Girls Tennis Shatters Records with 16th Straight State Title Win: 2012 in Review

Edina Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012. That said, there were a few that stood out as the most interesting, important, touching or possibly infamous to our readers.

And as we near the end of 2012, we're looking back at those articles. The following is one of those stories.

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The Edina High School girls tennis team broke a few records Wednesday afternoon, after defeating Minnetonka to win the program's 16th consecutive state title.

The Hornets ironically snagged the national record from themselves—Edina won 15 state titles in a row between 1978 and 1992—for the most consecutive state tennis titles in U.S. history. It probably goes without saying, but they also rank atop Minnesota's tennis record books.

The team's sweet 16th title came in lopsided fashion, with the girls dispatching No. 2 seed Minnetonka 7-0 in the championship match at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center.

Captain Meghan Herring recently appeared before the Edina Board of Education to discuss the program's 16th straight win, talking about the excitement that surged through the Baseline Tennis Center when the team won the championship.

"We stepped up," Herring said. "Coach (Steve) Paulsen really helps a lot to make sure the pressure is on us to play, not to win."

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