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Red Oak’s Walker, Shenandoah’s Gilbert Sisters take 3rd at State Girls Tennis

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May 30th, 2019 by admin

The State Individual Girls Tennis Tournaments finished up play on Thursday. Red Oak’s Sophie Walker and Shenandoah’s Nichole and Natalie Gilbert came away with 3rd place medals in Class 1A play at the University of Iowa Tennis Center in Iowa City.

Walker started day 2 play with a Semifinal loss to Anatta Charoenkul of Fairfield 6-3, 6-4. That sent her to the Third Place match where she defeated Macy Harris of Grinnell 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 to grab that 3rd place finish.

In doubles play Nichole and Natalie Gilbert of Shenandoah lost in the Semifinals to Taylor Hogan and Elysse Trost of Columbus Catholic 7-5, 6-7, 6-4. That would drop them into a Third Place match against a Glenwood duo. The Rams’ Brooklyn Taylor and Brielle Smith lost in the Semifinals to Emily Jasper and Miyako Coffey of Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-2, 6-3. Then in that Third Place all Hawkeye Ten battle the Gilbert Sisters defeated Taylor and Smith 6-4, 6-1 to grab the bronze.

The Class 1A Singles Champion was Yana Gaskell of Fairfield. She beat her teammate Anatta Charoenkul 6-0, 6-0 in the final.

The Class 1A Doubles Champion was Emily Jasper and Miyako Coffey of Cedar Rapids Xavier. They beat Hogan and Trost of Columbus Catholic 6-4, 6-1 in the title match.