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Warsaw Duo Wins Tennis Tournament

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Warsaw Duo Wins Tennis TournamentWarsaw’s No. 1 doubles team of Colette Smith and Athena Schlitt finished in first place at the Warsaw Varsity Tournament Saturday. The duo led the Lady Tigers girls tennis team to a tie for third with Elkhart Memorial in the tourney.
After Smith and Schlitt split the first two sets in the championship round with Penn’s Aliya Bralick and Alexis Snelson, the two team played a tiebreaker rather than a full third set. The Lady Tiger duet won 10-8 to claim the title.
At No. 3 singles, Ella Knight beat Penn’s Laura Gerber 6-2, 6-4 for third place.
The rest of the Lady Tigers had fifth-place finishes with wins in the final round against opponents from Homestead. Liza Lewis beat Natalie Steingass at No. 1 singles, and Alyssa Zellers won over Lauren Peters at No. 3 singles. At No. 2 doubles, Rachel Boyle and Rachel Yeager defeated Shriya Jain and Dalena Trinh.
The Lady Tigers open Northern Lakes Conference play at Plymouth Tuesday.

WARSAW VARSITY TOURNAMENT
Team Standings – 1. Munster 25, 2. Penn 16, 3. (tie) Elkhart Memorial 15, Warsaw 15, 5. Valparaiso 9, 6. Homestead 8, 7. Fishers 7, 8. Merrillville 0.
Singles
No. 1 – 1st place: Krystal Grubb (EM) def. Shalini Tallamraju (Mu) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3); 3rd: Tayla Brown (P) def. Emily Justice (F) 6-2, 6-1; 5th – Liza Lewis (W) def.. Natalie Steingass (H) 8-3; 7th – Julie Wappel (V) def. Emily DeCausemaker (Me) 8-0; No. 2 – 1st: Karolina Skora (Mu) def. Payton Krahn (H) 6-2,6-4; 3rd: Ella Knight (W) def. Laura Gerber (P) 6-2, 6-4; 5th: Layla Jojo (EM) def. Claire Bartusc (V) 8-5; 7th: Emily Justice (F)  def. Madison Bullock (Me) 8-2; No. 3 – 1st: Kelli Canul (Mu) def. Hannah Hakim (EM) 6-1, 6-2; 3rd: Aden Moore (P) def. Corinne Timmons (V) 6-0, 6-3; 5th: Alyssa Zellers (W) def. Lauren Peters (H) 8-1; 7th: Stephanie Tran (F)  def. Kate Vinson (Me) 8-0
Doubles
No. 1 – 1st: Colette Smith & Athena Schlitt (W) def. Aliya Bralick & Alexis Snelson (P) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8); 3rd – Sara Ladd & Monica Fronczek (Mu) def. Keeley Evans & Ema Gilliana (V) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-6); 5th – Makenzie Williams & Maggie Dickerson (EM) def. Avery Murphy & Catherine Hutchinson (F) 8-1; 7th – Delaney Lewis & Prai Jain (H) def. Illaha Abdul & Nijaia (Mer) 8-0. No. 2 – 1st: Hazel Wolf & Maria Delis (Mun) def. Alana Snelson & Taylor Murphy (P) 6-3, 6-2; 3rd – A.K. Flude & Natasha Moser (V) def. Makenzie Weber & Kat Doan (F) 6-1, 6-2; 5th – Rachel Boyle & Rachel Yeager (W) def. Shriya Jain & Dalena Trinh (H) 8-3; 7th – Eva Morales & Megan Huys (EM) def. Kamri Smith & Allure Calhoun (Me) 8-2