The Eagles secured 2nd place in the Conference Tournament yesterday!!!  This is a fantastic result to achieve in such a competitive conference with schools like Forest Hills Northern, East Grand Rapids, and Byron Center.  FHN took 1st with 64 points, GRC 2nd with 50 points, and EGR 3rd with 44 points. Our players left it all out on the court from the outset and improved in several rematches against opponents we'd seen earlier in the season. 

Ryann Breslin finished 3rd in the conference at 1st singles by beating FHC 8-4, and almost took 2nd from EGR in the semifinals.  Breslin was down 1-4 in the first set against EGR and came back to win that set 6-4! Ainsley Weeber took 2nd place at 2nd singles by winning against Byron Center in the semis 6-0, 5-7, 6-0. Natalie Poortenga took 2nd place at 3rd singles by sending Lowell and FHC to the back draw.  Alex Vermeulen secured 3rd place at 4th singles beating Northview 8-5.  Grace Poortenga and Dafna Heule battled in two competitive matches against Northern and EGR.  Poortenga and Heule went 3 sets with EGR and took 15 games in total to EGR's 16 games.  Lauren Peal and Elizabeth Rupp took 2nd place by beating out Byron Center after being down a set in the semifinals 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.  Marissa Sullivan and Ashley Wolfe almost snatched 1st place from FHN going 6-7 (4-7), 5-7, and got revenge on FHC in the semifinals 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-3.  Calista Bremer and Chloe Westhouse beat FHC 6-0, 6-3, and took BC to a tiebreak in the 1st set in a close 3rd/4th place match.  Stephanie Stewart and Olivia Tuit went 4-1 in the 5th doubles round-robin tournament going 8-1 against Lowell, 8-3 against EGR, 8-5 against FHC, 8-6 against Northview, and 1-8 against FHN. 

Our coaching staff is extremely proud of the team's result in the conference tournament and of the consistent effort our players put in throughout the day to earn it.  The team squares off against Catholic Central away next Monday in our last heads-up match of the season.  Go Eagles!