HERMISTON — Three Baker girls singles players, and one girls doubles team, have qualified for the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tennis tournament later this week in Corvallis.

Singles players Liz Timm, Bel Cunningham and Abby Cunningham won their first two matches at the district tournament Friday, May 16, at Hermiston.

Baker’s doubles team of Kaitlyn Schwin and Olivia Jacoby also won their first two matches.

The top four singles players and doubles teams at district qualified for state.

The Baker boys team also competed but didn’t have any singles players or doubles team advance to the semifinals and qualify for state.

The state tournament will be May 22-24 at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

A thunderstorm curtailed the second day of the tournament, May 17.

Schwin and Jacoby won their semifinal match and advanced to the finals against Vale sisters Elise and Ellie Seals, the defending state champions. The Vale duo won 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 and is seeded first in the state tournament.

Schwin and Jacoby will play the state’s second seed, Catlin Gabel’s Jiya Mehta and Amanda Perez, on Friday, May 23. The time depends on the length of other matches.

In girls singles, Timm was playing in the championship match when the downpour started. She advanced to state as the district champion.

She has a first-round bye in the state tournament and will play the winner of a match between Carlie Li of Oregon Episcopal School and Adele Beckstead of Philomath on Friday.

Bel and Abby Cunningham were playing for third place at the district meet when the storm arrived. Bel, who was seeded fourth in the district, was deemed the third-place finisher, and Abby was fourth.

Bel will play Ashley Powell of Marist on Thursday, May 22. Abby will play on Friday against the winner of Gabi Ramos from Crook County and Piper Ravassipour of St. Mary’s of Medford.