York Varsity Girls' Tennis Wins First Place in IHSA Sectional

Submitted by Tres Heimann.

Results from I.H.S.A. Elmhurst (York) Sectional – Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th@ Berens Park

York finished with 32 points in the I.H.S.A. Sectional on Saturday, October 18th, which was good for 1st place. Timothy Christian took 2nd place finishing with 19 points. This is York’s 8th straight Sectional Championship for the Girls’ Tennis team.

In Singles, Angela Avgerinos (18 wins, 9 losses in 2014) won her 3rd Sectional Title in a row (Doubles in 2012 and 2013, Singles in 2014) and she qualified for her 4th State Tournament as she won the Sectional only losing 2 games total. She was very focused throughout the tournament, especially in the final vs. Minkov. She was playing with a lot of confidence and her game was clicking on all cylinders. She played a very clean match in the final vs. a very talented player from Leyden. Angela finished 2nd Team All-State (9-12th Place) as a junior and All-State Honorable Mention (17-32nd Place) as a sophomore at the State Tournament in doubles. Also in Singles, Maja Shaw lost in the Quarter Final Match vs. Jessica Minkov (Leyden) 6-2, 6-1. Maja had a tremendous sophomore season with 22 wins and 12 losses for the Dukes. She has a very high ceiling as to how good she can be. We look forward to having her back in the program for the next two years.

Also of note, Angela Avgerinos won her 100th Varsity Match on Friday, October 17th. She now has 102 wins and 49 losses throughout her career playing varsity tennis at York. Angela is an extremely talented player and it shows how skilled she is in that she has won many matches playing both singles and doubles for us. She has been a very dedicated player to the program over the years and leads by example for our younger players.

In Doubles, Katie Riek (24 wins, 12 losses in 2014)/Laurel Chamberlin (24 wins and 10 losses in 2014) won their first Sectional Title by defeating teammates Paige Wing (21 wins, 11 losses in 2014)/Abigail Kayman (18 wins, 18 losses in 2014) 6-1, 6-3 in the final. This is the 1st State Tournament for Riek/Chamberlin, they have 47 wins and 20 losses in two years of playing doubles together in 2013 and 2014. This is the 2nd State tournament for both Paige Wing (singles in 2013) and Abigail Kayman (doubles in 2013).

Singles – Angela Avgerinos (York) … Sectional Champion
1st Place out of 20 entries at I.H.S.A. Sectional
1st Match – Angela Avgerinos (York) defeated H. Slager (Timothy Christian) 6-0, 6-0
2nd Match – Angela Avgerinos (York) defeated N. Andrukhiv (Elmwood Park) 6-0, 6-0
3rd Match (Semi-Final Match) – Angela Avgerinos (York) defeated K. Hodyl (ICCP) 6-1, 6-0
4th Match (Finals) – Angela Avgerinos (York) defeated Jessica Minkov (Leyden) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) … Sectional Champions
1st Place out of 20 teams at I.H.S.A. Sectional
1st Match – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) defeated Klodz/Kurkowski (Leyden) 6-0, 6-0
2nd Match – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) defeated Beard/Paterno (Timothy Christian) 6-0, 6-3
3rd Match (Semi-Final Match) – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) defeated Hager/Gurdak (Fenton) 6-1, 6-1
4th Match (Finals) – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) defeated Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles – Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) … 2nd Place at Sectional
2nd Place out of 20 teams at I.H.S.A. Sectional
1st Match – Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) defeated Kvistad/Puga (Leyden) 6-0, 6-0
2nd Match – Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) defeated Maloney/Loizzo (ICCP) 6-1, 6-0
3rd Match (Semi-Final Match) – Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) defeated Wiener/Paterno (Timothy Christian) by default
4th Match (Finals) – Katie Riek/Laurel Chamberlin (York) defeated Abigail Kayman/Paige Wing (York) 6-1, 6-3

Individual Records of Players:

Angela Avgerinos (1 Singles): 18 wins, 9 losses (102 wins overall in career)

Katie Riek (1 Doubles): 24 wins, 12 losses

Laurel Chamberlin (1 Doubles): 24 wins, 10 losses

Paige Wing (2 Doubles): 21 wins, 11 losses

Abigail Kayman (2 Doubles): 18 wins, 18 losses

Maja Shaw (Singles): 22 wins, 12 losses