The Eagles girls varsity tennis team took home 1st place at the Allegan Invite for the second straight season. Last season they tied for first, but this season the team ended up with 6 more team points then the 2nd place finishers Allegan/West Ottawa, which is a big gap. Us coaches were very proud of our team's performance and mental strength throughout the whole day, especially with the adversity of the rain delay. The Eagles won all of our tiebreaks played too, something that was a main focus at practice this past week and that showed how well our team handled pressure and stress. They had high 1st serve percentages, minimal double faults, and got serve returns in...those are key little things to do in tie-breaks that can go a long way to winning them. Match tie-breaks of the day goes to 3rd doubles Avah Jerke/Olivia Cook. These two overcame being down in a 2nd set 7 pt tiebreak and had several match points against them in the 3rd set 10 point tiebreak and these two never wavered and acted like season vets handling this pressure to continue fighting back and eventually winning both tie breaks and sets! That is some good headstrong and lockedin tennis right there!!

Congrats to the following finishes at their respective flights:

1S Brynn Uchman: 1st place

2S Natalie Poortenga: 1st place

3S Alex Vermeulen: 2nd place

4S Kaitlyn Schmitt: 3rd place

1D Carolina Mignini/Hope Alvesteffer: 5th place

2D Marissa Sullivan/Ashley Wolfe: 1st place

3D Avah Jerke/Olivia Cook: 1st place

4D Betta Klein/Lex Meeuwsen: 1st place

5D Frankie Volkema/Grace Brandt: 2nd place

All top 5 finishes on the day! GRC will play two conference matches against FHN and Northview this week along with a big tournament this Saturday that we are hosting at Gainey. Teams from Detroit area, Lansing area, and West Michigan area...across all divisions will be there. All the fan support we can get will go a long way! Matchplay starts at 8:30am and will go the whole day. Go Eagles!