The Mountain View girls tennis team has been on a roll on season and they hope it will continue through the 3A state tournament next week.
The Thunder will be sending five players to state.
Juwoon Kim, the 4A district singles champion, won the consolation final at the 3A bi-district tournament Saturday at Spanaway to earn her spot at state.
Eva Winsheimer and Dayna Vitek won a third-set tiebreaker over teammates Sam McCarthy and Grace Garmire, and then topped the Hudson’s Bay team of Kayla and Kacianne Smith in the consolation final for the last doubles berth to state.
District champs Anna Lu and Sabrina Wang, who qualified for state on Friday, lost in Saturday’s semifinal but won the third-place match.
Avery Honaker of Hudson’s Bay clinched a singles spot to state by placing fourth.
With all eight Mountain View players scoring points, the Thunder captured the 3A bi-district team title.
4A bi-district — Last year’s state runner-up Hannah Gianan of Camas earned a return trip to the Tri-Cities by placing fifth in the tournament at Kent.
Gianan rolled through her opening opponent Saturday 6-0, 6-0, and then defeated Union’s McKenzie Schreiner 6-2, 6-2 in the fifth-place seeding match.
Schreiner locked in her state berth on Friday. She won her first match on Saturday 6-4, 7-5.
Union’s doubles team of Elysha Fu and Nicole Kundtson placed third on their way to state. The Titans finished second in the team race.
Skyview’s Sarah Morgan and Karly Metz placed fourth at bi-district and are headed to state.
2A district — Columbia River sophomore Faith Grisham remained perfect on the season by winning the tournament at Olympia.
The 6-3, 6-1 win in the final improved her record to 17-0 as she advances to state competition.
