St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ tennis team was 12-for-12 in its Tuesday (Oct. 12) regular-season finale against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at the UI Atkins Center.

All 12 Spartans who took the court were seniors, the total number of seniors on the roster of the second-year program.

SJ-O swept the three doubles matches, but fell just short on the scoreboard, dropping a 5-4 decision to GCMS.

At No. 1 doubles, Kelsey Martlage and Hope Rajlich topped Lexi Darbutt and London Hixson, 6-1, 6-3, to improve their season record to 6-2.

The No. 2 duo of Allison Kearney and Jacey Lewis swept past GCMS’ Emily Hood and Syda Schlickman, 6-2, 6-1.

The No. 3 unit of Angie Chahine and Abby Behrens had a memorable match, defeating McKenna Crowley and Kadence Crowley without losing a game, 6-0, 6-0.

Thus far, the Spartans have employed 15 different doubles’ combinations.

In singles, the lone SJ-O winner was Grace Schmitz at the No. 2 position. She topped Hixson, 6-4, 6-1.

Two other Spartans dropped hard-fought three-set matches.

At No. 4, GCMS’ Schlickman edged Ella Armstrong, 6-0, 2-6, 10-7.

At No. 6, the Falcons’ Crowley beat Hailey Gaines, 4-6, 7-6, 10-4.

Overall, 16 Spartans had singles matches throughout the course of the season.

SJ-O finishes with a dual-meet record of 7-5. The team will return to action on Friday in the 11-school Danville Class 1A Sectional.

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St. Joseph-Ogden swept the three doubles matches on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at Danville and handed Schlarman Academy a 7-2 dual-meet loss in girls’ tennis.

The win assures the Spartans (7-4) of no worse than a .500 season with three dual meets remaining.

In doubles, SJ-O’s teams lost a combined five games.

At No. 1 doubles, Hope Rajlich and Kelsey Martlage, topped Maya Jenny and Anna Lehmann, 8-4.

At No. 2 doubles, Spartans Allison Kearney and Angie Chahine teamed up to beat Lilli Perez and Madi Watson, 8-1.

At No. 3 doubles, Abby Behrens and Jacey Lewis swept past Karlee Belton and Evy Kelsey, 8-0.

SJ-O’s singles winners were Claire Huffman (No.2), Ashlyn Lannert (No. 4), Emma Rydell (No. 5) and Katie McDermott (No. 6).

Lannert and Rydell registered 8-0 wins over Lehmann and Belton, respectively. Huffman topped Watson, 8-3, and McDermott defeated Kelsey, 8-5.

SJ-O returns to action on Monday (Oct. 11) for its Senior Night match against Maroa-Forsyth at the UI Atkins Tennis Center. The Spartans have 12 seniors on the roster.

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In its first official home meet, the two-year-old St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team registered its most dominating win in program history on Wednesday (Sept. 29) at the UI Atkins Tennis Center.

The Spartans handled Decatur St. Teresa 8-1. In three singles matches and one doubles match, SJ-O didn’t lose a game.

The win boosted the Spartans’ overall season record to 6-4.

The SJ-O players who didn’t lose a game in singles were three seniors, Claire Huffman (No. 2 singles), Allison Kearney (No. 5 singles) and Angie Chahine (No. 6 singles).

At No. 1 singles, Colleen Larry handled SJ-O’s Abbey Dow, 6-1, 6-0. For the season, Dow has a 5-5 record.

Huffman and Lannert have 4-4 season marks. Kearney is 3-2 overall.

The doubles team with a 6-0, 6-0 win was the duo of seniors Abby Behrens and Jacey Lewis at the No. 2 position. They dominated Alexis Rayhill and Zia Boulier.

Behrens and Lewis are 3-2 for the season.

In singles, Huffman defeated Katherine Combs, Kearney handled Emma Norton, and Chahine beat Alyssa Wicks.

Other SJ-O singles winners were Grace Schmitz, who overpowered Alexis Rayhill, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3, and Ashlyn Lannert who swept past Zia Boulier at No. 4, 6-1, 6-1.

