TEN PAST PARTICIPANTS NAMED HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS ALL-AMERICANS

Congratulations to our ten former participants who were named 2018 National High School Tennis All Americans. Each spring the National High School Tennis All-American Foundation awards the top 40 boys and top 40 girls in the country as National High School Tennis All Americans. Six of the ten honorees participated in our 2018 tournament. Among this year's honorees is three-time All-American selection Brooks Green of McGill-Toolen, and back-to-back All-American selections Mallory Gilmer, Gavin Segraves and Nicholas Watson. The four girls' selections ties 2017 for the most in the tournament history since 2014. 

GIRLS

Carrie Beckman • Sacred Heart • Louisville, KY

Mallory Gilmer • Etowah • Woodstock, GA

Melissa Sakar • American Heritage • Delray Beach, FL

Lauren Yoon • Webb School of Knoxville • Knoxville, TN

BOYS

Luke Casper • Bellarmine College Prep • San Jose, CA

Brooks Green • McGill-Toolen • Mobile, AL

Bryce Keim • Spartanburg • Spartanburg, SC

Gavin Segraves • Western Albamarle • Charlottesville, VA

Nicholas Watson • Catholic • Baton Rouge, LA

Alex Wesbrooks • Saint Xavier • Louisville, KY

To be eligible to receive consideration as an All-American tennis player a student/athlete must maintain an above average academic and citizenship record, compete on a high school tennis team, and garner an individual national ranking. Among the elite group of student/athletes honored in the past as tennis All-Americans are many current and former professional tennis players, including Pete Sampras, Todd Martin, Kimberly Po, Aaron Krickstein, Jeff Tarango, Taylor Dent and Sam Querrey. All decisions for All-American honors are researched and authorized by a panel of eight (8) National District Chairmen who are highly respected high school coaches. For more information of the NHSTAAF click here.

AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS CLAIM NINTH FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

The girls of American Heritage tennis team always their eyes set on bringing glory to their school. In fact, they have consistently shown that they are on top of their game, and they proved it once again after bagging their ninth state team title capturing a state record 21 points. The Stallions State Championship run followed a third place finish in the 2015 DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships just three weeks earlier.

The Stallions aced all singles matches and six doubles matches during the two-day Florida Class 1A State Tournament. Lagging behind them was Miami-Ransom Everglades.

The American Heritage girls’ tennis team initially had a perfect 10-0 record it singles matches on the opening day of tournament play. A pair of doubles wins to round out the day gave them the maximum of 12 points, a two-point edge over runner up and 2014 DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships champion Ransom Everglades.

Leading the team to the title was DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships All-Tournament Team selection Angelica Blake, who during a key number one singles match, beat Carrollwood’s top seed Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph 6-0, 6-1. Fellow All-Tournament Team selection Melissa Sakar defeated Ransom Everglades’ number two seed Heather Boehm for the number two singles title with a score of 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

Also bagging singles titles for the Stallions were sophomore Kacey Moore, who in a 6-1, 6-2 game beat Ransom’s Vivien Fernandez. Freshman Taylor Kogan and 7th grader Nina Slager also won the number four singles titles and number five title, respectively, for the Stallions during the tournament.

Single were not the only place where the American Heritage girls’ tennis team excelled. With superb net play and service games, the partnerships of Blake and Sakar and Kogan and Moore took home doubles titles.

"It feels great," said Brian Schleifer, American Heritage’s tennis coach. “It feels great,” longtime Stallions coach Brian Schleifer said. “The girls came out and played so well today. There was so much heart and intensity, and I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

"Blake was the one who set the tone for the entire team." Schleifer mentioned. He believes that the youthful player has greatly improved since she first played for the Stallions two-years ago in the state tournament. The coach also noted "Angelica will likely remain as the number one seed for a long time."

Under Schleifer’s tutelage, the Stallions have won nine state title since he established the program in 1997.

HIGH-TECH TENNIS OFFERS 76 VIDEOS FROM 2015 GIRLS TOURNAMENT

HIGH-TECH TENNIS RECORDED 76 MATCHES AT THE 2015 GIRLS DECOTURF HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY ICY HOT!

