“This, as always, was a great tournament between the SCA schools that have tennis programs. The team score came down to a tiebreaker, which we were fortunate enough to win. Jordan Capeder played an epic match and everyone turned in a strong day,” said Coach Spence about the Salem Invitational Tournament May 4.

“District team and individual seeds were also decided. Willow will have the top overall seed as a team and Young Lee and Jordan Capeder will be the top two seeds in the singles bracket. Harper and Cunningham will be the 3rd seed and Thornton and Redburn the 5th seed in the doubles bracket. I’m really proud of the team and their success this season,”  he added.

Team:

1. Willow Springs

2. Salem

3. Houston (Tie)

3. Liberty (Tie)

Singles:

Flight A:

Young Lee (WS) def. Taylor Ledgerwood (Liberty) 8-0

Young Lee (WS) def. Michael Castleman (Houston) 8-1

Young Lee (WS) def. Steven Morton (Salem) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

*Lee 1st in Flight A

Flight B:

Jordan Capeder (WS) def. Leah Moehlenbach (Liberty) 8-0

Jordan Capeder (WS) def. Samantha Jones (Houston) 8-0

Arthur Rekowski (Salem) def. Jordan Capeder (WS) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4)

*Capeder 2nd in Flight B

Doubles:

Flight A:

Clint Harper/Zach Cunningham (WS) def. MaKenna Smith/Britni Zitter (Liberty) 8-2

Harper/Cunningham (WS) def. Michael Shea/Austin Bathon (Houston) 8-2

Jonathan Hambacker/Matt Sirois (Salem) def. Harper/Cunningham (WS) 6-3, 6-2

*Harper/Cunningham 2nd in Flight A

Flight B:

Levi Thornton/Josh Redburn (WS) def. Alicia Bowden/Anna Bowden (Liberty) 8-2

Thornton/Redburn (WS) def. Drake Bell/Randy Barker (Houston) 8-0

Thornton/Redburn (WS) def. Dylan Burke/Issac Stacey (Salem) 6-1, 6-1

*Thornton/Redburn 1st in Flight B

Next time the tennis team plays is Friday against Houston. Then,  Tuesday, Willow Springs plays District Semifinals.