The Spartans’ other successful doubles teams were Hope Rajlich and Kelsey Martlage, who topped Larry and Combs, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1, and the No. 3 unit of Katie McDermott and Emma Rydell.

They took down Norton and Wicks, 6-0, 6-2.

Rajlich and Martlage have a 4-2 season record. McDermottand Rydell are 4-1 overall.

The Spartans return to action on Monday (Oct. 4) at Atkins against Mahomet-Seymour.

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The Spartans won seven of nine matches on Tuesday (Sept. 7) to capture a dual-meet victory over Schlarman Academy in Danville.

In singles, Angie Chahine didn’t lose a game against  Anjoelina Anderson, posting an 8-0 win at No. 6.

Other SJ-O singles winners were: Claire Huffman at No. 2, decisioning Caroline Bogen, 8-3; Grace Schmitz, at No. 3, topping Madi Watson, 8-3; Ashlyn Lannert, at No. 4 beating Lilli Perez, 8-6 and Allison Kearney, at No. 5, overpowering Anna Lehmann, 8-2.

Two of the Spartans’ doubles teams also posted wins.

At No. 2, Jacey Lewis and Abby Behrens handled Perez and Watson, 8-2.

At No. 3, Katie McDermott and Emma Rydell beat Lehmann and Evy Kelsey, 8-2.

At No. 1 doubles, SJ-O’s Hope Rajlich and Kelsey Martlage fell just short in a tough match against Maya Jenny and Bogen, 8-5.

On Wednesday (Sept. 8), the Spartans faced their toughest test to date and dropped a 9-0 decision to Centennial in Champaign.

The SJ-O doubles’ team all have at least .500 season records after losing to the Chargers.

Rajlich and Martlage are 3-2 overall at No. 1 after an 8-4 setback.

At No. 2, Behrens and Lewis are 2-2 after an 8-2 loss. At No. 3, Rydell and McDermott have a 2-1 record after an 8-5 loss.

Dropping narrow decisions in singles were Kearney at No. 5, 8-4, and Ella Armstrong at No. 6, 8-6.

SJ-O (4-3) returns to action on Thursday (Sept. 23) at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.

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In all, 12 different Spartans participated in the match.

Winning in doubles were Hope Rajlich and Kelsey Martlage, 8-6, at No. 1; Allison Kearney and Angie Chahine, 8-4, at No. 2 and Katie McDermott and Jacey Lewis, 8-6, at No. 3.

In singles, SJ-O’s top two players were victorious.

At No. 1, Claire Huffman defeated Hannah Null, 8-3.

At No. 2, Abbey Dow edged Jacie Owens, 8-6.

Also winning for the Spartans was Ashlyn Lannert, at No. 6, over Matika Pounginja, 8-1.

On Wednesday (Aug. 25), SJ-O extended its winning streak by handling St. Teresa, 6-3, in Decatur.

Dow didn’t lose a game at No. 2 singles, topping Katherine Combs, 6-0, 6-0.

SJ-O’s other three singles winners each dropped just one game.

At No. 3, Rajlich handled Alexis Rayhill, 6-0, 6-1.

At No. 4, Martlage, downed Zia Boulier, 6-0, 6-1.

At No. 6, Lannert posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Norton.

The Spartans had a hard-luck loser at No. 5 singles. Grace Schmitz dropped a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 11-9 decision to Joella Livingston.

SJ-O won two doubles matches.

At No. 2, the duo of Chahine and McDermott, triumphed over Rayhill and Boulier, 8-0.

At No. 3, teammates Emma Rydell and Kearney topped Alyssa Wicks and Norton, 8-0.

In the team’s first three matches, Chahine has had three different doubles partners and has helped each to victory.

SJ-O (2-1) returns to action on Tuesday (Aug. 31), back at Urbana.

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Angie Chahine and Abby Behrens teamed up for a win in doubles for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team, which opened the season on Thursday (Aug. 19) with an 8-1 loss at Maroa-Forsyth.

Chahine and Behrens were playing at No. 3 doubles.

The Spartans return to action on Tuesday (Aug. 24) at Urbana.

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