St. A Finishes Fifth At Bloomington Purple Gold Tennis Tourney

BLOOMINGTON -- Effingham St. Anthony High School captured fifth place at the Bloomington Purple Gold Tennis Tournament during the weekend.

Libertyville won the championship with 66 points followed by Normal Community 55, Batavia 47, U-High 41, St. Anthony 37, Moline 34, Carbondale 29, Bloomington 15, Bloomington Central Catholic 14, LaSalle Peru 14, Normal Community West 13, Danville 12, Alton 10, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 9 and Springfield 0.

In singles play, Emily Kowalke won her opening round, then fell in the second round before winning again at No. 1.

Mia Kinkelaar finished fourth in No. 2 singles. She opened with two straight victories before falling in the next two matches.

Liv Hoene captured third place at No. 3, winning the first two matches before losing a contest, then claiming third with a victory.

Ellie Link finished second at No. 4 singles. She won her first three matches before falling in the championship match, 6-1, 6-0.

Nora Trupiano won her opener at No. 5 before dropping the next two matches.

Anna Greene tallied a victory at No. 6 before losing a contest. She then won the next two matches.

In doubles play, Kowalke and Hoene finished tied for fifth at No. 1 as did Kinkelaar and Link at No. 2. Trupiano and Greene won their opener, then lost a match before winning once more and then losing again.

At Bloomington

Singles

No. 1 -- Emily Kowalke

Defeated Cali Mickley (LaSalle-Peru), 6-0, 6-1

Lost to Gabby Runyan (Bloomington), 6-3, 6-1

Defeated Risha Patel (Normal University), 6-4, 6-1

No. 2 -- Mia Kinkelaar

Defeated Meredith Bertsche (Normal Community West), 6-1, 6-1

Defeated Emma Eovaldi (Normal University), 6-4, 4-6, 10-4

Lost  to Anna Mayes (Normal Community), 6-0, 6-1

Lost to Karenna Zemek (Moline), 6-3, 6-2

No. 3 -- Liv Hoene

Defeated Ashley Walls (Normal Community), 7-5, 6-3

Defeated Kaylie Reese (LaSalle-Peru), 6-1, 6-2

Lost to Hadley Warren, 6-2, 3-6, 10-3

Defeated Zayda  Graham (Moline), 6-4, 6-3

No. 4 -- Ellie Link

Defeated Abby Greenlee (Moline), 6-1, 6-2

Defeated Allison Emm (Bloomington Central Catholic), 6-0, 6-2

Defeated Sanvi Nadiger (Normal University), 6-2, 6-2

Lost to Addi Lowe (Batavia), 6-1, 6-0

No. 5 -- Nora Trupiano

Defeated Lexi Foley (Danville), 6-3, 6-0

Lost to Rhea Kumar (Normal Community), 6-4, 6-2

Lost to Daphne Johnson (Carbondale), 6-2, 6-4

No. 6 -- Anna Greene

Defeated Emma Petinga (Bloomington Central Catholic), 7-6 (5), 6-3

Lost to Emma Larson (Batavia), 6-1, 6-3

Defeated Alexis Snyder (Springfield), 6-0, 6-1

Defeated Arlie Hartman (Alton), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 -- Kowalke-Hoene

Lost to Schrof-Bertsche (Normal West), 6-3, 2-6, 10-8

Defeated Connolly-Lowe (Batavia), 4-6, 6-2, 10-4

Defeated Graham-Zemeck (Moline), 6-4, 6-2

Defeated Martin-Eovaldi (Normal U High), 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 -- Kinkelaar-Link

Defeated Massey-Eades (Alton), 6-2, 6-0

Lost to O'Brien-Larson (Batavia), 3-6, 6-2, 10-8

Defeated Setzler-Reed (Bloomington), 6-0, 6-1

Defeated Hundman/A. Emm (Bloomington Central Catholic), 4-6, 7-5, 10-7

No. 3 -- Trupiano-Greene

Defeated Foley/Moran (Danville), 4-6, 6-3, 10-8

Lost to Olson-Dogadalski (Libertyville), 6-0, 6-0

Defeated Petinga-Kostelnick (Bloomington Central Catholic), 6-1, 6-2

Lost to Kamari-Wllas (Normal Community), 6-3, 6-0