth won the fourth singles match. It was a good battle and Widseth won the first set 6-3. In the second set, it continued to be a close match, but Widseth was able to win some big points to win 6-3 and the Pirates had the early lead.
East Grand Forks evened up the match at 1-1 as Luke Hanson and Bauer Walter won the first set 6-0 before Crookston’s Jack Everett and Hudson Rick bounced back to win the second set 6-2, forcing a third set tie-breaker. EGF won the third set 10-2 to even the match at 1-1.
Crookston regained the lead when the third doubles team of Jacob Halvorson and Sawyer Anderson teamed up for an exciting victory. The first set was back-and-forth and tied at 6-6. In the tie-breaker, Halvorson and Anderson won 7-2 to win the set 7-6. The second set was another battle, but Crookston came away with a 6-4 victory and the Pirates led 2-1.

	Crookston-	East Grand Forks	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Aaden Wavra
2nd	Grant Funk	Austin Kovar
3rd	Gunner Groven	Rhett Walter
4th	Sam Widseth	Brock Strauss	Crox	6-3, 6-3
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Luke Hanson Bauer Walter	EGF	6-0, 2-6, 10-2
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Brady Anderson Oliver Kalenze
3rd	Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson	Nolan Kluck Kyler Berg	Crox	7-6 (7-2), 6-4