Effingham Competes In Belleville East Tennis Tourney
Published on May 3 2021 8:40 am
Last Updated on May 3 2021 1:36 pm
Written by Millie Lange
The Hearts fell to O'Fallon in Round One by a 9-0 count.
EHS then dropped an 8-1 loss to Alton. Scoring the Hearts' lone point was Thad Dillow at the No. 1 singles match as he downed Xavier Carter, 6-1, 6-1.
In Round Three, the Hearts lost to Belleville East, 7-2.
Dillow won again in singles over Michael Hayes, 6-1, 6-1. The other point came at No. 5 when Tyler Nohren downed Allan Espino, 6-3, 6-3.
In Round Four, EHS was a 6-3 winner over Belleville Althoff Catholic.
Dillow claimed his third victory during the tournament by downing Cole Curtis, 8-4. Nohren picked up his second win by beating Aiden Piper, 8-2.
Dane Seiler won the No. 3 singles match over Sam Mena, 8-1 and Isaiah Rubin won the No. 6 spot by forfeit
In doubles, Preston Siner and Evan Pryor won at No. 2 on a forfeit and Seiler and Rubin claimed the No. 3 singles over Aiden Piper and Sam Mena, 8-4.
Belleville East Invitational
O'Fallon 9, Effingham 0
Singles
No. 1 -- Evan Potter (O) defeated Thad Dillow (E), 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 -- Gavin Sohn (O) defeated Blayne Pals (E), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Kaden Vollmer (O) defeated Preston Siner (E), 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 -- Nic Strobel (O) defeated Dane Seiler (E), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 -- Luke Russo (O) defeated Evan Pryor (E), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Cameron Woll (O) defeated Isaiah Rubin (E), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Sohn-Vollmer (O) defeated Dillow-Pals (E), 8-4
No. 2 -- Potter-Strobel (O) defeated Siner-Nohren (E), 8-0
No. 3 -- Wollf-Rowen Brunner (E) defeated Seiler-Rubin (E), 8-0
Alton 8, Effingham 1
Singles
No. 1 -- Thad Dillow (E) defeated Xavier Carter (A), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Parker Mayhew (A) defeated Blayne Pals (E), 5-7, 6-4, 10-4
No. 3 -- Luke Boyd (A) defeated Preston Siner (E), 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 -- James McKeever (A) defeated Dane Seiler (E), 6-0, 7-5
No. 5 -- Victor Humphrey (A) defeated Evan Pryor (E), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Chance Linnefelser (A) defeated Tyler Nohren (E), 7-5 (6), 2-6, 10-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Carter-Mayhew (A) defeated Dillow-Pals (E), 8-2
No. 2 -- Boyd-McKeever (A) defeated SIner-Nohren (E), 8-2
No. 3 -- Humphrey-Linnefelser (A) defeated Seiler-Rubin (E), 8-3
Belleville East 7, Effingham 2
Singles
No. 1 -- Thad Dillow (E) defeated Michael Hayes (B), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Aiden Gillen (BE) defeated Blayne Pals (E), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Sean Gillen (BE) defeated Preston Siner (E), 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 -- Ethan Moeller (BE) defeated Dane Seiler (E), 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Tyler Nohren (E) defeated Allan Espino (BE), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 -- Connor Mackin (BE) defeated Isaiah Rubin (E), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Hayes-Gillen (BE) defeated Dillow-Pals (E), 8-6
No. 2 -- Gillen-Moeller (BE) defeated SIner-Evan Pryor (E), 8-3
No. 3 -- Espino-Seelman (BE) defeated Siler-Rubin (E), 8-0
Effingham 6, Belleville Althoff Catholic 3
Singles
No. 1 -- Thad Dillow (E) defeated Cole Curtis (BA), 8-4
No. 2 -- Jack Nesler (BA) defeated Blayne Pals (E), 8-1
No. 3 -- Stephen Land (BA) defeated Aiden Preston Siner (E), 8-3
No. 4 -- Tyler Nohren (E) defeated Aiden Piper (BA), 8-2
No. 5 -- Dane Seiler (E) defeated Sam Mena (BA), 8-1
No. 6 -- Isaiah Rubin (E) won on forfeit
Doubles
No. 1 -- Curtis-Nester (BA) defeated Dillow-Pals (E), 9-7
No. 2 -- Siner-Pryor won on forfeit
No. 3 -- Seiler-Rubin (E) defeated Piper-Mena (BA), 8-4
