Bulldogs Capture Second At SHG Central Illinois Tennis Tourney

Sacred Heart Griffin won with 29.5 points followed by St. Anthony 25, Niles North 24, Alton 22, Maroa-Forsyth 20, Greenville/Alton2 17.5, Quincy Notre Dame 17, Rochester 16, Bloomimgton Central Catholic 15.5, Normal University 14.5, Jacksonville 10, Chatham Glenwood 9, Lincoln/St. Anthony2/Sacred Heart3 4, Niles North 2, Rochester 2 and Sacred Heart Griffin 2.

St. Anthony's Mia Kinkelaar and Ella Link were champions the No. 1 doubles. The pair won their opener 8-1 over a GHS duo. The pair then downed a team from Maroa-Forsyth, 5-4. Kinkelaar and Links beat a Niles North duo in a hard-fought 7-6 (0), 8-2, 1-0 (4) victory. That pushed them into the championship match against a team from Bloomington Central Catholic and they won 6-1, 6-2.

In No. 2 doubles, the Bulldogs again were champions. Liz Hoene and Nora Trupiano won their opener 8-1 over a pair from Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin. They defeated a duo from Maroa-Forsyth, 8-5. Hoene and Trupiano then downed a Quincy Notre Dame pair, 6-4, 6-1. In the championship match, they defeated an Alton duo, 7-5, 8-0.

In the No. 3 doubles spot, Gabby Kabbes and Julia Schultz fell in their opener to a Niles North pair, 8-4. The pair won over a Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin duo, 8-1 before falling in the consolation round to a pair from Alton, 8-3.

In the No. 1 singles spot, St. Anthonys' Emily Kowalke finished fourth. Kowalke won her opener over Ari El-Amin (GHS), 8-0. Kowalke then downed Griffin's MK Christie, 8-1. Kowalke fell to Rochester's Julie Musgrave 7-6 (3), 7-5.

She dropped into the third place match and lost to Maroa-Forsyth's Ella Sangren, no score listed.

In the No. 2 singles, Anna Greene lost her opener against Quincy Notre Dame's Alyssa Ley, 8-3. She then claimed a victory over Sacred Heart Griffin's Hadley Sommer-Watts, 8-0. She exited the tourney with a loss to Marla Knepler (GHS), 8-4.