Saturday, October 21, 2000
State tennis tournament
Falk moves on to semis
The Cincinnati Enquirer
One singles player and four doubles teams from the Cincinnati area remain in contention for state tennis titles following Friday's first- and second-round matches in Columbus.
Two-time defending Division II state singles champion Audra Falk, a senior at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, advanced to a semifinal match today against Maaria Husain of Marion Pleasant.
Also in Division I, Ursuline's doubles team of Brianne Petricone and Andrea Kelly won its first and second matches and will play the sisters Amanda and Rachel Taylor of Chillicothe today at 9 a.m.
The possibility of a local team winning a Division II doubles title is good — three of the four remaining teams are from the Cincinnati area. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy's Jennifer Dektas and Lau ra Leutzinger, last year's state runners-up, and teammates Shaden Dowiatt and Lindsay Hanto reached the semifinals, along with Badin's Nancy and Kylee Wiegand.
The Wiegand sisters upset Dektas and Leutzinger in the semifinals of last week's district tournament and went on to win the championship.
Semifinals begin at 9 a.m. today, followed by the championship and third-place matches. Each player or team is guaranteed at least an hour break.
DIVISION I
Singles
Melissa Schaub, Junior, Lexington def. Grace Kammerer, Sophomore, Seton, 6-1, 6-0; Kavitha Sivashanker, Senior, Thomas Worthington def. Whitney Thomas, Jr., Solon, 6-3, 6-1; Kristen Nordstrom, Jr., Dublin Coffman def. Andrea Meister, Jr., Massillon Jackson, 6-2, 6-1; Michelle DaCosta, Sr., Huber Hts. Wayne def. Lydia Lee, Sr., Westlake, 6-0, 6-2; Grace Cascarilla, Sr., Rocky River Magnificat def. Kelsey Linville, Freshman, Upper Arlington, 6-2, 6-1; Anna Volberg, So., Tol. St. Ursula def. Ashley Rothfuss, Sr., Anderson, 6-1, 6-4; Tiffani Foster, So., Day. Chaminade-Julienne def. Courtney Brenkus, Sr., Geneva, 6-2, 6-1; Ashley Jakupcin, So., Cols. Watterson def. Lindsey Wyckoff, Jr., N. Can. Hoover, 6-2, 6-0.
Second Round
Schaub def. Sivashanker, 6-2, 6-3; DaCosta def. Nordstrom, 6-1, 6-1; Cascarilla def. Volberg 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); Foster def. Jakupcin 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles
Amanda Taylor, Fr. and Rachel Taylor, Sr., Chillicothe def. Melanie Dister, Sr. and Becky Dister, So., Brunswick, 6-0, 6-0; Courtney McDowell, Sr. and Diane Jacobs, Sr., Centerville def. Liz Swary, Sr. and Lauren Gibbons, Jr., Shaker Hts., 0-6, 6-1, 6-2; Brianne Petricone, Sr. and Andrea Kelley, Jr., Ursuline def. Gina Peretti, So. and Stephanie Berry, So., Youngs. Boardman 6-2, 7-5; Veronica Jeffrey, Sr. and Luc Erwin, Jr., Pickerington def. Anjali Bhat, So. and Kate Lohner, So., Tol. St. Ursula, 6-3, 7-5; Megan Vodhanel, Sr. and Julie Playforth, Sr., Canfield def. Heather Rogers, Sr. and Ashley Jones, Jr., Lakota West, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; Sarah Shanahan, Sr. and Amy O'Handley, Sr., Cols. Watterson def. Callie Lindsley, Sr. and Alexis Zouhary, Jr., Tol. Notre Dame, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Stephanie Bauer, Sr. and Susie Schoenberger, Sr., Upper Arlington def. Morgan Ungerott, So. and Mary Nearhoof, Jr., Cuyahoga Falls, 6-1, 6-3; Christel Frantz, Sr. and Anne Gardner, Sr., Westlake def. Cassie Uhl, Sr. and Kirsi Hakkinen, Sr., Sycamore, 6-2, 6-0.
Second Round
Taylor-Taylor def. McDowell-Jacobs, 6-2, 6-1; Petricone-Kelley def. Jeffrey-Erwin, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0; Vodhanel-Playforth def. Shanahan-O'Handley, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 4-3 (retired); Bauer-Schoenberger def. Uhl-Hakkinen 7-5, 6-2.
DIVISION II
Singles
Morgan Landes, Sr., Huron def. Kristen Bowman, So., Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown, default; Erin Kirkland, Sr., Kettering Alter def. Blair Soden, Jr., Gahanna Cols. Academy, 6-0, 6-0; Diane Stein, Sr., Powell Village Academy def. Christy Whalen, Sr., Day. Oakwood, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7); Alex Gross, Fr., Cin. Hills Christian Academy, def. Jessica Lee, So., Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; Maaria Husain, Sr., Marion Pleasant def. Laura Culbertson, Jr., Enon Greenon, 6-2, 6-1; Sarah Lyras, Jr., Youngs. Mooney def. Heather Hagood, Sr., Vermillion, 6-3, 6-2; Laura Kokinda, Sr., Port Clinton def. Lindsey Powel, Jr., Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Audra Falk, Sr. Cin. Hills Chrisitan Academy, def. Amy Stein, Sr., Beachwood, 6-1, 6-1.
Second Round
Landes def. Kirkland, 0-6, 6-0, 7-5; Stein def. Gross, 6-0, 6-1; Husain def. Lyras, 6-0, 6-1; Falk def. Kokinda, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles
First round
Pearl Chan, Sr. and Fran Russo, Jr., Cols. School for Girls def. Kristen Maurer, Sr. and Natalie Stevens, Jr., Bay Village Bay, 6-1, 6-2; Ashley Baker, Jr. and Jenna Tysoe, Jr., Cin. Country Day def. Michelle Bacon, Sr. and Shel ley Montgomery, Sr., Lima Shawnee, 6-3, 6-3; Jennifer Dektas, Jr. and Laura Leutzinger, Sr., Cin. Hills Christian Academy, def. Rebekah Bicksler, Sr. and Christine Bicksler, So., Mansfield Christian, 6-1, 6-2; Penny Spirtos, Sr. and Jaclyn Spirtos, So., Medina Highland def. Kristen Budde, So. and Michelle Carroll, Jr., Kettering Alter, 6-4, 7-5; Nancy Wiegand, Sr. and Kylee Wiegand, Fr., Badin def. Emily Friedrich, Sr. and Amanda Friedrich, Jr., Poland Seminary 6-1, 6-0; Mai Shiota, Sr. and Mary Assini, Sr., Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown def. Taylor Sharp, Sr. and Tina Soereland, Jr., Cols. Bexley, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Emily Howard, Jr. and Katie Keehner, Sr., Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit def. Ashley Davis, So. and Gea Kahn, Jr., New Albany, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3; Shaden Dowiatt, So. and Lindsay Hanto, Sr., Cin. Hills Christian Academy, def. Sheena DaSani, Fr. and Natalie Day, So., Tol. Ottawa Hills, 6-2, 6-0.
Second Round
Chan-Russo def. Baker-Tysoe, 6-4, 6-1; Dektas-Leutzinger def. Spirtos-Spirtos, 6-3, 6-3; Wiegand-Wiegand def. Shiota-Assini, 6-4, 6-3; Dowiatt-Hanto def. Howard-Keehner, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
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