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FORWARDING Fairmonts Ellie Hernes (right) reaches out to get a precedent when first double partner Lauren Davis watches during the Big South Conference on Thursday at Cardinal Courts in Fairmont. (Photo: Greg Abel)

FAIRMONT-Fairmont’s third single networker, Maggy Totzke, took a couple of sips of cotton candy-flavored Bang energy drink before going to cardinal court during the Cardinals ’first home race in 10 doubles this fall.

Totzke, a tough batsman, left the board with an explosion, sending 6-0 series wins against each other and winning Class A No. 7 against Blue Earth on Fairmont’s fourth team point No. 10 list on Bucs on Thursday.

Libby Totzke and second doubles partner Hope Klanderud, doubles netmer Briana Joseph, and Ellie Hernes and Lauren Davis ’first doubles tandem won the Cardinals’ rare 7-0 Big South Conference dual victory. Over the Bucs perennial power plant in Fairmont.

“Straight across the line-up, the girls played their best tennis matches of the season so far,” said Fairmont head coach Laura Olsen, whose team improved 9-1 as a whole when its competitor was shut down. “(Assistant Coach) Tim (Slama) and I got players to work to eliminate their comfort zones in practice and challenged them to try new things.

“All of them definitely stepped up and met those challenges today, and it paid off with a big team win.”

Abi Peyman confirmed the Cardinals ’early winning trend by freeing Karissa Lopez from 6-0 wins during the fourth singles. Although Peyman lost part of the grip with Kiso tape wrapped around his shoulder, Peyman did not lose many points while playing at least a dozen games.

After that, Anika Haugen and Johanna Petschke won the opening round 6-0 during Bucs Allie Lopez and Carol Schrader in the third double. Haugen and Petschke blocked the Cardinals second-team matches by combining the 6-1 second-round final.

Fairmont’s Claire Nemmers then raised to Class A 4th place net winner Marissa Bene in the straight series by No. 1 to extend the home team’s lead in the 3-0 scoring column. Nemmers won 6-0 in the first set before closing by winning the 6-1 second set by Benz.

Maggy Totzke limited the Cardinals victory by offering 6-0 losses to Kylie Rosenau of Bucs, who was in No. 3 in the singles.

Libgy Totzke, Maggy’s twin sister and Klanderud gave a 6-2, 6-0 win to Ella Survis and Lauren Survis in the second doubles, while Fairmont’s second single player Briana Joseph picked up an early first-round deficit to collect the home team’s sixth. paragraph. Joseph beat Bucs in Addison Armstrong’s tough classic number 2, 6-2, 6-4.

Hernes and Davis summed up the 6-4 opening round loss to BEA’s Olivia Dutton and Grace Hanson in the first double matches, turning the score in their favor during the 6-4 second set. Since the team result of the doubles match was determined at that point, two No. 1 double tandems were played as a 10-point super-leveler, and Hernes and Davis completed the Cardinals cut with a 10-5 win.

Fairmont (9-1) will host the St. James area at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Cardinal Courts, while the Blue Earth Area (7-1) will hit the road to Wells on Monday and face a double meeting in the United South Central non-league.