York Varsity Girls' Tennis Team Season Preview

Submitted by Tres Heimann

Girls’ Pre-Season Tennis Report - 2015

Team: York High School

Coach:
Girls’ Varsity Coach Tres Heimann
Career Varsity Record (York Boys/Girls): 250-139-4
Career York Varsity Girls’ Record: 118-67

7th Season as Head Coach, 9th Season Overall

Last Year: 16 - 10 Varsity Dual Meet Record

• 1st Place at 8-team Buffalo Grove Invite (Warren, Maine South, Hersey, Buffalo Grove)
• 5th Place in West Suburban Silver Conference; 4th place in conference tournament
• 1st Place in IHSA Sectional (1 Singles Player and 2 Doubles Teams State Qualifiers)
• 9 Points at State Tournament – 26th Place

Dual wins: Benet Academy, Glenbard West, Homewood-Flossmoor, Maine South, Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South (two times), St. Ignatius, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Wheaton North, Hinsdale South, Batavia, Waubonsie Valley, West Aurora, Yorkville, Proviso West

Dual losses: Hinsdale Central, Oak Park-River Forest, Lyons Township, Warren, St. Charles North, Jacobs

Key Losses:

• Angela Avgerinos, 4-Time State Qualifier, Playing Collegiate Tennis at Butler Univ.
• Katie Riek, State Qualifier, #1 Doubles (26 wins in 2014)
• Laurel Chamberlin, State Qualifier, #1 Doubles (26 wins in 2014)
• Abigail Kayman, 2-Time State Qualifier, #2 Doubles (20 wins in 2014)
• Paige Wing, 2-Time State Qualifier, #2 Doubles (23 wins in 2014)
• Annie Rivera, 2-Time State Qualifier
• Grace Feilen (20 wins in 2014)
• Kathryn Wheeler
• Alexa Chmura
• Lara Zich
• Rachel Zich
• Andrea Zurlo
• Caroline Elsey

Key Returnees:

• Maja Shaw (22 wins in 2014)
• Sarah Paist (14 wins) ... All-Conference in 2014
• Alex Hennessy (20 wins)
• Key Newcomers:
• Abby Brigman (12)
• Claire Meyer (12)
• Tara Meyer (12)
• Julia Riddle (11)
• Liz Mazzocco (11)
• Lauren Fonorow (10)
• Jessica Paist (10)
• Lauren Cushing (12)
• Anna Lubertozzi (12)
• Olivia Brunke (9)
• Jacki Riek (9)
• Katie Toohey (12)
• Lauren Aloia (12)

WSC Silver Outlook:
The West Suburban Silver Division is always loaded. Hinsdale Central’s Red Devils are the 2-time defending state champions. Lyons Township finished 3rd in state in 2014. Oak Park-River Forest and Glenbard West have top-caliber teams each year. We look forward to competing with all of these very good teams as it will prepare us for post-season play.

Schedule:
Non-conference duals with: Glenbrook South, Benet Academy, Nequa Valley, Hinsdale South, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Maine South, Homewood-Flossmoor, Whitney Young.

Conference Duals – Hinsdale Central, Oak Park-River Forest, Lyons Township, Downers Grove North, Glenbard West, Proviso West

Invites:

York Quad (8-22): Hersey, Rolling Meadows, Batavia, Stagg, Maine South
Hinsdale South (8-29): Hinsdale Central, Nequa Valley, Hinsdale South
Downers Grove South Super 16 Team Dual Invite (9-5): 4 Dual Meets

• Hinsdale Central, New Trier, Barrington, Glenbard West, etc.

Buffalo Grove Invite (9-12): Warren, Maine South, Libertyville, Buffalo Grove
York Quad (9-19): Lake Forest, Homewood-Flossmoor, and Whitney Young
West Aurora Quad (9-26): West Aurora, Yorkville, Waubonsie Valley
Lockport Invite (10-2 and 10-3): 32-Team Invite
W.S.C. Silver Meet (10-9 and 10-10): Conference Tournament at Glenbard West
IHSA Sectional Meet (10-16 and 10-17): @ Berens Park
IHSA State Tournament (10-22, 10-23, and 10-24): @ Buffalo Grove Invite

Coaches Comments:

We are very excited to work with 13 new varsity players this season. Many of these girls have been “Varsity-ready” for at least one year, but last year’s strong senior class did not provide opportunities with the varsity. Most of these players competed on the J.V. 1 in 2014 which team finished with a 16-1 record (their only loss to Hinsdale Central). That J.V. 1 team (Coached by Kara Dollaske) finished 2nd place in conference beating all other teams besides Hinsdale C. plus they defeated non-conference teams such as Lake Forest, Glenbrook South and Maine South to name a few.

We will have a very deep team up and down the lineup card. 17 freshmen came out in the program this fall which we are very excited about. There will be great competition throughout the area and we will play a very competitive schedule. We are still looking at who will fill each of the singles spots and who will make up the doubles combinations as it is in the early going. It should be a very exciting season!