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Monday, October 30, 2006

A non-basketball story from over the weekend on an incredible prep tennis career. Whitney Taney of Edina High School won her third straight singles state championship.

Most remarkable is the fact that Taney never lost a match in a career that began at number four singles as a seventh grader. She finished with two state doubles titles, three state singles titles and a 166-0 record. In her six year career, Taney only lost two sets.

MN Lynx beat writer Pam Schmid interviewed Taney and her dad last week before the state tournement started. Taney's dad, a former member of the U of MN tennis team, taught his daughter the game and served as a hitting partner. That will change next fall when Taney joins the team at the University of Michigan.

Taney's team won their tenth straight state title last week and their 25th overall. The Hornets have won 189 dual matches in a row.