Win nets second place
Tennis team seeded third
BY Todd Abeln
Best season ever. . .The Shakopee boys tennis team completed its best season ever and is looking forward to making a long run in the playoffs.
Shakopee defeated Northfield 5-2 on Monday at Shakopee High School to complete the very successful regular season.
With the win against Northfield, Shakopee improved to 15-3 on the season and 6-1 in the Missota Conference, which puts it in second place behind Red Wing.
That impressive record also helped the Sabers snag the No. 3 seed in the Class 3A, Section 2 North subsection playoffs. The No. 3 seed is one of the highest seeds in school history.
With that seed, Shakopee will host the sixth-seeded Chaska Hawks on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
If they should get by Chaska, Shakopee would play either seventh seed Chanhassen or second seed Minnetonka on Thursday, May 26.
[Update: Ford's team beat Chaska Tuesday night -- see his wife's comment below!]
Eden Prairie received the No. 1 seed.
“Best record ever and highest seed that I know of,” head coach Ford Rolfsrud said.
In the win against the Raiders, Shakopee won three of the four singles matches.
Freshman Ulrick Boyogueno won 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 1 singles. Seventh-grader won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3 singles and another seventh-grader, Steffon Mitchell, won 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
In doubles play, Shakopee won at No. 2 and 3.
Senior Erich Pistulka and junior Eric Hammerschmidt won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 while Justin Hammerschmidt and Logan Noess won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3.
Last Friday, the Sabers wrapped up their non-conference schedule with an impressive 4-3 win against Orono. That win probably gave Shakopee the No. 3 in the section. Orono is seeded fourth.
The Sabers swept the doubles competition and got a big 6-4, 7-5 win from Mitchell at No. 4 singles to earn the team victory.
Mark Holcombe and Jayke Kubler won 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
Pistulka and Hammerschmidt also need three sets to win at No. 2 doubles. They won 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-1.
At No. 3 doubles, Justin Hammerschmidt and Noess won 6-4, 6-2.
Shakopee defeated Northfield 5-2 on Monday at Shakopee High School to complete the very successful regular season.
With the win against Northfield, Shakopee improved to 15-3 on the season and 6-1 in the Missota Conference, which puts it in second place behind Red Wing.
That impressive record also helped the Sabers snag the No. 3 seed in the Class 3A, Section 2 North subsection playoffs. The No. 3 seed is one of the highest seeds in school history.
With that seed, Shakopee will host the sixth-seeded Chaska Hawks on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
If they should get by Chaska, Shakopee would play either seventh seed Chanhassen or second seed Minnetonka on Thursday, May 26.
[Update: Ford's team beat Chaska Tuesday night -- see his wife's comment below!]
Eden Prairie received the No. 1 seed.
“Best record ever and highest seed that I know of,” head coach Ford Rolfsrud said.
In the win against the Raiders, Shakopee won three of the four singles matches.
Freshman Ulrick Boyogueno won 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 1 singles. Seventh-grader won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3 singles and another seventh-grader, Steffon Mitchell, won 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
In doubles play, Shakopee won at No. 2 and 3.
Senior Erich Pistulka and junior Eric Hammerschmidt won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 while Justin Hammerschmidt and Logan Noess won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3.
Last Friday, the Sabers wrapped up their non-conference schedule with an impressive 4-3 win against Orono. That win probably gave Shakopee the No. 3 in the section. Orono is seeded fourth.
The Sabers swept the doubles competition and got a big 6-4, 7-5 win from Mitchell at No. 4 singles to earn the team victory.
Mark Holcombe and Jayke Kubler won 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
Pistulka and Hammerschmidt also need three sets to win at No. 2 doubles. They won 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-1.
At No. 3 doubles, Justin Hammerschmidt and Noess won 6-4, 6-2.
