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Girls Tennis Wins KingCo, Districts, and are on to State
MI Girls Tennis was undefeated during league play, won the KingCo League tournament, and topped it off with the Sea-King District Championship. Six Islanders head to the State Tournament this weekend.
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!)"
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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.)
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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
