Girls Tennis Wins KingCo, Districts, and are on to State

Mercer Island Girls Tennis is seeking to add one more State Title to the 26 already earned. Islanders Chelsea Bailey, Karissa Walker, Sophia Gage, Nora Tan, Erica Baska, and Kelly Crandall are in the Tri-Cities ready to compete in the State Tournament. But Coach Mindy Blakeslee emphasized that it is the "TEAM title that we aiming to bring home.  All 15 girls on our varsity team this year helped contribute and any award we may win is for the team."

"We won the KingCo tournament convincingly," said Blakeslee.  "Chelsea Bailey (1st singles), Karissa Walker (2nd singles), Nora Tan/Kelly Crandall (1st doubles) and Erica Baska/Sophia Gage (3rd doubles).  Carissa Ham and Caroline Dillon/Ashley Larson had a great KingCo Tournament too, and were so close to advancing to Districts!"

"At Districts, the competition got a lot tougher," Coach Blakeslee noted, "but so did we."  Nora Tan/Kelly Crandall (1st doubles), Chelsea Bailey (3rd singles), Karissa Walker (4th singles) and Erica Baska/Sophia Gage (5th doubles, but only had one loss 6-4 in the 3rd!)" 

King-Co honors went to MI's Chelsea Bailey, named 1st Team All KingCo - MVP; the doubles team of Nora Tan / Kelly Crandall was named 1st Team All KingCo; the doubles team of Sophia Gage / Erica Baska  was named 1st Team All KingCo; and  singles player Karissa Walker was named 2nd Team All KingCo.

The State Tournament in being held in the Tri-Cities this weekend.  (Friday/Saturday @ the Tri-City Court Club and Kamiakin HS.)  

Follow the action online:

Draws-

Singles:  http://www.wiaa.com/Brackets/T47-20110524135858.pdf

Doubles:  http://www.wiaa.com/Brackets/T48-20110524121452.pdf

Schedule:  http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con153/3A%20Schedule.pdf

Tournament Info:  http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con153/Tennis%20Regs.pdf

Sea-King District Results:

SEMIFINALS

Singles — Sasha Cater, Bainbridge(defending 3A State Champion), beat Chelsea Bailey, Mercer Island, 6-1, 6-0; Natalie Allen, Holy Names, beat Karissa Walker, Mercer Island, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — Kelly Crandall-Nora Tan, Mercer Island, beat Barbara Ann Carey-Sarah Newman, Seattle Prep, 6-2, 6-4; Grace Porter-Kate Jameson, Bainbridge, beat Kelly Watanabe-Jessica Lund, Lake Washington, 6-1, 6-4.

FINALS

Singles — Natalie Allen, Holy Names, beat Sasha Carter, Bainbridge, 6-0, 6-3.

3rd - Chelsea Bailey, Mercer Island

4th - Karissa Walker, Mercer Island

Doubles — Kelly Crandall-Nora Tan, Mercer Island, beat Grace Porter-Kate Jameson, Bainbridge(defending District Champions), 6-4, 6-4.

5th - Sophia Gage/Erica Baska

 3A Girls Tennis - Spring 2011 - All KingCo Teams   

Chelsea Bailey         Mercer Island           1st Team All KingCo - MVP     

Nora Tan / Kelly Crandall          Mercer Island           1st Team All KingCo                

Kelly Watanabe / Jess Lund    Lake Washington     1st Team All KingCo                

Malia Lum                Sammamish             1st Team All KingCo                

London Lee             Bellevue   1st Team All KingCo                

Sophia Gage / Erica Baska      Mercer Island           1st Team All KingCo                

Sabrina Tu               Bellevue   2nd Team All KingCo              

Karissa Walker         Mercer Island           2nd Team All KingCo              

Amber Eastham / Emmie Kellogg-Smith    Liberty      2nd Team All KingCo              

Carissa Ham             Mercer Island           2nd Team All KingCo              

Amanda Gates / Meghan McCallum         Mt. Si       2nd Team All KingCo              

Alysha Dhami           Interlake   2nd Team All KingCo              

Isabelle Long           Interlake   Honorable Mention  

Molly Ichikawa / Anna Ludvigsen              Juanita     Honorable Mention  

Jim Waters               Lake Washington     Coach of the Year   

Interlake   Interlake   Team Sportsmanship