WAVERLY, Iowa - Madison Marsh led the Prairie Wolves at the American Rivers Conference Individual Championships by reaching the semifinal match in the B-Singles bracket, eventually finishing fourth.
Wartburg hosted the Oct. 9-10 annual tournament, which featured six singles brackets and three doubles draws.Marsh entered as the No. 2-ranked singles player in the B-Singles bracket.
Marsh opened singles on Friday with a 4-0, 4-0 sweep against Buena Vista's Madi Peyman. The two-seeded Marsh battled through a tight quarterfinal Friday, defeating Central's Claire Smock, 4-2, 4-2.
The semifinal was more of a struggle, as Warburg's Brooke Bloom earned a win over the No. 2-ranked Marsh.
Marsh was Nebraska Wesleyan's only singles or doubles player to reach a medal match, where she faced Central's Emily Blom in the fourth place match. In a tightly contested consolation match, Dutch's Blom prevailed with a 5-3, 4-2 victory.
Juniors
Sylvia Kamradt and
Elizabeth Routh opened with a 6-4 win over Loras before falling to the eventual champions in C-Doubles, 6-3, in the quarterfinals.
In singles play, Routh and
Vivian Dao each also won their opening-round matches in their respective brackets. Routh fell to the number 1 seed Jordan Lee of Simpson in D-Singles, while Coe's Bailey Engels defeated junior
Vivian Dao.
The tournament closed the women's tennis fall season.