Great Bend's No. 1 doubles Taylor Lashley/Samantha Mayers continues to perform at a high level with a runner-up finish to Garden City's Jocelyn Kennedy/Danica Galia 8-3 in Saturday's Great Bend Tennis Invitational. Ellinwood's seventh-place finishers Grace Sturtz/Mahra Johnston handed Lashley/Mayers an 8-4 setback in 90-degree heat.
Reigning Western Athletic champion Garden City (61) edged Sterling (58) for the team title with the Panthers finishing third with 49 points.
Great Bend's No. 1 singles Kaylin Wahlmeier performed admirably with a third-place finish on a 8-6 victory over Garden City's Quincy Nanninga. Wahlmeier lost tiebreakers to Sterling's champion Cheslie Brown 8-7 (7-1) and Dodge City's Charlotte Wagner 8-7 (8-4).
At No. 2 singles, Great Bend's Clarice Snapp defeated Hoisington's Reese Merlau 8-5 for third place.
At No. 2 doubles, Sterling's Jaiden Jaeger/Emily Wellman defeated Hoisington's Lauren Higgins/Piper Jacobs 8-3 for third place. Great Bend's Danica Strickland/Mackenzie LaViolette defeated Liberal's Nathalie DonJuan/Kaylee Velazquez, L, 8-3 for fifth place.
GREAT BEND INVITATIONAL
TEAM SCORES—1—Garden City 61; 2—Sterling 58; 3—Great Bend 49; 4—Dodge City 33; 5—Hoisington 31; 6—WaKeeney-Trego 22; 7—Liberal 16; 8—Ellinwood 8
NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Chelsie Brown, S def. Anna Malsam, WK, 8-3; 3— Kaylin Wahlmeier, GB def. Quincy Nanninga, GC, 8-6; 5—Charlotte Wagner, DC def. Claire Crutcher, H, 8-3; 7—Gracyn Dombroski, E def. Nathalie Zuniga, L, 8-2; Wagner def. Wahlmeier, 8-7 (8-4); Wahlmeier def. Dombroski, 8-1; Brown def. Wahlmeier, 8-7 (7-1); Nanninga def. Crutcher, 8-1; Malsam def. Crutcher, 8-1; Crutcher def. Zuniga, 8-1; Brown def. Dombroski, 8-0; Dombroksi def. Wagner, 8-5
NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Danika Bingle-Zimmerman, S def. Sofia Madilo, GC, 8-2; 3—Clarice Snapp, GB def. Reese Merlau, H, 8-5; 5—Nila Alvarado, DC def. Mia Coleman, WK, 8-3; 7—Lydia Porter, E def. Karime Ojeda, L, 8-2; Bingle/Zimmerman def. Snapp, 8-5; Snapp def. Alvarado, 8-7 (8-6); Snapp def. Porter, 8-2; Madilo def. Merlau, 8-5; Merlau def. Coleman, 8-3; Merlau def. Ojeda, 8-0; Bingle-Zimmerman def. Porter, 8-2; Alvarado def. Porter, 8-3
NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Jocelyn Kennedy/Danica Galia, GC def. Taylor Lashley/Samantha Mayers, GB, 8-3; 3—Cylie LaTourell/Emily McGaughey, S def. Kylee Hammel/Kellyn Phan, L, 8-3; 5—Hailey Petersilie/Carly Delzeit, H def. Anahi Velasquez/Jessica Rivera DC, 8-4; 7—Grace Sturtz/Mahra Johnson, E def. Morgan Brown/Annika Dietz, WK, 8-4; Lashley/Mayers def. Velasquez/Rivera, 8-2; Sturtz/Johnson def. Lashley/Mayers, 8-4; Lashley/Meyers def. LaTourell/McGaughey, 8-7 (7-1); Kennedy/Galia def. Petersilie/Delzeit, 8-0; Hammel/Phan def. Petersilie/Delzeit, 8-3; Petersilie/Delzeit def. Brown/Dietz, 8-4; LaTourell/McGaughey def. Sturtz/Johnson, 8-4; Velasquez/Rivera def. Sturtz/Johnson, 8-6
NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Kourtney Kneeland/Chloe Ptacek, GC def. Jana Calderon/Stephanie Hernandez, DC, 8-2; 3—Jaiden Jaeger/Emily Wellman, S def. Lauren Higgins/Piper Jacobs, H, 8-3; 5—Danica Strickland/Mackenzie LaViolette, GB def. Nathalie DonJuan/Kaylee Velazquez, L, 8-3; 7—Vivian Klepper/Shelby Steffan, E def. Brecken Walt/Allie Micek, WK, 8-7 (7-3); Higgins/Jacobs def. Walt/Micek, 8-3; Higgins/Jacobs def. DonJuan/Velazquez, 8-5; Kneeland/Ptacek def. Higgins/Jacobs, 8-5; Jaeger/Wellman def. Strickland/LaViolette, 8-3; Calderon/Hernandez def. Strickland/LaViolette, 8-3; Strickland/LaViolette def. Klepper/Steffan, 8-5; Jaeger/Wellman def. Klepper/Steffan, 8-2; Calderon/Hernandez def. Klepper/Steffan, 8-6
