Tennis

A handful of Roseville-area high school fall sports teams saw their seasons come to an end last week. Here is a quick rundown.

RAHS girls tennis

The Mounds View High School girls tennis team rolled to a pair of easy victories in the first round of the section playoffs last week. The Mustangs began this week as one of four teams still in contention in Section 4AA.

At the beginning of the season, the final Suburban East Conference match for the Mounds View High School girls tennis team looked to be important. The Mustangs were scheduled to take on defending conference champion Woodbury on Sept.

The Mounds View High School girls tennis team saw its streak of eight consecutive trips to the state tournament come to a halt in 2015. The Mustangs return 11 letterwinners from last year’s team looking to restart a state streak.

Bruce Hashimoto enters his first season as the head coach of the Roseville Area High School girls tennis team with an inexperienced group of players. The Raiders graduated a large group of seniors off of the 2015 team.

St. Anthony Village High School’s Nicholas Kroening and Quinn Bellestri wrapped up the prep tennis season with an appearance in the state tournament last week.

The Mounds View High School boys tennis team went after a championship repeat last week but came up short of that goal. 

The Mustangs went 1-2 in the Class AA team tournament and finished fourth.

The move to Section 4AA this season paid off handsomely for the Mounds View High School boys tennis team. The Mustangs swept the section championships and have plenty of representation at this week’s state tournament. 

It has been two weeks since Quinn Bellestri and Nick Kroening clinched a spot in the state tournament. The St. Anthony Village High School duo’s wait is almost over.

Long-time Roseville area coach and teacher Dan Morton died May 17. He was 75. 

According to a press release about Morton’s death from Bethel University, where he last coached, he died after suffering a stroke, and a brain aneurism.