MADISON — After going without a single champion in the 38-year history of the WIAA Girls State Individual Tennis Tournament, the county is in position to bring home two titles on the same day.

Bradford’s Karyn Guttormsen and St. Joseph’s Amanda Dick advanced to the semifinals of the Division-1 and Divison-2 singles brackets, respectively, and moved two wins away from claiming a pair of championships Friday at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

Guttormsen (30-1) cruised through her first two matches on Friday before knocking off second-seeded Rachel Margolies of Madison West, 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. The seventh-seeded Guttorsmen faces third-seeded Jennifer Winston (25-7) in the Division-1 semifinal 9 a.m. today with the championship match scheduled to follow.

After dropping the second set in disappointing fashion against Margolies (27-4), Guttorsmen showed why she is considered one of the most talented high school players in the country.

Kevin Guttormsen, the Bradford coach and father of Karyn, gave a firm, pep-talk just moments before the start of the third set.

“I told her we didn’t come here to take second,” Kevin Guttormsen said. “This is what we’ve played 10 years for. It was a tough match. I give Karyn a lot of credit.”

Dick (24-4) will also take the court at 9 a.m. today and do so against a familiar opponent in facing University School’s Maddy Ecker (24-4) in the Division-2 semfinal. For the second consecutive year, Dick advanced to the semifinal with a win over the same opponent in defeating Green Bay Notre Dame’s Maria Koval, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

Dick, the No. 3 seed, overcame an ankle injury suffered in the first set against Koval.

“I landed on the side of my ankle and all the sudden I heard this big crack and it hurt really bad,” Dick said. “I reached down to touch it and it was swelling up and I just played through it. It’s a little sore, but I’ll ice it and be ready to go (today).”

In the second round, Dick barely broke a sweat with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Shorewood’s Lydia Hellig.

Guttormsen, who also had a first-round bye, defeated Greendale’s Lauren Piotrowski, 6-2, 6-3 in the second round and then had little trouble with Homestead’s Sophia LoCoCo with a snappy 6-3, 6-0 victory. LoCoCo entered the match undefeated in 35 matches.

“It was a long day,” Karyn Guttormsen said. “I think I was starting to get a little tired by the third match. One of the things my dad always talks about is never losing tiebreakers or third sets, so I’m used to them.”

Humphreys finishes 24-8

Tremper’s Megan Humphreys (24-8) first trip to State ended in the third round. The pint-sized freshman defeated DeForest’s Katherine Karapysh, 6-1, 6-0 in the second round before suffering a 6-2, 6-2 loss to Winston.

It was one of the finest seasons ever turned in by a Tremper No. 1 singles player.

“We’re looking forward to big things from her in the future,” Tremper co-coach Tom Pacetti said. “We couldn’t ask for anything more out of a freshman.”

Lancers fall

The day didn’t go quite as well for St. Joseph’s Gina Matteucci (22-3) and the Lancers’ No. 1 doubles team of Alaina Anderson and Megan Irving (17-9). Matteucci lost to top-seeded Shannon Etten of Xavier, 6-0, 6-0 in the second round, while Anderson and Irving fell by the same score to top-seeded Elissa Halla and Natalie Foster of Roncalli.