DENVER | The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team exited the Class 5A team state tournament in the quarterfinal round, but the entire team gets a chance for individual success at the upcoming 5A individual state tournament.
After the second day of 5A Region 7 player concluded at Colorado Athletic Club Monaco, coach Jennifer Armstrong’s host Raiders won all four doubles regional titles and got another from sophomore No. 3 singles player Otylia Martino.
Junior No. 1 singles player Rebecca Gelfer and senior No. 2 singles player Mary Clare Watts also earned spots in the May 9-11 5A individual state tournament at City Park in Denver.
Leading the way in the doubles sweep was the No. 1 team of seniors Lucy Filippini and Brenna Radebaugh, who posted a 6-2, 6-0 finals victory against a team from Loveland to punch their ticket. Both were state qualifiers a year ago as well, but Filippini played No. 3 singles and Radebaugh was at No. 2 doubles.
Juniors Ebba Svard and Cait Carolan also were state qualifiers in 2023 with different doubles partners (Svard at No. 2, Carolan at No. 4) and gained entry together at No. 2 doubles this season with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of a team from Loveland.
Senior Torri Loftus and junior Lily Beebe teamed for a state-qualifying berth at No. 3 doubles as they also defeated Loveland, while the No. 4 doubles team of senior Elise Holt (another 2023 state qualifier) and sophomore Helen Adams dispatched a team from Pine Creek to win the championship match.
Gelfer earned her first trip to state as she finished as the No. 1 singles runner-up to Pine Creek’s Ava Lewis (who won their matchup 6-1, 6-0), while Watts rebounded from a semifinal loss to win her third place match as well as a playback to advance to state.
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2024 CLASS 5A REGION 7 GIRLS TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Championship matches (May 2 at CAC Monaco)
No. 1 singles — Ava Lewis (Pine Creek) def. REBECCA GELFER (REGIS JESUIT), 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 singles — Keelin Sills (Pine Creek) def. Emily Rivera (Loveland)
No. 3 singles — OTYLIA MARTINO (REGIS JESUIT) def. Sophie Dupar (Greeley West), 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 doubles — LUCY FILIPPINI/BRENNA RADEBAUGH (REGIS JESUIT) def. Allyssa Hughes/Kennedy Lane (Loveland), 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 doubles — CAIT CAROLAN/EBBA SVARD (REGIS JESUIT) def. Joy Fava/Madi Eslinger (Loveland), 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 doubles — LILY BEEBE/TORRI LOFTUS (REGIS JESUIT) def. Gia Warner/Alex Fischer (Loveland), 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 doubles — HELEN ADAMS/ELISE HOLT (REGIS JESUIT) def. Lily Lee/Grace Hu (Pine Creek), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Third-place matches
No. 1 singles — Piper Clancy (Greeley West) def. Libby Blanks (Loveland), 7-6 (3), 6-4
No. 2 singles — MARY CLARE WATTS (REGIS JESUIT) def. Danae Rowe (Greeley West), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 singles — Ellie Ruge (Pine Creek) def. Sydney Knapp (Loveland), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 doubles — Hayden Atchley/Sophie Harold (Greeley West) def. Ellie Jarecke/Catherine Mooney (Pine Creek), 6-0, 7-6 (1)
No. 2 doubles — Aurora Gazetti/Victoria Darling (Pine Creek) def. Itzel Guidry/Davanee McKinney (Greeley West), 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 doubles — Sophia Pfannenstiel/Kenzie Cameron (Pine Creek) def. Harlow Cropper/Isabella Clark (Greeley West), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 doubles — Roxy Sare/Makena Cleveland (Loveland) def. Paige Rupple/Hailey Ratliff (Greeley West), 6-2, 6-1