The Pierre Governor tennis team would wind up with four of the nine flights winning state championships and the team dominating its way to the state title.
Kara Weiss in flight two and Jocelyn Corrales in flight four each would win their respective championships, both doing so out of the top seed. Corrales and Weiss would each win a championship again as Weiss and Sydney Tedrow teamed up as the top seed to win the doubles flight one championship. Corrales was with Caitlin Ott to win the doubles flight three championship and had to upset the number two seed in the semifinals and the top seed in the championship to claim the title. Tedrow in singles flight one placed second, Marlee Shorter in flight three placed third, Kourtney Walti in flight five also placed third and Caitlin Ott was defeated in the championship in flight six placing second. The team of Shorter and Walti took third place in doubles flight two.
The Pierre Governors scored 466 points over the two days, better than second place St. Thomas More finishing with 397. Sioux Falls Christian placed third with a 383. Pierre had all nine flights place third or better in the 2022 tournament. Megan Bauck, head coach of the Governors says they played great throughout the tournament…
Bauck says going into day two the girls knew they could win the team title if they buckled in…
Bauck says, she’s proud of this team…
It’s the first tennis title in Pierre history. You can see full results below.
