PHILLIPSBURG — Central Plains Oiler Lauren Oeser (21-10) placed fourth and doubles team Grace Lamatsch/Ryann Metro (19-10) placed third to clinch spots in the 3-1A state tennis tournament at Topeka Oct. 13-14.

Trego’s Anna Malsam downed Oeser 6-3, 6-4 for third place after Oeser lost 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals to Phillipsburg runner-up Alivia Solida. Lamatsch/Metro defeated Colby’s Kennedy McCarty/Lexie Schroeder 6-0, 6-0 for third place after losing a tight semifinal match 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (7-5) to Phillipsburg’s Jocelyn Billings/Isabella Keesee.

Lamatsch/Metro are 1-8 against 3-1A state qualifiers from Phillipsburg, Osborne, Conway Springs, Smoky Valley, Hesston and Ellsworth. 

Placing last year are Salina Sacred Heart runner-up Katherine Weiss (19-4), Larned’s Abigail Holt (26-4), fourth; Marysville’s Shea Kramer (29-4), fifth; Wichita Collegiate’s Lara De Carvalho (21-4), sixth; Oiler Oeser, eighth; Beloit’s Ashlyn Knight (17-5), 10th; and Cimarron’s Emily Goetz (25-5), 12th, 

Last year, Collegiate’s Laney Conrad/Julia Herman (26-3) placed first. Other returnees are Hesston’s fourth-place Elyse Griffin/Kori Kramer (23-4); sixth place Osborne’s Gracie Riner/Leavie Riner (23-1); and 11th-place Smoky Valley’s Lily Heline/Kayla Norberg (23-8). 

Two Hoisington entries missed the state tournament by one victory.

Hoisington’s doubles team Hailey Petersilie/Lauren Higgins (11-13) lost a tight 3-set consolation match for a state tournament berth. Phillipsburg’s Brown/Solida downed Petersilie/Higgins 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 for a berth to the state tournament.

Reese Merlau (11-15) nearly qualified for state, but lost 6-2, 7-5 to Colby’s Allison Zimmerman for a berth at the state tournament.

PHILLIPSBURG 3-1A REGIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Colby 14; 2—Colby 14; 3—Osborne 10; 4—Central Plains 9; 5—WaKeeney Trego 5; 6—Hoisington 2, Goodland 2; 8—Tribune Greeley County 1

SINGLES—1—Hayden Bellamy, Colby (32-1) def. Alivia Solida, Phillipsburg (25-6), 6-0, 6-1; 3—Anna Malsam, Trego (15-9) def. Lauren Oeser, CP (21-10), 6-3, 6-4; 5; 5—Allison Zimmerman, Colby def. Addison Owens, Goodland, 6-3, 6-0

SEMIFINALS—Solida def. Oeser, 6-2, 6-0; Bellamy def. Malsam, 6-4, 6-3

QUARTERFINALS—Oeser def. Reese Merlau, Hois, 6-4, 6-2

CONSOLATION—Zimmerman def. Merlau, 6-2, 7-5; Owens def. Gabby Poels, Phillipsburg, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)

SECOND ROUND—Addison Owens, Good def. Claire Crutcher, Hois, 6-7 (7-4), 7-5 (10-6); Merlau def. Charlee Schlessiger, CP, 6-0, 6-0;

DOUBLES—1—Gracie Riner/Leavie Riner, Osborne (21-1) def. Jocelyn Billings/Isabella Keesee, Phillipsburg (23-5), 6-1, 6-1; 3—Grace Lamatsch/Ryann Metro, CP (20-11) def. Kennedy McCarty/Lexie Schroeder, Colby (12-13), 6-1, 6-0; 5—Grace William/Claire Mick, Osborne (12-7) def. Cyrise Brown/Valorie Solida, Phillipsburg (17-12), 6-2, 7-5

SEMIFINALS—Billings/Keesee def. Lamatsch/Metro, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (7-5); Riner/Riner, Osborne def. McCarty/Schroeder, Colby, 6-1, 6-2

QUARTERS—Lamatsch/Metro def. Brown/Solida, 6-0, 6-2; Billings/Keesee def. Petersilie/Higgins, 6-3, 6-1

