Greyhound Update: Girls Tennis Team Wins Woodland Dual Crown

Here is the week's recap of Shorewood High School sports, courtesy of Athletic Director Bill Haury:

Boys Soccer –  Monday night the varsity team hosted Pewaukee, who was unbeaten in Woodland Conference play.  After a close first half, in which Shorewood had more possessions, it was 0-0.  The second half began much the same way, but at 52:57, Henry Kruger hit a shot from 20 yards out and put it in the far corner of the goal.  Pewaukee put a lot of pressure on the Greyhound defense in the remaining 25 minutes, but the defenders refused to back down, and kept pushing the ball up to the offense who was aggressive enough to get some key shots, one by Henry Cummings that would have iced the game in the final minutes.  When time expired, Shorewood walked away with a solid 1-0 victory against the top team in the Woodland Conference.

Wednesday night, the teams traveled to New Berlin West.  The Vikings scored first in the 29^th minute to take the lead, but seven minutes later, Shorewood scored to tie the game at 1-1.  Three minutes later, New Berlin scored to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.  Shorewood came out strong in the second half and tied the game eight minutes into the half.  It stayed that way the remainder of the game with the Greyhounds recording their third tie of the season.  They are now 3-1-3 in Woodland Conference play.

On Friday night, the teams played neighboring rival Whitefish Bay.  In the varsity game, the Blue Dukes scored in the ninth minute to take an early 1-0 lead.  It stayed that way until early in the second half when Elliott Lane scored to tie the game at 1-1.  Regulation time ended with the scored still tied and it remained tied through the first overtime period.  In the second overtime period, Bay scored the winning goal to give them the victory, 2-1.

Girls Swimming – Wednesday was the Woodland Conference Relay meet at Cudahy.  The girl’s finished second, 18 points behind Wauwatosa West.  The girls won five of the 13 relays.  They were the 400 medley team of Kristin Malone, Diana Yakshimamedova, Chloe Borut and Ellen Stello;  the 400 medley team of Melissa Clausen, Rachel Munson, Lucy Petrick and Diana Yakshimamedova; the 400 freestyle team of Stello, Hannah Miller, Borut and Malone; the 300 backstroke team of Leila Kane, Petrick, Clausen and Genevieve Hayes; and the 300 breastroke team of Anna Gruber, Borut, Munson and Kristin Malone.  The 200 freestyle relay team of Kane, Petrick, Munson and Hayes took second, the 200 medley relay team of Clausen, Stello, Borut and Diana Yakshimamedova took third, and the 100 medley relay team of Miller, Yunny Youm, Gruber and Emily Kregloski; and the 500 freestyle relay team of Gruber, Hayes, Miller and Stello both finished fourth.

On Saturday, the team competed in the Nicolet Sprint Invitational and finished third behind Whitefish Bay and Homestead.  The highlight of the meet was the 500 feeestyle Relay that took third place, but in doing so, set a school record of 4:28.99.  The relay is 10 swimmers the each swim 50 meters. The team consisted of Kristin Malone, Rachel Munson, Melissa Clausen, Lucy Petrick, Chloe Borut, Hannah Miller, Leila Kane, Diana Yakshimamedova, Genevieve Hayes and Ellen Stello. Malone also took first in both the 50 and 100 freestyle. Munson took first in both the 50 breastroke and 200 individual medley. Stello took second in the 100 individual medley and third in the 50 butterfly. Clausen took third in the 50 backstroke and fourth in the 50 freestyle.  The 400 medley relay team of Malone, Munson, Clausen, Petrick, Borut, Yakshimamedova, Hayes and Stello, took second.

Cross Country – The boys team competed in the Warrior Invite at Muskego on Saturday.  The varsity time won the meet with senior Peter Morris leading the varsity team with a second-place finish, followed by Charlie Stahl in seventh, Jacob Goldberg in 18^th, Sam Kuhlmann in 26^th, Michael Dellutri in 36^th, Jack Muaer in 44^th, and John Traudt in 46^th.    Dan Vrobel led the JV team to second-place finish with his victory.  Dan was followed by Mayan Essak in third, Johnnie Papineau in ninth, Keith Dodd in 13^th, Stort Sandy in 33^rd, Sam Shields in 34^th, and Max Gietzen in 38^th.

Girls Tennis – Thursday was the Crossover Dual Match championship between the first-place teams from each division in the Woodland Conference.  For the past three years, the Shorewood girls have finished second, losing to Greendale each year.  This year, they took a big step winning the championship with a 5-2 victory over Wauwatosa West.  Singles winners were Saabirah Abdullah at No. 1 and Victoria Nelsen at No. 2.  Doubles winners were Mary Matoba and Lizzie Tews at No. 1, Grace Hayes & Kirsten Repins at No. 2, and Ellen Gough and Jenna Vourinen at No. 3. Jenna and Ellen clinched the team’s win with a second-set comeback. It was truly a team effort and a huge accomplishment for girls tennis and head coach Margie Van Lieshout and assistant coach Patrick Kelly.

Girls Volleyball –  Thursday night, the varsity team took a big step in the Woodland Conference standings by beating Thomas More to improve their conference record to 3-3 and 4-3 overall.  They are now in second place in the Woodland Blue Division.   After a slow start and a 16-25 loss, the girls adjusted and played three strong games, winning 25-12, 25-14, 25-20.  Leading the team were Sydney Cross who had 10 kills, Maja Ivanovic with 15 assists, Ashley Eimers with 5 blocks, and Zoe Deprez with 8 digs.  The team got a big lift from Molly Hopkins with her excellent serving. 

On Saturday, the varsity team traveled to Port Washington for the Pirate Invite.  The Greyhounds lost their first match to Milwaukee Lutheran, but bounced back to beat Lake Country Lutheran in a close three-game match.  In the semi-finals, Shorewood lost to Sheboygan Lutheran in two games in end the day.

Boy’s Volleyball – The teams began the week on the road at South Milwaukee.  The varsity won in convincing fashion, 25-13, 25-13, 25-16.

Wednesday night, the boys were back home hosting Greendale.  .  Andrew Mueller led the team with 15 kills, Ken Plaisted had 34 assists and 3 blocks, and Adam Kessenich had 17 digs.  The varsity team is now undefeated at 3-0 in the Woodland Conference.