DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions blanked West Des Moines Valley, 6-0, to finish in third place at the Class 2A state team tennis tournament at the Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines on Tuesday.

The Lions were defeated by Ames, 5-0, in the semifinals, then returned to the courts an hour later and skunked Valley for third.

Iowa City West trimmed Ames, 5-3, for the Class 2A title.

Brady Anderson, Tyler McCann, Dillon Einck, Trevor McCann, Blake Young and Tim Paulsen won their singles matches for Linn-Mar against West Des Moines Valley.

AMES 5, LINN-MAR 0

Semifinals

Singles

1. Alex Win (A) vs. Brady Anderson (LM), DNF.

2. Alex Huang (A) def. Tyler McCann, 6-4, 6-4.

3. Victor Wang (A) def. Dillon Einck, 6-4, 6-4.

4. Tommy Pitcher (A) def. Trevor McCann, 7-6, 6-0.

5. Andrew Ellis (A) def. Blake Young, 6-0, 7-5.

6. Calvin Song (A) def. Tim Paulsen, 6-3, 6-3.

LINN-MAR 6, WDM VALLEY 0

Consolation for 3rd

Singles

1. Brady Anderson (LM) def. Ryan Peterson, 6-2, 6-1.

2. Tyler McCann (LM) def. Anders Jensen, 6-2, 6-3.

3. Dillon Einck (LM) def. Tom Maigaard, 6-3, 6-3.

4. Trevor McCann (LM) def. Mitch McCoy, 6-0, 6-3.

5. Blake Young (LM) def. Shaan Madhan, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0.

6. Tim Paulsen (LM) def. Stephen McCabe, 6-2, 6-3.