Lakeview Girls’ Varsity Tennis

Regional Tournament

Date: 5/19-20/2017

The Lakeview Spartans Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team finished the Division 2 Regional 9 Tournament tied for 5^th place out of 12 teams.  St. Joe won the tournament with 17 points.  The Spartans finished the tournament with 10 points. 

Lakeview had one regional champion in #4 Singles Haley Lesiow.  Haley defeated Claire Dirette in the finals from Portage Northern by the score of 6-3, 7-6 95).  Haley also defeated Mattawan’s Steffi Haenicke by a score of 6-1, 6-3 and Gull Lake’s Jayne Flynn 6-1, 6-2.

The #4 doubles team of Brigitte Colquhoun/Kelsey Marquez  were regional runner-ups out of the 12 teams.  They defeated Sturgis’s Yoquelet/Kelley 6-3, 6-2, Portage Northern’s Buehler/Sharma 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (5) and Zeeland East’s Meeuwsen/VanDam 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, before eventually losing in the finals  to champion St. Joseph’s Service/Osborn 6-1, 6-2.

Other players to who had one win in the regional were #2 singles Michelle Zhang, #1 doubles Mei Abe/Breh Ruger, and #3 doubles Kendall Johnson/Madison Schrader.

The final team standings were:

St. Joseph – 17 points – 1^st

Mattawan – 15 points – Tied 2^nd

Portage Central -15 points – Tied 2nd

Portage Northern -15 points – Tied 2nd

Battle Creek Lakeview – 10 points – Tied 5^th

Byron Center – 10 points – Tied 5^th

Zeeland East – 10 points – Tied 5^th

Gull Lake – 9 points – 8^th

Sturgis – 8 points -9^th

Coldwater – 5 points – 10^th

Battle Creek Central – 1 point 11^th

Niles – 0 points – 12th

The teams of St. Joseph, Mattawan, Portage Central and Portage Northern all qualify for the state tournament.

The Spartans finished their season with a 9-5-1 dual record.