Ottawa-Glandorf’s Meagan Welch hits a return during Saturday’s WBL tournament at UNOH.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
LIMA — Ottawa-Glandorf won Saturday’s Western Buckeye League girls tennis tournament title Saturday at UNOH to gain a share of the overall title with regular season champ Shawnee.
The Titans finished with 42 tournament points followed by Shawnee (40), Wapakoneta (30), Celina (29), Bath (28), Defiance (20), Elida (16), St. Marys (13), Van Wert (10) and Kenton (2).
Wapak was third in the overall standings followed by Celina, Bath and Elida. Defiance and St. Marys tied for seventh with Van Wert and Kenton finishing ninth and 10th respectively.
Shawnee’s Ava Patel and Rose Kottapalli won first and second singles titles as did their teammates Jenova DeBrosse and Brailynn Murphy in first doubles.
Celina’s Elise Muether (third singles) and O-G’s Savannah Heckman and Sarah Ellerbrock (second doubles) also won championships.
Bath’s Anne Oliver (first singles), O-G’s Maggie Schmiedebusch (second singles), Elida’s Abby Campbell (third singles), O-G’s Lauren Niese and Jericha Walls (first doubles) and Defiance’s Victoria Gerencser and Maria Moreira (second doubles) second place finishers.
Third place titles were claimed by Van Wert’s Mandy Burenga (first singles), Wapak’s Elisabeth Good (second singles), Wapak’s Kierra Siefring (third singles), Defiance’s Alexa Rittner and Alyssa Richie (first doubles) and Wapak’s Kate Eley and Brooklyn Mowery (second doubles)
Those finishing in fourth place were Celina’s Isabelle Thobe (first singles), Bath’s Kelsie Carlson (second singles), O-G’s Myah Bockrath (third singles) and Bath’s Tea Silbert and Allyson Harnishfeger(first doubles) and Liv Foster and Briley Kaple (second doubles).
The sportsmanship award went to St. Marys’ Sophie James.
Results
First Singles
Opening round
Sophie James (St. Marys) def. Emma Mulligan (Kenton) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Emma Stauffer (Elida) def. Mabel Adams (Defiance) 6-0, 6-1.
Quarterfinals
Isabelle Thobe (Celina) def. Brooke Minning (Wapak) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); Ava Patel (Shawnee) def. Sophie James (SM) 6-0, 6-0; Anne Oliver (Bath) def. Emma Stauffer (E) 6-0, 6-1; Mandy Burenga (Van Wert) def. Megan Welch (O-G) 6-2, 6-3.
Semifinals
Ava Patel (S) def. Isabelle Thobe (C) 6-0, 6-0; Anne Oliver (B) def. Mandy Burenga (VW) 6-4, 6-3.
5th Place Match
Megan Welch (O-G) def. Brooke Minnig 8-5.
7th Place Match
Emma Stauffer (E) def. Sophie James (SM) 2-5, St. Marys concedes
3rd Place Match
Mandy Burenga (VW) def. Isabelle Thobe (C) 6-0, 6-1.
Finals
Ava Patel (S) def. Anne Oliver (B) 6-2, 6-2.
Second Singles
Opening Round
Sophie Gearhart (VW) def. Julia Korzan (E) 6-2, 6-0; Chloe Gibson (SM) def. Kayla Snyder (D) 6-0, 6-1.
Quarterfinals
Kelsie Carlson (B) def. Kayliann Howell (C) 6-2, 6-3; Rose Kottapalli (S) def. Sophie Garhart (VW) 6-2, 6-0; Maggie Schmiedebusch (O-G) def. Chloe Gibson (SM) 6-1, 6-0; Elisabeth Good (W) def. Lily Carmean (K) 6-1, 6-3.
Semifinals
Rose Kottapalli (S) def. Kelsie Carlson (B) 6-2, 6-0; Maggie Schmiedebusch (O-G) def. Elisabeth Good (W) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.
5th Place Match
Chloe Gibson (SM) def. Kayliann Howell (C) 9-7.
7th Place Match
Sophie Gearhart (VW) def. Lily Carmean (K) 8-3.
