Girls Tennis Advances Four Players to Districts

The Girls Tennis team competed in the sectional tournament on Thursday and Saturday this week. On Thursday, all seven players advanced to matches that would determine district qualifiers. The Lady Bears advanced four players past this round, as singles players Caitlyn DeWitt and Myleigh Andrews, and the doubles team of Ava Lambert/Lucy Vashaw won their respective matches and will compete in the district tournament. Courtney Kendrick and the doubles team of Emma Elkins/Lilly Cox both fought hard, but eventually fell to their opponents to end their season. On Saturday, the team competed to determine their seeds for districts. Caitlyn Dewitt and the doubles team of Ava Lambert/Lucy Vashaw each earned 3 seeds, while Myleigh Andrews came away with the 4 seed. The District Tournament will take place next Thursday at Port Clinton @ 10am. Individual scores are listed below:

Caitlyn DeWitt:

1st Round: DeWitt def. Amirah Dortzbach (Napoleon): 6-0, 6-0

2nd Round: DeWitt def. Shivani Pindiprolu (Ottawa Hills): 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinals: DeWitt def. Laurel Patrick (Maumee): 6-1, 6-0

Semi-Finals: Mari-Yona Shannon (Maumee Valley) def. DeWitt: 6-1, 6-0

Consolation: DeWitt def. Myleigh Andrews (Bryan): 6-0, 6-1

Myleigh Andrews:

1st Round: Andrews def. Lillie Marr (Napoleon): 6-0, 6-0

2nd Round: Andrews def. Samantha Mavis (Maumee): 6-4, 6-2

Quarterfinals: Andrews def. Jordan Traver (Central Catholic): 6-4, 6-0

Semi-Finals: Caroline Durfee (Ottawa Hills) def. Andrews: 6-2, 6-2

Consolation: Caitlyn DeWitt (Bryan) def. Andrews: 6-0, 6-1

Courtney Kendrick:

1st Round: Kendrick def. Sautter Hurner (Toledo Christian): 6-0, 6-0

2nd Round: Kendrick def. Remi Ryan (Archbold): 6-0, 6-1

3rd Round: Mari-Yona Shannon (Maumee Valley) def. Kendrick: 6-0, 6-0

Ava Lambert/Lucy Vashaw:

1st Round: Lambert/Vashaw def. Baskara/Brown (Maumee Valley): 6-3, 6-3

Quarterfinals: Lambert/Vashaw def. Hug/Nafziger (Archbold): 6-1, 6-0

Semi-Finals: Kayse/Tangeman (Ottawa Hills) def. Lambert/Vashaw: 6-0, 6-0

Consolation: Lambert/Vashaw def. Chernow/Stumbo (Ottawa Hills): 7-6 (4), 6-4

Emma Elkins/Lilly Cox

1st Round: Elkins/Cox def. Stuckey/Gerken (Archbold): 6-1, 6-2

Quarterfinals: Chernow/Stumbo (Ottawa Hills) def. Elkins/Cox: 6-1, 6-3