By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
After sharing the team championship in the first of two Seaman Invitational girls tennis tournaments last Saturday, Jamie Robinson's Vikings earned the outright title Wednesday on the Seaman courts, winning by a 21-19 margin over Manhattan.
The Vikings, playing a split varsity squad, swept the doubles championships in Wednesday's six-school tournament while adding second and third-place singles finishes.
Seaman's Cami Lux and Lauren Barker won the No. 1 doubles title in Wednesday's six-school Seaman Invitational tennis tournament, helping the Vikings win the team title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman's Sidney Chinn was the runnerup in the No. 1 singles division Wednesday, helping the Vikings win the team title in the Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman's Lauren Barker and Cami Lux won the No. 1 doubles title with an 8-4 win over Manhattan's Gabby Turner and Averie Thurston while the Vikings' Marissa Alcala and Kaylyn Hiebsch took the No. 2 crown with an 8-6 win over Shawnee Heights' Elli Spencer and Hanna Baismeier.
Seaman's Sidney Chinn finished second in the No. 1 singles division, dropping an 8-1 decision to Wabaunsee's Baylie Tharman while Seaman's Laina Frost finished third in No. 2 singles with an 8-7 (7-3 tiebreaker) win over Piper's Eva England.
"I love this team,'' Robinson said. "We're young and have a lot of energy and we're just trying to put the right people in the right spots''
The Vikings played their second straight tournament without injured Molly Gorman, a Class 5A state place in doubles last fall.
"If we can get Molly back, that makes us a lot stronger,'' Robinson said.
In addition to Shawnee Heights' runnerup finish in No. 2 doubles, the T-Birds got a second-place finish in No. 2 singles by Serena Lucero, with the T-Birds finished fourth as a team.
Highland Park finshed sixth as a team with six points, led by Valeria Sanchez, who finished fourth in No. 1 singles.
SEAMAN INVITATIONAL
Team scores
Seaman 21, Manhattan 19, Wabaunsee 15, Shawnee Heights 13, Piper 10, Highland Park 6.
Individual results
Singles
No. 1 -- Championship: Tharman, Wabaunsee, def. Chinn, Seaman, 8-1. Third: Dechant, Manhattan, def. Sanchez, Highland Park, 8-2.
No. 2 -- Championship: Hough, Manhattan, def. Lucero, Shawnee Heights, 8-0. Consolation: Frost, Seaman, def. England, Piper, 8-7 (7-3).
Doubles
No. 1 -- Championship: Barker/Lux, Seaman, def. Turner/Thurston, Manhattan, 8-4. Consolation: Meinhardt/Meyer, Wabaunsee, def. Rome/Vogel, Piper, 8-4.
No. 2 -- Championship: Alcala/Hiebsch, Seaman, def. Spencer/Baismeier, Shawnee Heights, 8-6. Consolation: Franzen/Bontraeger, Manhattan, def. Standefer/Stone, Wabaunsee, 9-2.
