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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St. Joseph-Ogden won two matches in singles and two in doubles on Thursday (Sept. 23) to turn back Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 4-1, in a girls’ tennis match at Gibson City.

In singles, Abbey Dow posted a narrow 8-7 win at No. 1 over Katie Steidinger.

At No. 2 singles, Claire Huffman was dominant against Audrey Iverson, winning 8-0.

SJ-O captured wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

The No. 2 duo of Abby Behrens and Hope Rajlich overpowered Syda Schlickman and McKenna Crowley, 8-0.

At No. 3, Spartans Katie McDermott and Emma Rydell teamed up for an 8-3 decision over Emily Hood and Kadence Crowley.

SJ-O’s No. 1 double unit of Jacey Lewis and Kelsey Martlage were edged by London Hixson and Lexi Darbutt, 8-7.

SJ-O (5-4) returns to action on Monday (Oct. 11) against Maroa-Forsyth at the UI Atkins Tennis Center.

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Alison Kearney and Kelsey Martlage teamed up for a win at No. 1 doubles on Tuesday (Sept. 14), but St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a 6-3 decision in girls’ tennis at Watseka.

Kearney and Martlage edged Ashton Peters and Baier Rigsby, 9-7.

The Spartans also captured the No. 3 doubles match with Katie McDermott and Jacey Lewis. They handled Sarah Parsons and Tiffany Zhao, 8-3.

The other SJ-O victory came at No 6 singles with Lauren Lannert. She beat Zhao, 8-5.

Hard-luck losers for the Spartans were Abbey Dow at No. 1 singles, 9-7, to Peters, and Ashlyn Lannert at No. 3 singles, 8-5, to Rigsby.

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

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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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The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team swept the three doubles matches on Wednesday (Sept. 1) and finished off a dual-meet win at Watseka, 7-2.

The No. 1 duo of Kelsey Martlage and Hope Rajlich were victorious, 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, Abby Behrens and Jacey Lewis were triumphant, 8-6.

Completing the doubles sweep was the No. 3 unit of Katie McDermott and Emma Rydell, 8-4.

In singles play, Abbey Dow scored an 8-4 win at the No. 1 position.

SJ-O also captured singles wins at Nos. 4, 5 and 6.

At No. 4, Claire Huffman won, 8-1. At No. 5, Grace Schmitz prevailed, 8-4. At No. 6, Oliva Getty registered an 8-6 win.

On Tuesday (Aug. 31), Urbana grabbed a 6-3 win at home over SJ-O, despite the Spartans claiming victories at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.

Dow posted an 8-2 singles win at No. 1.

In doubles, the duo of Martlage and Rajlich won, 8-3.

The Spartans’ other win was at No. 4 singles where Allison Kearney registered an 8-2 victory.

SJ-O (3-2) returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at Danville Schlarman Academy.

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