FRIDAY, MARCH 20th

CENTRAL VS. MORGANTOWN

Bouldin/Tipps vs. Rosiello/Rosiello

Berrios/Oppmann vs. Kacik/McKnight

Scott/Smith vs. Ferrico/Joseph

Tipps vs. Rosiello

Bouldin vs. Rosiello

Berrios vs. Kacik

Smith vs. McKnight

Scott vs. Ferrico

Oppmann vs. Joseph

AMERICAN HERITAGE VS. NICEVILLE

Blake/Sakar vs. Sepe/Hsiang

Moore/Kogan vs. Von Hilsheimer/Hovenden

Mortier/Slager vs. Chisholm/Freeman

Blake vs. Sepe

Sakar vs. Hsiang

Moore vs. Von Hilsheimer

Kogan vs. Hovenden

Mortier vs. Hruby

Schleifer vs. Manthey

GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL VS. NICEVILLE

Bandy/Thorstenson vs. Sepe/Hsiang

Bandy vs. Sepe

ASSUMPTION VS. SODDY DAISY

Cameron vs. Mitchell

Buller vs. Stephens

Hieatt vs. Noe

Harlan vs. Coyner

Cook vs. Holland

Pennington vs. Crawley

Pennington/Fitzgerald vs. Crawley/Mitchell

BAYLOR VS. HUTCHISON

Thomas vs. Garrott

Hawkins vs. Donoghue

Jenne vs. Owen

Carelli vs. Dunavant

Mooney vs. Simms

Kleban vs. George

OCEAN SPRINGS VS. WALTON

Kilduff/Nash vs. Zenoni/Kuse

St. Amant/Weatherly vs. Cramer/O’Brien

Vice/Chapman vs. Mookerji/Guldberg

Kilduff vs. Zenoni

St. Amant vs. Kuse

Weatherly vs. Keeline

Nash vs. Cramer

Broome vs. Gaskins

SATURDAY, MARCH 21st

DUNCAN VS. ASSUMPTION

Bowers vs. Pennington

Kirkland vs. Cameron

Clauson vs. Buller

Moore vs. Hieatt

Rains vs. Fitzgerald

Watkins vs. Cook

Bower/Goodson vs. Noe/Livingston

Churchman vs. Kleine-Kracht

PINE CREST VS. STARR’S MILL

Stevanovich vs. Kelly

Taylor vs. Williams

Obolevitch vs. Wernecke

Malik vs. Beck

Snyder vs. Nima

Feldman vs. Walker

OCEAN SPRINGS VS. CAMBRIDGE

Kilduff/Nash vs. Dervishian/Giddings

Kilduff vs. Dervishian

ROSWELL VS. GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Layton/Suktankar vs. Eslinger/Thel

Taylor vs. Eslinger

NICEVILLE VS. STARR’S MILL

Sepe vs. Williams

DUNCAN VS. RUSSELL

Bowers vs. Hersley

Kirkland vs. Ferguson

Clouson vs. Nguyen

Moore vs. Kendrick

Rains vs. Ferguson

Churchman vs. Nguyen

OCEAN SPRINGS VS. ROSWELL

Kilduff vs. Narang

WALTON VS. PINE CREST

Gaskins/Gaskins vs. Feldman/Shecter

Zenoni/Cramer vs. Obolevitch/Taylor

Kuse/Keeline vs. deBracamonte/Snyder

Zenoni vs. Stevanovich

Kuse vs. Snyder

Keeline vs. Shecter

Cramer vs. Kisling

Gaskins vs. Rabin

Gaskins vs. James

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2015 GIRLS A DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Suzanne Zenoni

Sr. | Walton

SINGLES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Angelica Blake

8th | American Heritage

Aimee Dervishian

Jr. | Cambridge

Drew Hawkins

So. | Baylor

Bella Kuse

Sr. | Walton

Danielle Obolevitch

So. | Pine Crest

Stephanie Taylor

So. | Pine Crest

DOUBLES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Maddox Bandy               Jenna Thorstenson

