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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Shorewood doubles team heads for State tennis tournament as District champions; Shorecrest wins District team championship, sends singles player to State as runner-up


Daniella Brengelmann, Shorewood
Photo by Arnie Moreno

Francesca O' Malley and Daniella Brengelmann from Shorewood defeated the Mountlake Terrace team of Gillian Braden-Armstrong and Nicole Bouche for the Northwest District 3A Doubles Championship Wednesday. 

The win qualified O'Malley and Brengelmann for the State 3A tennis tournament for the second straight year.

Shorecrest won the overall District team championship, led by Meera Limaye, who qualified for the State tournament as the second-place singles player.

Francesca O' Malley, Shorewood
Photo by Arnie Moreno
The Shorewood doubles team won the close championship final match, 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, at Glacier Peak High School.

After losing to the Shorewood pair Wednesday, Braden-Armstrong and Bouche of Mountlake Terrace defeated Haley Monson and Janie Uppinghouse of Shorecrest, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, Thursday for the District’s No. 2 berth in the State tournament.

The Mountlake Terrace doubles team had defeated the Shorewood duo for the Western Conference 3A division championship a week earlier.

Limaye lost the singles championship to a Sedro-Woolley player, 5-7, 6-2, 7-4, Wednesday but came back to defeat a Glacier Peak player, 6-2, 6-2, for second place Thursday.

The Sate 3A tennis tournament starts Friday morning, May 25, and continues Saturday, May 26, at Kamiakin High School and the Tri-City Court Club in Kennewick.



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