{"id":2444049,"date":"2019-05-10T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/preps-may-10-aspens-mary-williams-3-doubles-make-it-into-state-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2019-05-10T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T04:56:00","slug":"aspens-mary-williams-no-3-doubles-team-make-it-into-3a-state-tennis-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspens-mary-williams-no-3-doubles-team-make-it-into-3a-state-tennis-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen\u2019s Mary Williams, No. 3 doubles team make it into 3A state tennis semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7040650406504\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-305671-830\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Joshua Polson\/courtesy | Aspen High School senior Mary Williams moves in on the ball during a No. 1 singles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School senior Mary Williams moves in on the ball during a No. 1 singles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School senior Mary Williams moves in on the ball during a No. 1 singles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.<\/strong><br \/>Joshua Polson\/courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Steve Sand\/courtesy | Aspen's No. 3 doubles team of Virginia Tassi, left, and Quinn Ramberg advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals after winning their first two matches on Friday in Greeley.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen's No. 3 doubles team of Virginia Tassi, left, and Quinn Ramberg advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals after winning their first two matches on Friday in Greeley.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Aspen&#8217;s No. 3 doubles team of Virginia Tassi, left, and Quinn Ramberg advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals after winning their first two matches on Friday in Greeley.<\/strong><br \/>Steve Sand\/courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Joshua Polson\/courtesy | Aspen's Bliss Pekkala hits the ball as she plays in the No. 1 doubles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/sportsbriefs-atd-051119-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen's Bliss Pekkala hits the ball as she plays in the No. 1 doubles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Aspen&#8217;s Bliss Pekkala hits the ball as she plays in the No. 1 doubles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.<\/strong><br \/>Joshua Polson\/courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/preps-may-10-aspens-mary-williams-3-doubles-make-it-into-state-semifinals\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/preps-may-10-aspens-mary-williams-3-doubles-make-it-into-state-semifinals\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Aspen High School senior Mary Williams and the team\u2019s No. 3 doubles pair have advanced to the semifinals of the Class 3A girls state tennis championships, which got underway Friday in Greeley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Williams, playing at No. 1 singles for the fourth straight year, will play against Steamboat Springs junior Mae Thorp at 8 a.m. Saturday in the semis. Williams and Thorp have a long history together and have each found victory over the other. However, Williams is 2-0 against Thorp this season, including haven beaten her in the regional final last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe know each other super well,\u201d Williams told CHSAANow.com. \u201cWe have won an equal amount of times against one another. She\u2019s a super-hard hitter, too, so it\u2019ll be good to have pace on the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After a player dropped out, Williams had a rare first-round bye on Friday. In the quarterfinals, she faced D\u2019Evelyn freshman Grace Li, winning 6-4, 6-2. Li had won 6-0, 6-1 over Fountain Valley sophomore Isa Fernandez in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was a tough match. She played great. The girl made her work,\u201d AHS coach Steve Sand told The Aspen Times. \u201cMary had to work, but in the end took care of business and she\u2019s got Mae for the third time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This is the first time in the state semifinals for Williams. As a freshman at No. 1 singles playing in Class 4A, Williams lost in the first round. As a sophomore in the newly created 3A, she lost in the quarterfinals but fought her way through the playbacks to finish third. Last spring, Williams again lost in the quarters but did not make the playback rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thorp and Williams have never met in the state tournament. Thorp made the finals at No. 1 singles as a freshman in 2017, losing 6-0, 6-0 to Colorado Academy\u2019s Sammy Moore-Thomson, who had knocked out Williams in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thorp returned to the finals again last spring, losing 6-2, 6-2 to Peak to Peak\u2019s Trisha Somasundaram. William had beaten Somasundaram in the playback semifinals as a sophomore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The winner between Thorp and Williams will face either Somasundaram or C.S. School\u2019s Jules Thompson in the championship, slated for around 11 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At 3 doubles, Aspen\u2019s Quinn Ramberg and Virginia Tassi cruised through their first two matches, winning 6-1, 6-1 and then 6-1, 6-2 to make the semifinals. They will face the Steamboat Springs duo of Soria Rabanal and Maddie Heydon in the semifinals. Steamboat\u2019s 3 doubles team beat Aspen\u2019s in the regional last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As 2 singles, Aspen sophomore Macy Hopkinson won her first-round match 6-0, 6-1, but lost in the second round to Holy Family\u2019s Lindsey Bartoletta, 6-1, 6-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At 3 singles, Aspen junior Karina Keller lost in the first round to Peak to Peak sophomore Tiffany Tran, 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At 1 doubles, Aspen\u2019s Addy Walson and Bliss Pekkala lost 7-5, 6-1 to a duo from University. At 2 doubles, Aspen\u2019s Olivia Burkley and Stef Wojcik won 6-2, 6-0 in the first round before losing 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. AHS did not have a No. 4 doubles team qualify for state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Any players who made it past the first round could have a chance of getting into the playbacks and battling for third place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOverall I\u2019m pleased. You bring this many people and it\u2019s hard to have every match go your way,\u201d Sand said. \u201cYou just don\u2019t know who is going to be up or down. But they all put in a lot of effort. It was a good day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Originally scheduled to start Thursday, the state tennis tournament was condensed to two days because of the weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/preps-may-10-aspens-mary-williams-3-doubles-make-it-into-state-semifinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen High School senior Mary Williams moves in on the ball during a No. 1 singles match on Friday at the State 3A Tennis tournament on the Centennial Park tennis courts in Greeley.Joshua Polson\/courtesy Aspen&#8217;s No. 3 doubles team of Virginia Tassi, left, and Quinn Ramberg advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals after winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 01:17:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}