SECOND ROUND—Riner/Riner, Osborne def. Kylie Kempke/Mackenzie Foulger, CP, 6-3, 6-0; Lamatsch/Metro def. Carly Delzeit/Piper Jacobs, Hois, 6-0, 6-3; Petersilie/Higgins def. Phoebe Nachtigal/Madelynn Murray, Goodland, 6-2, 6-3

CONSOLATION—Brown/Solida def. Petersilie/Higgins, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

FIRST ROUND—Kempke/Foulger def. Lauryn Harding/Madison Younkin, Norton, 8-6; Delzeit/Jacobs def. Kambree Lahnanen/Madison Arnberger, Colby, 8-4

SINGLES STATE RECORDS

CONWAY SPRINGS—1—Lara de Carvalho, Wichita Collegiate, 21-4; 2—Haylee Osner,  Conway Springs, 20-5; 3—Amelia Blackman, Collegiate, 22-12; 4—Greer Kice, Classical, 18-9; 5—Ryan Schreiner, Kingman, 18-10; 6—Innslee Albright, Chaparral, 11-5

HESSTON—1—Abigail Holt, Larned, 26-4; 2—Emily Goetz, Cimarron, 25-5; 3—Chelsie Brown, Sterling, 27-5; 4—Karli Haase, Ellsworth, 15-6; 5—Molly Martin, Hesston,  15-13; 6—Felis De La Cruz, Ellsworth, 21-9

MARYSVILLE—1—Shea Kramer, Marysville, 29-4; 2—Katherine Weiss, Salina Sacred Heart, 19-4; 3—Ashlyn Knight, Beloit, 17-5; 4—Grace Winkler, Marysville, 17-7; 5—Audrey Tramp, Sabetha, 17-8; 6—Sophie Scrimsher, Perry, 13-12

PHILLIPSBURG—1—Hayden Bellamy, Colby, 32-1; 2—Alivia Solida, Phillipsburg, 25-6; 3—Anna Malsam, Trego, 15-9; 4—Lauren Oeser, Central Plains, 21-10; 5—Allison Zimmerman, Colby, 15-10; 6—Addison Owens, Goodland, 15-15

DOUBLES STATE RECORDS

PHILLIPSBURG—1—Gracie Riner/Leavie Riner, Osborne, 23-1; 2—Jocelyn Billings/Isabella Keesee, Phillipsburg, 23-5; 3—Grace Lamatsch/Ryann Metro, CP, 19-10; 4—Kennedy McCarty/Lexie Schroeder, Colby, 12-12; 5—Grace William/Claire Mick, Osborne, 13-6; 6—Cyrise Brown/Valorie Solida, Phillipsburg, 10-10

CONWAY SPRINGS—1—Laney Conrad/Julia Herman, Collegiate, 26-3; 2—Tatum Downing/Langley Overman, Collegiate, 13-5; 3—Morgan Koester/Sadie Koester, Conway Springs, 18-9; 4—Leonora Neumann/Adah Branam, Classical, 17-8; 5—Grace Bender/Janel Meyer, Conway Springs, 13-5; 6—Kabrie Chance/Katelyn Reames, Chaparral, 10-4

HESSTON—1—Elyse Griffin/Kori Kramer, Hesston, 23-4; 2—Reygan Coonrod/Inarie Rippert, Ellsworth, 25-4; 3—Cylie LaTourell/Emily McGaughey, Sterling, 21-6; 4—Elena Jundt/Hannah Vague, Ellsworth, 17-3; 5—Keira Buchholz/Zoey Jantz, Cimarron, 17-7; 6‑Jaiden Callahan/Caroline Yoder, Hesston, 15-13

MARYSVILLE—1—Kadence Spurgeon/Rose Latta, Marysville, 24-5; 2—Meredith Denton/Baylie Tharman, Wabaunsee, 14-4; 3—Lily Heline/Kayla Norberg, Smoky Valley, 23-8; 4—Katherine Frese/Aubree Vering, Marysville, 15-8; 5—McKenna Gatz/Karsyn Meyer, Sabetha, 16-8; 6—Kelsee Adam/Kaitlyn Leis, Smoky Valley, 11-7