3rd Place Match
Elisabeth Good (W) def. Kelsie Carlson (B) 6-2, 6-3.
Finals
Rose Kottapalli (S) def. Maggie Schmiedebush (O-G) 7-5, 6-3.
Third Singles
Opening Round
Addison Becher (D) def. Carolina Zappe (VW) 6-1, 6-2; Sara Horner (K) def. Maddie Cheney (B) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (11-9).
Quarterfinals
Kierra Siefring (W) def. Leah Fuller (S) 6-3, 6-0; Elise Muether (C) def. Addison Becher (D) 6-0, 6-0; Abby Campbell (E) def. Sara Homer (K) 6-0, 6-1; Myah Bockrath (O-G) def. Kadence MacLean (SM) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Semifinals
Elise Muether (C) def. Kierra Siefring (W) 6-4, 6-2; Abby Campbell (E) def. Myah Bockrath (O-G) 6-4, 6-3.
5th Place Match
Kadence MacLean (SM) def. Leah Fuller (S) 8-6.
7th Place Match
Addison Becher (D) def. Sara Homer (K) 8-1.
3rd Place Match
Kierra Siefring (W) def. Myah Bockrath (O-G) 6-1, 6-2.
Finals
Elise Muether (C) def. Abby Campbell (E) 6-2, 6-2.
First Doubles
Opening Round
Peyton Wilson/L Hernandez (SM) def. L Hoerston/L Mull (VW) 6-2, 6-0; K Dailey/L Jackson (C) def. M Fox/M Vermillion (K) 6-1, 6-0.
Quarterfinals
T Sibert/A Harnishfeger (B) def. Ava Donaldson/Anya Walters (W) 6-1, 6-2; J DeBrosse/B Murphy (S) def. P Wilson/L Hernandez (SM) 6-0, 6-0; L Niese/J Walls (O-G) def. K Dailey/L Jackson (C) 6-4, 6-0; A Rittner/A Richie (D) def. M Long/E Troyer (E) 6-2, 6-2.
Semifinals
J DeBrosse/B Murphy (S) def. T Sibert/A Harnishfeger (B) 6-3, 7-5; L Niese/J Walls (O-G) def. A Rittner/A Richie (D) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
5th Place Match
K Dailey/L Jackson (C) def. Ava Donaldson/Anya Walters (W) 8-6.
7th Place Match
M Long/E Troyer (E) def. P Wilson/L Hernandez (SM) 8-3.
3rd Place Match
A Rittner/A Richie (D) def. T Sibert/A Harnishfeger (B) 6-0, 6-1.
Finals
J DeBrosse/B Murphy (S) def. L Niese/J Walls (O-G) 6-3, 6-2.
Second Doubles
Opening Round
S Bullock/A Kellermeyer (E) def. K Cowan/B Young (VW) 6-2, 7-5; B Ryan/N Mulder (S) def. M Stanforth/K Lowe (K) 6-3, 6-3.
Quarterfinals
L Foster/B Kaple (B) def. K Guingrich/C Stucky (C) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4; V Gerenscer/M Moreira (D) def. S Bullock/A Kellemeyer (E) 6-0, 6-1; S Heckman/S Ellerbrock (O-G) def. B Ryan/N Mulder (S) 6-0, 6-1; Kate Eley/Brooklyn Mowery (W) def. A Hertenstein/K Imwalle (SM) 6-3, 6-2.
Semifinals
V Gerenscer/M Moreira (D) def. L Foster/B Kaple (B) 6-2, 6-1; S Heckman/S Ellerbrock (O-G) def. K Eley/B Mowery (W) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
5th Place Match
K Guingrich/C Stucky (C) def. A Hertenstein/K Imwalle (M) 8-0.
7th Place Match
S Bullock/A Kellermeyer (E) def. B Ryan/N Mulder (S) 8-5.
3rd Place Match
K Eley/B Mowery (W) def. L Foster/B Kaple (B) 6-1, 6-0.
Finals
S Heckman/S Ellerbrock (O-G) def. V Gerenscer/M Moreira (D) 6-1, 6-2.
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