Shorewood tennis loses to Edmonds-Woodway wins over Lynnwood

Katie Taylor 2016
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

WesCo 3A South Girls Varsity Tennis
5-1-18 at Shorewood

SHOREWOOD 7  LYNNWOOD 0

Singles

1. Katie Taylor SW def. Olivia Nguyen LY 7-5, 6-1
2. Shay Ryder SW def. Lindsey Helm LY 6-1, 6-2
3. Samantha Rand SW def. Carmen Turner LY 6-2, 6-0
4. Tess Galley SW def. Jennifer Nguyen LY 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1. Maddie Bong / Bretta Peterson SW def. Linh Nguyen / Sara Nguyenaens 6-2, 6-0
2. Emily McDowell / Brynn Morrison SW def. nicole Porter / Christina Gonzales LY 6-0, 6-2
3. Michelle Yang / Nicole Nelson SW def. Sara Vo / Suah Choi LY 6-0, 6-2

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WesCo 3A South Girls Varsity Tennis
4-30-18 at Shorewood

SHOREWOOD 1 EDMONDS-WOODWAY 6

Singles

1. Olivia Olson EW def. Brynn Morrison SW 6-1, 6-0
2. Leona Aklipi EW def Shay Ryder SW 6-1, 6-2
3. Nicole Ung EW def. Samantha Rand SW 6-3, 6-2
4. Mari Cekrezi EW def. Tess Galley SW 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 

Doubles

1. Alexi Huffman / Hayley Rehnfeldt EW def. Maddie Bong / Bretta Peterson SW 4-6, 6-0, 7-5
2. Katie Taylor / Emily McDowell SW def. Marla Thai / Christabel Jamison EW 6-1, 6-2
3. Vania Liu / Natalie Paulson EW def. Michelle Yang / Nicole Nelson SW 6-4, 6-4

The Shorewood Thunderbirds girls tennis team finished their final week of matches by losing 1-6 to Edmonds-Woodway and beating Lynnwood 7-0.

T-Bird Senior Katie Taylor won her last two matches on her home courts. Taylor teamed with Emily McDowell to defeat their Edmonds Woodway opponents and she also won her number 1 singles match versus Lynnwood.

Shorewood Senior Captain Michelle Yang also won her last match in doubles with partner Nicole Nelson versus Lynnwood.

The T-Birds finished with a winning record in WesCo South 6-3 and 8-6 overall.

Shorewood will start qualifying tournaments next week at Jackson high school on Tuesday May 8th at 1pm. Entries in singles for Shorewood will be Shay Ryder and Tess Galley in singles. Doubles entries Maddie Bong and Bretta Peterson, Emily McDowell and Brynn Morrison.

--Arnie Moreno