MADISON — It probably didn’t occur until well after the final point of the season, but Bradford’s Karyn Guttormsen eventually realized what she had just accomplished.

It was nothing short of the single greatest performance by a girls’ tennis player in Kenosha County history.

Guttormsen (31-2) advanced all the way to the finals before she fell to Homestead’s Aly Coran, 6-3, 6-4 in the Division-1 title match at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Individual Tournament Saturday at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

“(Second) is still really good and I’m happy about it,” said Guttormsen, who entered the tournament as the No. 7 seed. “I just wish I would’ve finished first.”

The county will have to wait another year for its first-ever singles champion.

St. Joseph’s Amanda Dick captured a third-place finish — exactly where she was seeded — in defeating fourth-seeded Saira Khanna, 6-1, 6-2 in the Division-2 consolation match.

Dick (25-5) advanced to the semifinals with a pair of wins on Friday — despite suffering an ankle injury in the third round — only to fall to second-seeded Maddy Ecker, 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals. Dick finished the season with five losses, four of which came against the talented freshman.

“I was proud to advance this far, but disappointed at the same time,” Dick said. “(Ecker) is a good player.”

Guttormsen held her own against the talented the State’s defending champion, but seemed to struggle most while playing with the lead. Guttormsen dropped three games in the first set where she held advantage-in and couldn’t hold a 4-1 lead in the second set.

“When you do that, you lose momentum,” Bradford coach Kevin Guttormsen said. “(Karyn) hit great shots and had (Coran) on the defense all day long. When we were winning, we didn’t play solid for some reason.

“We have to control that. When we’re winning we have to play under control and win those points. If that’s what we take away from this, I think we’ve accomplished something.”

Coran (37-0) remained unbeaten in her high school career. While it was her first time playing Guttormsen in high school competition, the two met a number of times in USTA tournaments.

“Karyn played a really great match,” said Coran, who lost only one set the entire season. “She’s a tough competitor. She’s such a good player that you have to hit it deep and run everything down. I wasn’t surprised to see her in the final.”

Guttormsen pulled off one of the most entertaining sets of the day against Nicolet’s Jennifer Winston in the semifinal. With the first set knotted 8-8 in the tiebreaker, Guttormsen unleased a powerful, cross-court, forehand winner before claiming the set on a perfectly-placed, backhand drop shot.

Guttormsen carried the momentum into the second set for a 7-6 (8), 6-2 victory.