CAAC White Division Championship at Portland
Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Girl's Tennis, Matches
The Williamston girls’ tennis team traveled to Portland to compete in the CAAC White Division championships and returned with a first place finish and the league title for the second straight year. The Lady Hornets captured the league championship by finishing first in the dual match round robin season and capping it off by finishing first in the league championships on Friday, May 9, 2008.
“This has been a big week for the Williamston Tennis Program,” said varsity coach Steve Stanley. “We learned on Thursday that the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association ranked our team number one in Division 4,” he continued. “That added both a new level of confidence in our players but also a heightened sense of pressure to prove we were worthy of that ranking,” he said. “The girls’ came out and played solid tennis today and took another step forward in our season,” he concluded.
The Hornets accumulated 37 points to finish ahead of Lansing Catholic and Portland who tied for second with 27 points. Lakewood finished fourth with 20 points and Corunna ended the day in fifth place with 9 points.
“I thought we played our very best tennis ever in the finals,” said Katherine Noren, senior and member of the number two doubles duo with Sandra Suryak. “We hit really good shots that were consistently on target,” she added. “We didn’t play as well in the semi-finals, but I was really happy with our finals match,” she concluded.
John Bragle, JV coach for the Hornets summed up the day by saying, “I felt we played very well and perhaps even exceeded expectations given that we had a junior varsity player (Gabby Meijer subbing in for absent Sarah Vogel who is attending an out of state school conference). I was impressed with their win in the first round and for giving Portland a good scare in the finals, losing in three sets,” he concluded.
Taking home first place medals were Tiffany Ash at number one singles, Allyson Nash at number two singles, Katherine Noren and Olivia Green at number two doubles, Olivia Green and Erin Donovan at number three doubles, and Aubree Barton and Erin Graham at number four doubles. Winning silver medals for their second place finishes were Mattie Nelson at number three singles, Miranda Vorce at number fours singles and Anya Nikolai and her substitute partner Gabby Meijer at number one doubles. All twelve players will be named All Conference, which is also a feat achieved for the second consecutive year.
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