Elkhorn, DSHA, Eisenhower take home state girls tennis titles in individual tournament

On Saturday afternoon, three different area girls tennis programs won state titles at the individual tournament held in Madison.

Elkhorn's Parker Christensen, Divine Savior Holy Angels doubles pairing of Molly Jex and Lizzie Stuckslager, and New Berlin Eisenhower's top doubles team of Maia Samuelson and Ava Meyer won three of the four possible championships.

Christensen found some sweet redemption after falling in the Division 1 state title match a season ago as a freshman with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Muskego's Emily Pan to cap a perfect season in style.

Jex and Stuckslager pulled off the upset in the semifinals 7-5, 6-3 over the top-ranked duo from De Pere in the Division 1 doubles tournament and then finished off their impressive run to the title against Cedarburg's Zoe Larson and Carly O'Leary in the final.

In the Division 2 doubles tournament, Samuelson and Meyer steamrolled their way through the bracket as the top-seeded team, winning all four matches following their bye in the opening round in straight sets, including the final over East Troy's top pairing of Sophia Rondeau and Katie Metcalf, 6-4, 6-1.

Elkhorn's Parker Christensen wins Division 1 singles

Christensen and Pan took the top two spots in the tournament with Milwaukee Reagan sophomore Natalie Stanula finishing in fourth place. Whitefish Bay's Clare Schaefer finished sixth. DSHA's Carolyn Schaefer rounded out the area qualifiers that advanced to the quarterfinals in the bracket. Christensen also became the second consecutive area player to win the Division 1 title as an undefeated player with former Franklin player Kaede Usui accomplishing the same feat last season.

Division 1 doubles

Along with Jex and Stuckslager, Kettle Moraine's Maddie Blanchard and Alison Abhold, Greendale's Natasha Pupovac and Katarina Zrnic, and Franklin's Brianna Cimoch and Hannah Carroll all advanced to the quarterfinals in the tournament. Cimoch and Carroll pulled a huge upset in the Round of 16 over No. 2 seed Arrowhead's Hannah Cady and Jade Berglin 0-6, 7-5, 10-8. Pupovac and Zrnic defeated Blanchard and Abhold 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 to finish in fifth place.

Division 2 singles

University School freshman Angela Wang was the top overall seed in the bracket and finished as the tournament's runner-up following a defeat to (now) back-to-back state champion Edgewood Sacred Heart's Lily Olson in the final, 6-2, 6-3. Wang finished a stellar first season at 26-2.

East Troy's Lauren Lindow finished fourth and Catholic Memorial's Jessica Jacobson finished fifth after a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Appleton Xavier's Maggie McGinnis in the fifth-place match. Wang's teammate Aubrey Jayne and The Prairie School's Lillian Jorgenson also were among the area players that advanced to the quarterfinals.

Division 2 doubles

University School's Isabel Werner and Mia Darr rounded out a 1-2-3 area finish with a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the third-place match over Jefferson's Dehnert and Gracie Niebler. Lexi Kass and Laurette Blanchard from Brookfield Academy cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory in the fifth-place match over Big Foot's Jameson Gregory and Josie Giroux.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WIAA state girls tennis: Elkhorn, DSHA, Eisenhower take championships