Fr. | GPS                             Jr. | GPS

Melissa Sakar               Angelica Blake

Fr. | Am. Heritage       8th | Am. Heritage

Suzanne Zenoni               Jessica Cramer

Sr. | Walton                      Sr.| Walton

HANNAH BELSINGER SPIRIT OF TENNIS AWARD

Ashton Jenne
So. | Baylor

3RD PLACE FINAL [GIRLS A] -- AMERICAN HERITAGE 7, BAYLOR 2

AMERICAN HERITAGE 7, BAYLOR 2
Saturday, March 21, 2015 | 4:00pm

3rd Place Final | Champions Club

DOUBLES

1. Angelica Blake & Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Drew Hawkins & Hannah Kleban 8-0
2. Kacey Moore & Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Ashton Jenne & Presley Thomas 8-6
3. Lauren Carelli & Lilly Mooney (B) def. Nina Slager & Lily Schleifer 8-2

SINGLES

1. Angelica Blake (AH) def. Drew Hawkins 6-1, 6-3
2. Kacey Moore (AH) def. Ashton Jenne 6-7, 6-0,10-2
3. Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Presley Thomas 6-1, 6-3
4. Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Lauren Carelli 6-3, 6-4
5. Lilly Mooney (B) def. Candice Mortier 6-1, 6-0
6. Nina Slager (AH) def. Olivia Sanford 6-3, 6-1

ORDER OF FINISH

Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 3,5,6,4,1,2

Match Time: Unknown                                                                                                                                      

GOLD SEMI-FINALS [GIRLS A] -- PINE CREST 6, AMERICAN HERITAGE 2

PINE CREST 6, AMERICAN HERITAGE 2

Saturday, March 21, 2015 | 11:00AM

Gold Bracket | Champions Club

DOUBLES

1. Angelica Blake & Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Ines de Bracamonte & Katarina Stevanovich 8-2
2. Stephanie Taylor & Danielle Obolevitch (PC) def. Kacey Moore & Taylor Kogan 8-6
3. Kaely Malik & Carly Feldman (PC) def. Candice Mortier & Nina Slager 8-1

SINGLES

1. Angleica Blake (AH) def. Katarina Stevanovich 6-0, 6-0
2. Danielle Obolevitch (PC) def. Melissa Sakar 1-6, 6-4, 12-10
3. Stephanie Taylor (PC) def. Kacey Moore 4-6, 6-1, 10-5
4. Demi Snyder (PC) def. Candice Mortier 6-2, 6-0
5. Taylor Kogan (AH) led Kaely Malik 6-4, 1-4 abd.
6. Ines de Bracamonte (PC) def. Nina Slager 6-0, 6-1

ORDER OF FINISH

Doubles: 1,2,3
Singles: 1,4,6,3,2

Match Time: Unknown

POOL PLAY [GIRLS A] -- AMERICAN HERITAGE 8, GPS 1

AMERICAN HERITAGE 8, GPS 1

Friday, March 20, 2015 | 8:15PM

Group A | GPS

DOUBLES

1. Angelica Blake & Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Maddox Bandy & Jenna Thorstenson 8-6
2. Kacey Moore & Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Jennie McBrayer & Analisa Stratienko 8-1
3. Candice Mortier & Nine Slager (AH) def. Kate Thel & Maggie Hill 8-1

SINGLES

1. Angelica Blake (AH) def. Maddox Bandy 6-0, 6-1
2. Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Jennie McBrayer 6-0, 6-0
3. Kacey Moore (AH) def. Jenna Thorstenson 6-1, 6-1
4. Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Maggie Eslinger 6-1, 6-3
5. Nina Slager (AH) def. Ali West 7-5, 4-6, 11-9
6. Ellie Edwards (GPS) def. Lily Schleifer 2-6, 6-4, 10-5

ORDER OF FINISH

Doubles: 3,2,1
Singles: 6,2,3,1,4,5

Match Time: 3:24

POOL PLAY [GIRLS A] -- AMERICAN HERITAGE 9, NICEVILLE 0

AMERICAN HERITAGE 9, NICEVILLE 0

Friday, March 20, 2015 | 9:30am

Group A | Baylor School

DOUBLES

1. Angelica Blake & Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Sami Sepe & Maddie Hsiang 8-0
2. Kacey Moore & Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Andi Vonhilsheimer & Megan Hovenden 8-1
3. Candice Mortier & Nina Slager (AH) def. Emily Chisholm & Anna Freeman 8-4

