Alexandria tennis

Alexandria senior Jamie Lanoue advanced the farthest into section individual play for the Cardinals but saw her season end on Saturday with a quarterfinals defeat in straight sets by Rocori's Brynn Saur. The first set between Lanoue and Saur took nearly an hour with long points...

The Alexandria tennis team suffered a close 4-3 defeat to the Willmar Cardinals on Thursday in Alexandria. It's the second loss of the season to Willmar by that same score. "This match went right down to the wire," Alexandria coach Dave Ronning said. "But we were unable to get the...

The Alexandria girls tennis team went to Detroit Lakes and walked away the victor over the Detroit Lake Lakers and Thief River Falls. "It has been several years since the Cardinals have beaten the Prowlers, so this was an exceptionally sweet win for the girls," Cardinals Coach Dave...

The Alexandria girls tennis team earned its third straight win on Thursday night by beating Fergus Falls 6-1 at home. The Cardinals swept the singles lineup. Both Alli Prestby and Rachel Bitzan blanked their opponents in the third and fourth singles. Jamie Lanoue fought from behind...

The Alexandria girls tennis team broke its four-game losing streak with a win against Moorhead on Monday on the Alexandria tennis courts. The Cards changed their lineup and the players responded very well, Coach Dave Ronning said. Laura Wilmesmeier moved to second singles while Brianna...

The Alexandria girls tennis team walked away from the Varsity Invitational with two losses to single A teams and one win against a AA team Saturday. "It wasn't our best day of tennis," Alexandria coach Dave Ronning said. "But credit must go where credit is due and Crookston and Osakis...

The Alexandria girls tennis team bounced back from a defeat to Willmar early in the week and took home a 6-1 victory over Rocori on Thursday. The Cards continue to have a strong singles game with Jamie Lanoue, Alli Prestby, Brianna Holm and Rachel Bitzan all winning in straight sets....

The Alexandria tennis team shut out Sartell for their second CLC victory of the season on Thursday night. The Cards owned the Sabres with a 7-0 win. Alli Prestby had the closest singles match against Sadie Baumann with a score of 6-1, 6-3 but even then the Cards weren't worried....

The Alexandria tennis team hosted its annual invite with Litchfield, Crookston and Becker on Saturday under near perfect weather conditions as the Cardinals came away with a 1-2 record. Becker proved to be too much in a 6-1 match to wrap things up after Alexandria had beaten Crookston...

Thursday's matchup between the Alexandria and St. Cloud Tech tennis teams was a battle of two undefeateds, as the Tigers showed why they have long been the class of the Central Lakes Conference. Tech, ranked as the No. 1 team in the Class AA polls, won 7-0, including six of the seven...

The Alexandria tennis team dominated a Central Lakes Conference match against St. Cloud Apollo on Thursday, winning 7-0. Each win came in straight sets as Devin Crowe got things going with a 6-0, 6-0 win at first singles. Devlin Van Gall won 6-1, 6-1 at the second spot. Derek Berning...

The Alexandria boys tennis team ran into a buzz saw in the form of the Brainerd Warriors on Monday night in a 7-0 loss. The Warriors won all seven matches in straight sets. The closest Alexandria came was a 6-2, 6-4 match at third singles that Matt Vogel dropped to Erick Stout. The...

The Alexandria tennis team got its second Central Lakes Conference win of the season on Thursday night by beating Fergus Falls 5-2. “This was a hard fought match and I have to give the Otters a lot of credit for putting up a great fight without two of their top singles players...