Vermont high school tennis: Draws announced for the singles, doubles state tournaments
Vermont's best high school tennis players are set to square off this week.
The state's singles and double individual state tournaments begin with first-round matchups Thursday and wrap with semifinals and finals scheduled for Saturday.
The girls tourney will take place at Burlington Tennis Club; while the boys will compete at Leddy Park and Appletree Point.
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Bea Molson of Mount Mansfield is the top seed in girls singles. Burlington's Hugo Crainich owns the No. 1 spot in boys singles for Northern players; Nick O'Donnell of Burr and Burton holds the top position out of the South.
In girls doubles, Stowe's Gabrielle Doehla and Kate Tilgner are seeded first and will seek to defend their 2021 crown. For boys doubles, Agustin Gil and Javier Berenguer of St. Johnsbury enter as the favorites.
The draws:
GIRLS SINGLES
Round of 32 (Thursday)
Bea Molson (MMU) vs. Fiona Legg (Essex)
Sophia Strousse (Rice) vs. Tovah Williams (U-32)
Olivia Shipley (Rut) vs. Scarlet Carrara (Midd)
Tenzin Tselha (SB) vs. Gussie Guyette (BHS)
Izzy Partilo (SB) vs. Skylar Bodeo-Lomickey (SJ)
Lydia Hogdeman (BFA) vs. Kelsey Thomas (Col)
Tabithia Bastress (CVU) vs. Carolina Ciardiello (Rice)
Vittoria Podda (BBA) vs. Daphne Lassner (Mont)
Georgia Wool (BHS) vs. Anna Wolters (Rice)
Alex Faucher (BBA) vs. Kendall Spencer (Col)
Charlotte Stevens (Stowe) vs. Scarlett Wagner (Essex)
Avela Kniffin-Krull (MMU) vs. Lindsay Beer (CVU)
Mary Fowler (SJ) vs. Ella Maynard (SB)
Olivia Andrews (Rut) vs. Sage Bennett (SB)
Lulu Barr-Brandt (BHS) vs. Julia Bartlett (Midd)
Phoebe Richardson (Col) vs. Julia Biedermann (Stowe)
GIRLS DOUBLES
Round of 32 (Thursday)
Grace Marroquin/Lili Diemer (Rice) vs. Ada Krull/Irian Adii (MMU)
Sarah Lahmadi/Madelyn Nonni (Essex) vs. Maeve McCullagh/Jeannie Bourassa (Col)
Round of 16 (Thursday)
Gabrielle Doehla/Kate Tilgner (Stowe) vs. Marroquin-Diemer/Krull/Adii winner
McKenna Brochu/Maya Bakowski (SJ) vs. Maia Franchetti/Emma McDonald (Col)
Dahlia Rubin/Lea Wells (BHS) vs. Ivy Howard/Melissa Rosowsky (SB)
Gabby Sneddon/Libby Stevens (Rice) vs. Addie Mauer/Ariel Toohey (CVU)
Wynne Adamson/Lilla Erdos (SB) vs. Erin Fina/Cassie Bastress (CVU)
Katie McCullagh/Hanna Wilkins (Col) vs. Ella Lipkin/Mattie Howes (BHS)
Annabel Stevens/Carly Miller (Stowe) vs. Phoebe Henderson/Millie Boardman (CVU)
Anna Jenneman/Libby Westbrook (BHS) vs. Lahmadi-Nonni/McCullagh-Bourassa winner
BOYS SINGLES
First round (Thursday)
Nick Vinson (MMU) vs. Nixon Malik (Wood)
Ian Applegate (NC) vs. Jorge Trade (SJ)
Ben Luna (Bratt) vs. TJ Guffey (Stowe)
Cole Baitz (Har) vs. Sam Molson (MMU)
Second round (Thursday)
Hugo Crainich (BHS) vs. Vinson-Malik winner
Charlie Mjaanes (CVU) vs. Kellan Bartlett (Midd)
Asa Kobik (MAU) vs. Bo Graves)
James Bialas (SB) def. Andre de Souza (Hart)
Derin Suren (Essex) vs. Kayl Humke (U-32)
Aidan Greer (CVU) vs. Christo Buckley (BBA)
Chris Bialas (SB) vs. Caden Mercer)
Nathan Kim (Bratt) vs. Applegate-Trade winner
Sriram Sethuraman (SB) vs. Luna-Guffey winner
Ziggy Babbott (CVU) vs. Clyde Malhotra (Midd)
August Rinehart (BHS) vs. Ethan Michaels (Hart)
Luis Vilanova (BBA) vs. Bernado Barrios (SJ)
Will Downey (BHS) vs. Janosh Edelmann (Col)
Aidan Chance (Midd) vs. Frederik Heineking (SJ)
Eli Pay (Essex) vs. Kaelen Lundberg (Wood)
Nick O'Donnell (BBA) vs. Baitz-Molson winner
BOYS DOUBLES
First round (Thursday)
Vinson/Vinson (MMU) vs. Gupta/W. Bradley (SB)
Medina/Bushey (MMU) vs. Naylor/Taggard (Bratt)
Suchomel/Newton (Midd) vs. Seissen/Labrie (Col)
Marhefka/Biedermann (Stowe) vs. Bingle/Mjaanes (CVU)
Klemm/Thomas (Col) vs. Stein/L. Morton BHS)
Repp/Ritter (Midd) vs. Ho/St. Hilaire (Essex)
Gradinger/Heller (Bratt) vs. Miller/Lacouciere (Essex)
Guffey/Brown (Stowe) vs. J. Bradley/Zheng (SB)
Anderson/Murray (Midd) vs. Arrington/Allen (BBA)
Second round (Thursday)
Gil/Berenguer (SJ) vs. Vinson/Vinson/Gupta-Bradley winner
Bauer/Konnanur (Essex) vs. Marhefka-Biedermann/Bingle-Mjaanes winner
Lahiff/Aridgides (MMU) vs. Klemm-Thomas/Stein-Morton winner
Nguyen/N. Morton (BHS) vs. Repp-Ritter/Ho-St. Hilaire winner
Fitzgerald/Towle (Col) vs. Anderson-Murray/Arrington-Allen winner
Longsteth/Filkhorn (MMU) vs. Goodrich/Liddick (SJ)
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont H.S. tennis: Matchups for singles, doubles state tournaments
