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Wykons second in Division 2

Theresa Proudfit/The Daily News Iron Mountain’s Claire Mongrain (top) defeated West Iron County’s Kali Dennis in a semifinal match Wednesday at the U.P. Division 2 tennis finals. Mongrain came up short in the No. 2 singles final.

KINGSFORD — The Westwood Patriots continued their stranglehold on the Upper Peninsula Division 2 girls’ tennis championship here Wednesday, winning for the fourth straight time with 22 points.

Westwood, which gained at least a share of the title for the 10th time in 11 years, was followed by West Iron County 15 and Iron Mountain 11.

“I thought we played as well as we could as a team,” Wykons coach Joe Serbentas said. “I’m very proud of the girls. It was nice for the seniors to go out on top.”

The Wykons took titles at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.

Junior Tori Bociek and senior Eden Golliher defeated Westwood’s Katelyn Antilla-Karlie Patron 6-4, 6-3 in No. 1 doubles and Emily Nelson-Anna Malmquist dispatched Ellie Miller-Meghan Johnson 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2.

Theresa Proudfit/The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN’S ARIANNA Morel advanced to the No. 3 singles final, falling to Westwood’s Jillian Koski, 6-0, 6-4.

“We hit the angles pretty good,” said Bociek. “Our overhand shots were working pretty good. This is the third U.P. title for both of us. We just tried to play this like any other match. I think this will be a pretty big motivator for next year.”

Nelson and Malmquist finished undefeated for the season at No. 2 doubles.

The Patriots won 6-of-8 flights, including all the singles on this cloudy, chilly and windy day.

“This is an exciting day for the girls,” said Westwood coach Sarah Massie. “One of our goals was definitely to win the M-PCs (Mid-Peninsula Conference). After a big win over Negaunee, we were ready to go. We didn’t have a dual meet with West Iron because it got rained out. We didn’t play them until today. The girls just had to play their game and it worked out for them.”

Senior Madelyn Koski became a four-time champion by taking a 6-1, 6-0 decision from Iron Mountain’s Macy McCormick in No. 1 singles.

“I’m pretty happy,” said Koski. “Every team I’ve been on worked pretty hard. It has really been fun to be on these teams. I’m pretty sad to see it end. This is probably the best I played in the U.P. Finals. I just learned as I went on. It was definitely a little windy and I had to adjust my game. Although, I’m used to the wind.”

Classmate Tessa Leece also won for the fourth consecutive time, topping Iron Mountain’s Claire Mongrain 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.

West Iron junior Kali Dennis placed third after falling to Mongrain in the semifinals.

“I think both of us did pretty well,” said Dennis, who wants to major in dental hygiene in college. “We enjoyed playing each other. I really enjoyed the season we had.”

Jillian Koski added a 6-0, 6-4 triumph over Iron Mountain junior Arianna Morel in No. 3 singles and Jenna Wealton defeated West Iron’s Olivia Mazurek 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4.

“I was excited to get to the finals,” said Morel. “She was very consistent and her groundstrokes were working pretty well. She hit the ball right to me and I had to play it on the run. It was a little chilly today. The wind picked up in the end, but overall it wasn’t too bad. I had a real nice season. I really love our team.”

Westwood juniors Avery Mariuzzo and Emily Nelson outlasted West Iron sophomores Madison Berutti and Aurora Dahl 6-0, 6-7 (3-7), 6-0 for their first No. 3 doubles championship.

Westwood junior Claire Gilles and sophomore Natalie Prophet copped No. 4 doubles in a 6-0, 6-2 conquest of West Iron’s Alyssa Dominicci and Katarina Hemeleski.

Iron Mountain matched expectations, according to coach Sharon Ducat.

“We took third place today and that’s about where I expected we would be,” she said. “Macy, Claire and Arianna made to the finals in singles and played well. Our doubles teams improved upon their results from earlier in the year and I was happy with their performance. It was a fun and enjoyable season, one of which the girls should be proud of.”

Westwood 22, West Iron County 15, Iron Mountain 11, Gwinn 4, Munising 3, Ironwood 1, Ishpeming 0.

Singles: No. 1 — M. Koski, WW, def. McCormick, IM, 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 — Leece, WW def. Mongrain, IM, 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 — J. Koski, WW, def. Morel, IM, 6-0, 6-4; No. 4 — Wealton, WW, def. Mazurek, WIC, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles: No. 1 — Golliher-Bociek, WIC, def. Antilla-Patron, WW, 6-4, 6-3; No. 2 — Nelson-Malmquist, WIC, def. Miller-Johnson, WW, 6-1, 6-3; No. 3 — Mariuzza-Nelson, WW, def. Dahl-Berutti, WIC, 6-0, 6-7 (3-7), 6-0; No. 4 — Gilles-Prophet, WW, def. Dominicci-Hemeleski, WIC, 6-0, 6-2.

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