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MARQUETTE -- Hitting the road was twice as nice for the Marquette Senior High School girls tennis team on Thursday after the Sentinels went to Gladstone and edged the Braves 5-3, then traveled further south to Menominee and posted an 8-0 whitewash against the Maroons.
Marquette has another of these two-meet road trips on Monday, playing at Kingsford at 11 a.m. EDT and at West Iron County at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
The Sentinels host Escanaba at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the Eskymos heading west to Westwood that afternoon, with both Marquette County schools along with Negaunee participating in the Westwood Invitational starting at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Here's a roundup of Marquette's Thursday action:
Marquette 5, Gladstone 3
At Gladstone, the difference came down to the three-set matches, with MSHS winning two of them.
Marquette No. 4 singles player and varsity rookie Kaylee Holzer won 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 10-8 over the Braves' Aylah Seder, while the Sentinels' No. 3 doubles pairing of Grace Jandreau and Bryn Helman took a 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 win over Gladstone's Tati Martinez and Caitlin Winkler.
"Quite a battle today," MSHS head coach Karl Thomsen said in an email detailing the result. "This meet could have went either way.
"Props to Kaylee Holzer, our No. 4 singles player. It was Kaylee's first varsity match and she definitely had nervous energy going to start the day.
"It didn't take her long to realize she was playing 'normal' tennis and she showed absolutely no nerves in the match tiebreak. I was super proud of her performance.
"Grace Jandreau and Brynn Helman at No. 3 doubles had a gutsy performance as well.
"They played a nice first set, had some ups and downs in Set 2, and played amazing tennis when they needed it most during the match tiebreak."
The Sentinels clinched the meet by winning three of four doubles matches after splitting 2-2 in singles.
Stella Dehlin at No. 1 also won in singles for Marquette, while Eva Kentala and Charlotte Thomsen at No. 1 and Lola Rink and Morgan Downey at No. 2 also won in doubles for MSHS.
Marquette 8, Menominee 0
At Menominee, the Sentinels only had two really contested sets over the eight matches.
No. 1 singles player Dehlin was ahead 6-5 in the opening set before opponent Madeline Mosey of Menominee had to withdraw.
And at No. 4 doubles, Marquette's Eileen Quigley and Ellia Marquardson won 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) with the second-set tiebreaker over the Maroons' Annabell Adams and Kylie Sevon. That came after the MSHS pair lost a tough three-setter at Gladstone.
"I'm really proud of how hard our No. 4 doubles team, Eileen Quigley and Ellia Marquarson, battled," Thomsen said. "Earlier in the day, they played a grueling match in Gladstone.
"So to see them come out firing on all cylinders against Menominee and then cap off a long day with a quality tiebreak in the second set tells me a lot about Eileen's and Ellia's level of compete."
In the other six matches, Marquette lost a total of just eight games.
Marquette 5, Gladstone 3
Thursday morning at Gladstone
SINGLES -- No. 1, Stella Dehlin (M) def. Carly Maki 6-1, 6-2; No. 2, Lilly Ketchum (G) def. Kirra Longtine 6-4, 6-4; No. 3, Madison Sundquist (G) def. Nora Skytta 5-1, retired; No. 4, Kaylee Holzer (M) def. Aylah Seder 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 10-8
DOUBLES -- No. 1, Eva Kentala-Charlotte Thomsen (M) def. Ella Howes-Lola Vargo 6-2, 6-0; No. 2, Lola Rink-Morgan Downey (M) def. Eleanore Mathias-MacKenzie Nelson 6-4, 6-1; No. 3, Grace Jandreau-Bryn Helman (M) def. Tati Martinez-Caitlin Winkler 6-2, 3-6, 10-6; No. 4, Miranda Drielich-Reese Lovell (G) def. Eileen Quigley-Ellia Marquardson 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Marquette 8, Menominee 0
Thursday afternoon at Menominee
SINGLES -- No. 1, Dehlin (MQT) def. Madeline Mosey 6-5, retired; No. 2, Kirra Longtine (MQT) def. Hayley Sweetie 6-1, 6-0; No. 3, Nora Skytta (MQT) def. Aubrie Schutte 6-0, 6-0; No. 4, Kaylee Holzer (MQT) def. Olivia Parsons 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES -- No. 1, Eva Kentala-Charlotte Thomsen (M) def. Maddie Christensen-Reese Linsemeir 6-2, 6-1; No. 2, Lola Rink-Morgan Downey (M) def. Lilly Clark-Hannah Gunderson 6-0, 6-0; No. 3, Grace Jandreau-Bryn Helman (M) def. Zoe Brown-Jordyn Sallgren 6-0, 6-0; No. 4, Eileen Quigley-Ellia Marquardson (MQT) def. Annabell Adams-Kylie Sevon 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).
Story contents based on an email received from Marquette Senior High School tennis coach Karl Thomsen. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee's email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.