Girls Tennis: Majettes sweep Legacy, finish regular season undefeated
The Minot High girls tennis team won its fifth consecutive outright WDA regular season title and 16th in program history following a 9-0 victory over Bismarck Legacy on Thursday, May 14, in its regular season finale.
The Majettes (16-0 overall, 9-0 WDA) will be the No. 1 seed in the WDA Dual Tournament and will face the winner of a play-in match between Bismarck St. Mary’s and Jamestown in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, May 21, at Hammond Park.
Grace Olson became the program’s all-time career wins leader, breaking a tie with Raquel Egge and Eden Olson – her cousin. She won her 158th and 159th career matches against the Sabers, defeating Ava Flemmer, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3 singles and paired with Ava Thuner at No. 1 doubles to knock off Joya Hosek and Flemmer, 6-1, 6-4.
Minot High won all nine matches in straight sets. Kyllie Fettig defeated Joya Martian, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 singles in her final regular season match of her career. She and Alivia Sherven topped Joya Martian and Danica Grossan, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 2 doubles.
Olson and Fettig, who joined the program as eighth graders, never lost a regular season dual match in their careers. The Majettes finished 78-0 overall and 43-0 in WDA play during the regular season over the last five years with Olson and Fettig on the roster.
Thuner capped off an unblemished regular season run in singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Hosek.
Ella Sherven defeated Anna Martian, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 4 singles. McKenna Odahlen topped Grossman at No. 5 singles, 6-2, 7-5, and Alivia Sherven beat Kadence Syverson, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 6 singles.
Odahlen and Ella Sherven completed the sweep with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Syverson and Anna Martian.
Minot High won six of its conference matches via sweep and 10 matches overall. The Majettes dropped just eight individual matches all season.
The Sabers (13-5, 6-3) will be the No. 4 seed in the WDA Tournament.