SINGLES

1. Angelica Blake (AH) def. Sami Sepe 6-1, 6-3
2. Melissa Sakar (AH) def. Maddie Hsiang 6-0, 6-1
3. Kacey Moore (AH) def. Andi Vonhilsheimer 6-1, 6-0
4. Taylor Kogan (AH) def. Megan Hovenden 6-2, 6-0
5. Candice Mortier (AH) def. Jacqueline Hruby 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
6. Lily Schleifer (AH) def. Olivia Manthey 6-0, 6-0 

ORDER OF FINISH

Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 6,2,4,3,1,5

Match Time: 3:22

2015 Girls A Division Bracket Released

The pairings for the 2015 DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships Girls A Division presented by Icy Hot have been released. The 12-team division features teams from Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. In the opening round on Friday teams will play two matches in pool play with their results determining their place in tournament play on Saturday. The tournament pools are as follows:

GROUP A
Overall top seed American Heritage (Delray Beach, FL), defending Florida Class A State Finalist, will be making their first appearance in the DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships. The Patriots lineup features the nation's 23rd ranked junior Taylor Russo and blue-chip rated 8th graders in Angelica Blake and Melissa Sakar. Defending Florida Class 3A State Champion Niceville (Niceville, FL) also makes their first tournament experience. Niceville is led by senior Samantha Sepe, a state finalist at No. 1 Singles in Florida Class 3A. Two-time tournament finalist Girls Preparatory School (Chattanooga, TN), defending Tennessee Division II Class AA State Finalist, returns doubles state semi-finalists Jennie McBrayer & Maddox Bandy.

GROUP B
Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, FL) returns their entire team that finished as a semi-finalist at the 2014 DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships. The Panthers return Florida Class 2A Doubles State Finalists Stephanie Taylor and Kaely Malik. Roswell (Roswell, GA) is led by senior Anmol Narang, an Army commit, and Madi Gulick. The Hornets, who finished 15-4 last year advancing to the Georgia State Tournament for the fourth straight year, are making their first tournament appearance. Starr's Mill (Fayetteville, GA), defending Georgia Class 5A State Champion, is led by Columbus State signee Rachael Williams and Mississippi State commit Caroline Kelly.

GROUP C
Walton (Marietta, GA), defending Georgia Class 6A State Champion, returns five of their top six players from last year's team that finished third at the DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships. The Raiders have won 10 of the past 11 State Champions in their class are led by Richmond signee Bella Kuse, Elon signee Suzanne Zenoni, and California-San Diego signee Jessica Cramer. Blessed Trinity (Roswell, GA), defending Georgia Class 3A State Champion, returns senior Nicole Haigwood and junior Julia Tasanasanta and adds four-star freshman Cameron Hastings. The Titans have won six straight State Championships. Ocean Springs (Ocean Springs, MS) won their fifth straight Mississippi Class 6A State Championships last season. The greyhounds are making their first tournament appearance since 2013 and are led by Mississippi's top ranked junior Amanda Kilduff.

GROUP D
Three-time DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships Champion Baylor (Chattanooga, TN) loses five seniors off last year's tournament finalist team. The defending Tennessee Division II Class AA State Champions will be led by sophomores Drew Hawkins and Ashton Jenne. Tennessee Division II Class AA semi-finalist Hutchison (Memphis, TN) return their entire roster from last year. Senior Gracie Donoghue will lead the Sting in their first tournament appearance since 2002. Cambridge (Milton, GA), defending Georgia Class 5A State Finalist will make their first appearance in tournament history. The Bears are led by four-star recruits Aimee Dervishian and Hanna Giddings.

The pool play winners will advance to the tournament semi-finals on Saturday, March 21st. The 2015 DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships Girls A Division Championship will take place at 3:00pm.