SIOUX FALLS – It was not, as it turns out, Aberdeen Central’s best day during the opening rounds of the Class AA state tennis tournament, which opened Thursday in Sioux Falls.

“It was one of those days,” said Central coach Trent Kurtz. “Things just didn’t go our way.”

The Golden Eagles struggled in close matches throughout the day, falling twice (out of three opportunities) in a tiebreaker and missing on several deuce points across the board.

Kurtz noted the majority of his squad landed in the middle of the pack in terms of seeding, playing in the 8 vs. 9 or the 7 vs. 10 matches.

“Those are kind of coin tosses,” Kurtz said, “and we went 1-6 in those. … Those matches come down to just a few points, and we weren’t able to win big points all day.”

Central’s No. 3 doubles team of Preston Kreber and Sam Casper did notch an opening round win over Sioux Falls Jefferson and will have a chance to play for the consolation championship when play resumes Friday.

Hunter Miller also claimed a statement victory at No. 6 singles, defeating Yankton’s Ethan Marsh in the team’s lone tiebreaker victory of the day.

“I wasn’t at that match,” Kurtz said, “but Coach (John) Vogel said it was the best he’s seen him play, so I’m happy for that.”

Mitchell Hofer also won his opening round contest, but dropped the next two. Elsewhere, however, the opening round did not favor the Golden Eagles. Still, Central has four of its six singles players still alive in the consolation rounds.

“We have some chances,” Kurtz said. “Once we lost that opening round, we did a good job of fighting back in consolations.”

Action at the state tournament concludes today.

Team Points: Sioux Falls Lincoln 360, O’Gorman 307.5, Harrisburg 262, Sioux Falls Washington 256.5, Yankton 183, Brandon Valley 170, Rapid City Stevens 155, Mitchell 141.5, Watertown 139.5, Aberdeen Central 71, Sioux Falls Jefferson 44, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 21, Brookings 18.5, Rapid City Central 3.

SINGLES

First Flight

MITCHELL HOFER: def. Charlie Grismer, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 6-0, 6-3; lost to Alex Mohama, O’Gorman, 6-2, 6-3; lost to Alexander Rallis, Harrisburg, 10-4.

Second Flight

AJ PREHN: lost Mark Mahowald, Watertown, 6-4, 6-4; bye; def. Blake Walter, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 10-7.

Third Flight

SEKOU GOGUE: lost to Gibsen Eszlinger, Brandon Valley, 6-0, 6-2; bye; lost to Dawson McCaulley, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 10-5.

Fourth Flight

JACK RIGGS: lost to Drake Jerke, Mitchell, 6-4, 4-6, (12-10); bye; def. Carter Kemmis, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 10-8.

Fifth Flight

PRESTON KREBER: lost to Jack Pederson, Yankton, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; bye; def. Kyan Kemmis, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 10-4.

Sixth Flight

HUNTER MILLER: def. Ethan Marsh, Yankton, 6-3, 0-6, (10-8); lost to Jacob Husser, Sioux Falls Lincoln, 6-0, 6-1; lost to Zach Fuhrer, Mitchell, 10-1.

DOUBLES

First Flight

MITCHELL HOFER-AJ PREHN: lost to Nolan Rehorst-Tristan Eizinger, Rapid City Stevens, 10-7; bye.

Second Flight

SEKOU GOGUE-JACK RIGGS: lost to Christopher Rockne-Jack Pederson, Yankton, 10-4; bye.

Third Flight

PRESTON KREBER-SAM CASPER: def. Asher Vandewater-Kyan Kemmis, Sioux Falls Jefferson, 10-8; lost to Koleton Anderson-Cooper Rott, Harrisburg, 10-3.