The GRC Varsity girls tennis team played at the end of season conference tournament last Thursday and Friday and the team as a whole had one of their most remarkable two day stretches of the season so far. The Eagles ended up finishing in 2nd place in conference! GRC was tied with FHC going into the tournament since they tied in the regular season, and GRC ended up beating FHC by 1 total team point to take the outright 2nd place finish! This is the 2nd time in 3 years that the Eagles have finished 2nd in conference. FHN finished first but the Eagles were competitive with them in every flight and this was the closest year yet to taking them down. We denied them at two flights for conference champs as well. Here are the results:

1s Brynn Uchman: Your conference tournament champion!! Brynn beat EGR, BC, and FHC to remain 23-0 on the season. She was also the last match on against FHC in the finals and by securing this victory she secured that last team point needed for GRC to become outright 2nd points. You are clutch Brynn!!

2s Natalie Poortenga: 2nd place! Lost to FHN in a really close 3 set battle in the finals. This player has now only lost 2 sets on the season, both to Natalie. Natalie played some remarkable tennis this week.

3s Alex Vermuelen: 3rd place! Alex got revenge against an earlier season loss by beating EGR in a 3 set battle for 3rd place. She played amazing.

4s Kaitlyn Schmitt: 3rd place! Beating EGR in the 3rd place finals and playing some of her best tennis of the season in the previous round to a really good FHC player.

1D Carolina Mignini/Hope Alvesteffer: 5th place! After an unfavorable draw the Eagles were the toughest opponent to FHN all season and the only team to take a set off of them. They then took care of business beating Lowell and NV. These two showed a lot of heart and passion this week.

2D Marissa Sullivan/Ashley Wolfe: 2nd place! These two also got revenge from an earlier EGR loss beating EGR in straight sets to make the finals. They lost to 3 sets against FHN in a really long impressive match.

3d Olivia Cook/Avah Jerke: 2nd place! These two got revenge from an earlier lost to FHC by beating them in 3 sets to make the finals. They then had one of the longest matches of the day and lost in a match that was about as close as you can get to FHN in the finals. They played so well and were impressed with their grit!

4d Alexia Meeuwsen/Betta Klein: 4 dubs conference champs!! These two did not lose a set during their tourny run and had an impressive showing beating FHN in the finals. Betta and Alexia are now 23-1 on the season and tied for the most doubles wins in the state.

5d Frankie Volkema/Grace Brandt: Went 2-2 on the day and were coming off one of their best showings of the season against FHN and played some great tennis at the tourny.

6d Rachel Larsen/Lucy Vandrunen: Were called up to play 6th dubs for the Eagles and went 4-0 on the day making them the 6th doubles conference champs!

The Eagles will continue to build off this past success at their next competition which is the Regional playoff tournament on Thursday. This will be at Portland High School starting at 8:30am. The Eagles hold 7 out of the 8 #1 seeds of the tourny and look to take care of business so they can qualify for the state competition. Go Eagles!!