Welcome Back WO Tennis Fans! A new group of girls, the same high quality tennis you come to expect. Another season has officially begun as we took on Holland Christian today at the Dewitt Tennis Center. Let's start out with the scores, then some comments on the match: Holland Christian - 2, Holland West Ottawa - 7, Singles: No. 1 - Evie Price, Holland West Ottawa def. Camryn Nadig, Holland Christian , 6-0 , 6-3 No. 2 - Isabella Gitler, Holland West Ottawa def. Iyla Holmes, Holland Christian , 6-1 , 6-1 No. 3 - Sydney Shafer, Holland West Ottawa def. Chloe Tait, Holland Christian , 6-4 , 6-1 No. 4 - Maggie Rothstein, Holland West Ottawa def. Evie Traverse, Holland Christian , 6-1 , 6-1 Doubles: No. 1 - Kassie Evenhouse, Stella Klooster, Holland Christian def. Kallyn Gaul, Lovelle Kim, Holland West Ottawa, 6-4 , 7-6 No. 2 - Hope Hughes, Haylee Geerlings, Holland West Ottawa def. Lily Wierenga, Hope Bruinsma, Holland Christian , 6-3 , 6-2 No. 3 - Audrey Anderson, Olivia Smith, Holland West Ottawa def. Lucia Van Klompenberg, Izzy Delcalzo, Holland Christian , 6-2 , 7-5 No. 4 - Jadyn Smith, Chloe Dangler, Holland Christian def. Mallory Paff, Hope Sikorski, Holland West Ottawa, 5-7 , 7-5 , 11-9 No. 5 - Paislee Hartman, Eden Slager, Holland West Ottawa def. Kelli Genzink, Maelyn VanTil, Holland Christian , 4-6 , 6-2 , 10-6 Tale of the tape for this year's team: - This is a young group, with 3 seniors, 3 juniors, 5 sophomores, and 3 freshmen. - We are led by 4 outstanding captains: Kallyn Gaul, Lovelle Kim, Evie Price, and Maggie Rothstein - We graduated 3 of our 4 singles players from a year ago. However, the addition of freshmen standouts Izzy Gitler and Sydney Shafer allows us to keep most of last years doubles players in the doubles lineup. What's next? I'm typing this from a hotel in Utica, because tomorrow we take on three of the top teams in Division 1...Utica Eisenhower, Bloomfield Hills, and Troy. Today was a great way to dip our toes into competitive play. Last year we finished 9th in Division 1, and are looking to improve upon that this Spring. Tomorrow will be a great barometer for how we stand. Wish us luck, and look for a writeup sometime on Sunday. Go WO! -Coach Pete Schwallier