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Becky Faber returns volley during her pool match against Anderson of Hesston, the eventual singles champion at the Hills?boro Invita?tional. |
The Hillsboro girls? tennis team won both doubles flights at the Sterling Invitational Thursday.
Becky Faber and Emma Heyen teamed up to finish first in No. 1 doubles, winning all four matches and losing only five games all day.
?They played well together,? coach Bob Woelk said.
Hayley Pankratz and Elise Heyen also swept their matches in No. 2 doubles.
?I think our doubles teams are going to be our strength as I have the nice problem of trying to figure out the best combinations heading toward regionals in October,? Woelk said.
Meanwhile, Courtney Weber went 1-3 in No. 1 singles. She won her first match, 8-2, over Maci Colclazier of Greensburg, then lost 8-0 to Hutchinson Trinity?s Lizzie Degner, and 8-7 (7-5) in a tiebreaker to Katie Halzle from St. John. Weber?s last match was an 8-0 loss to Janel Prather of Sterling, one of the top players in the league.
?As this is her first season, it will take a little while for Courtney to gain her varsity legs,? Woelk said.
Aubrey Meier was slotted at No. 2 singles Thursday at Sterling. She went 1-3, but played some strong matches throughout the day.
She lost to Makena Unruh from Greensburg 8-6, then lost to Hutchinson Trinity?s Courtney Chacon 8-0, defeated St. Johns? Jesse Van Doren 8-7 (7-2), and lost her last match to Kacee Britton of Sterling 8-0.
At Hillsboro?The Trojans? varsity ?Maroon? team placed third and the junior-varsity ?Gold? team placed sixth at the season-opening Hillsboro Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Wichita Colligiate won the title with 45 points, followed by Hesston with 38, Hillsboro Maroon 33, Nickerson 24, Clay Center 8 and Hillsboro Gold 2.
The Maroon team?s best finishes were second-place in both No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles.
In No. 1 doubles, Elise Heyen and Courtney Weber lost 8-1 to Dunn and Funke of Collegiate in the first-place match. The Hillsboro pair got to that match by winning both of its matches in a three-team pool.
Their biggest win was an upset of Brubacher and Shogren, Hesston?s top doubles team, 8-7 (7-5). They also defeated Beutler and Bosch of Clay Center, 8-2.
In No. 2 singles, Emma Heyen dropped an 8-1 decision to Meeker of Collegiate in the title match. In pool play she defeated Keen of Clay Center 8-0 and Schrock of Hesston 8-2.
?She is serving and hitting well at the net right now and might be our most improved player,? Woelk said.
In No. 1 singles, Becky Faber placed third, defeating Combs of Nickerson 8-1 in the third-place match after going 1-1 in pool play.
The Maroon No. 2 doubles team of Aubrey Meier and Hayley Pankratz placed fourth, going 1-1 in pool play, then losing 8-3 to Barber and Henke of Nickerson in the third-place match.
For the HHS Gold team, freshman Peyton Loewen scored the team?s only points by placing fifth in No. 2 singles with a 1-2 mark.
Going 0-3 for the day were freshman Erin Winter in No. 1 singles, freshmen Lexus Sinclair and Rachel Schneider in No. 1 doubles and sophomore Callie Nickel and freshman Katie Claassen in No. 2 doubles.
JV tourney?Hillsboro competed in a JV meet Thursday at Hesston. Peyton Loewen and Lexus Sinclair finished third in No. 1 doubles, and Katie Claassen and Rachel Schneider were third in No. 2 doubles.
Coming?Hillsboro will compete at Smoky Valley Thursday and then Saturday at Hesston. The team will return to Hesston Tuesday for its third tournament in six days.
