Knoxville Girls Tennis Players Olivia Maasdam and Jaydn Streigle have endured a lot of adversity this season. From both suffering through injury to tough losses, they persevered to qualify for the State Meet in class 1A as runner-up from the regional at Pella Christisan on Wednesday. They began the day by beating a team from Pella 6-4, 6-4 in round one, then in the quarterfinals defeated a duo from Davis County 6-3, 6-0. In the semi-finals they clinched their spot at State with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory over a team from Newton. They lost to an Oskaloosa duo 6-1 and 2-1 after an injury default. Both Streigle and Maasdam told KNIA/KRLS Sports this has been a long time coming.
Jaydn: “We both have been working hard this year to get to this point and it feels really good to get to this point.”
Olivia: “This is really big for us and it’s been four years in the making and I know Coach DeMoss is really excited for us.”
Jaydn and Olivia will play an opponent to be determined in Iowa City on May 27th and 28th.