College Heights Christian junior Natalie Brueggemann was the runner-up in the singles bracket at the individual Class 1 District 10 tournament.
As a result, Brueggemann advanced to the sectional tourney, where a state berth will be up for grabs.
In Class 1, the top two singles players and the top two doubles teams advance to the sectional. At the sectional, the top two singles players and the top two doubles teams will advance to the state finals.
At the individual district tournament, Monett’s Elizabeth Smith defeated Brueggemann 6-1, 6-1 in the title match.
The top two doubles teams were both from Mount Vernon—Audrey Bittle and Molly Burk and Adelynn Hall and Raegan Pendleton.
In the title match, Bittle-Burk defeated Hall-Pendleton 6-1, 6-3.
The team district tournament begins on Monday, as fourth-seeded Clever meets fifth-seeded Aurora.
On Tuesday in Mount Vernon, third-seeded College Heights takes on second-seeded Monett and top-seed Mount Vernon will play either Clever or Aurora. Both matches begin at 4:30 at Spirit of ’76 Park.
The district title match is slated for 4:30 on Wednesday.
