Video: North Dakota team's 15-year girls tennis win streak comes to an end
By Lynden Ostrander
May 26, 2016, 12:00am
Red River's streak is now a thing of the past, as Sheyenne wins title.
Video: 15-year winning streak ends
See the final point that put a huge streak to restAll good things must come to an end.
The
Red River (Grand Forks, N.D.) girls tennis team finally lost a match for the first time in 15 years last Thursday as
Sheyenne (West Fargo, N.D.) topped Red River 3-2 to capture the East Region team tournament.
The Roughriders' 203-match win streak was the fifth most in American high school girls tennis history according to the National Federation Of State High School Associations Record Book.
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"There are a lot of programs in this country that would love to be 203-1 over the last 204," Red River coach Greg LaDoucer told Brad Elliott Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald. "I'm proud of that."