Macy Probst, Isabelle Hemmen Finish Fifth At State Tennis Tourney
Published on October 25 2021 8:18 am
Last Updated on October 27 2021 6:32 am
Written by Millie Lange
The pair started out in Thursday competition, winning over Catherine Engels and Ava Lannen of LaSalle-Peru, 6-1, 6-1 and Aleena Ciezak and Kelsey Collins of Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge, 6-0, 6-0. The duo defeated Josie Hotsinpiller-Ava Towne of Danville, 6-0, 6-2.
In Friday action, the pair picked up their first and only loss against Emilee Pak and Sophie Baker of Chicago University, 6-1, 7-5 on Friday. That pair went on to place second at State. That dropped Probst and Hemmen into the consolation bracket where they defeated Rachel Abraham and Maeve Paris of Oak Park Fenwick., 6-0, 6-3.
The duo went into Saturday play and won over Sophia Esquivel and Megan Hackman of Wauconda, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifianls of consolation draw. That put the T-town pair into the fifth place match where they won over Trinity Hardin and Megan Trifilio of Oak Park Fenwick,. 6-1, 6-4.
The T-town pair were the only non-Chicago team to make the top eight.
The Wooden Shoes finished tied for 13th place at State as a team.
Probst and I. Hemmen were welcomed home with a firetruck parade Sunday along with teammates Grace Hoene who competed in singles and Lexi Will and Olivia Hemmen who also competed in doubles.
