MAKING A RACKET ­— Blue Earth Area tennis gamers, from left, Grace Hanson, Addison Armstrong and Olivia Dutton open motion within the Class A particular person state tennis event at this time at Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis. Armstrong begins singles play at 8 a.m., whereas Dutton and Hanson hit the courts at 10 a.m. at this time. (Photo by Charlie Sorrells)

MINNEAPOLIS — Blue Earth Area singles participant Addison Armstrong didn’t eclipse the 100-win plateau throughout her prep tennis profession with out squaring off in opposition to top-notch opponents.

Today won’t be an exception for both Armstrong or Buc doubles teammates Olivia Dutton and Grace Hanson when the trio opens the Class A particular person state tennis meet on the Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

Armstrong, who enters the elite competitors with 101 profession wins, faces Pine City sophomore Brooke Boland in an 8 a.m. first-round singles match. Boland has netted 74 victories throughout her three varsity campaigns, highlighted by a 28-9 file this fall.

If Armstrong posts a win over Boland, the BEA senior standout would doubtless sq. off in opposition to No. 1-seeded and undefeated Isabelle Einess within the quarterfinals.

Einess, who has compiled an ideal 45-0 file throughout her remaining two prep seasons at Breck, is just not solely the defending Class A state singles champion, but additionally captured second-place state accolades as a sophomore at Minnehaha Academy in 2021.

Einess opens her remaining highschool state tennis meet in opposition to Montevideo junior Brooke Lindeman (17-3) at 8 a.m. at this time.

Einess is not any stranger to Armstrong as the 2 clashed through the 2022 particular person state meet, with the Breck phenom beating the BEA standout within the quarterfinals. Armstrong posted a first-round win over Pine City’s Addison Sell final yr.

In the other half of the Class A singles bracket, No. 2-seeded Annika Harberts Ott (15-3) of Providence Academy opens in opposition to Thief River Falls sophomore Braylee Wienen (27-3) at 8 a.m. at this time.

Unfortunately for Harberts Ott, her opening-round attracts have been extraordinarily troublesome.

Harberts Ott misplaced to Einess in first-round state motion in 2022 on the heels of falling to eventual 2021 Class A state champion Ancele Dolensek of Minnehaha Academy in that opening spherical.

In at this time’s Class A particular person doubles competitors beginning at 10 a.m., Dutton and Hanson face a destiny much like Harberts Ott from 2021 and 2022.

Dutton (17-8) and Hanson (19-6), who performed primarily at Nos. 2 and three singles through the common season this fall, sq. off in opposition to defending Class A state doubles champions Greta Johnson (14-6) and Chloe Alley (16-2) of Minnehaha Academy of their first-round match.

If Dutton and Hanson win their doubles opener, the Bucs’ tandem would face the winner between freshman Isla Dille and senior Olivia Olson of Litchfield and Pine City senior Lexa Valvoda and sophomore Alana Lindell.

Dille, like Dutton, certified for state in singles motion a yr in the past and posted a first-round win earlier than falling the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Dutton misplaced to Le Sueur-Henderson’s Chloe Brandt in opening-round state singles play in 2022.

Oddly sufficient, Johnson and Alley are the No. 2 seeds on this yr’s state doubles bracket behind senior Nana Vang and freshman Fatemeh Vang of The Blake School. Even extra ironic, Rochester Lourdes’ Elyse Palen and Caroline Daly, the 2022 Class A state doubles runners-up, are seeded No. 3 on this fall’s division.