Division II high school girls sectional tennis tournament play begins today for area singles and doubles players.

Singles play opens at 8:30 a.m. at Struthers High School. Doubles action begins at 8:15 at the Volney Rogers courts in Youngstown.

Semifinals and finals matches are scheduled at 9 a.m. Saturday at Canfield High School.

The top four individual seeds are Mariah Mostardi (Ravenna), Alyssa Tom (Poland), Marissa Nocera (John F. Kennedy) and Brianne Thomas (Cardinal Mooney).

Mostardi and Tom qualified for the district tournament last year.

Poland’s tandem of Megan Bennett and Jessica Mullis is the top-seeded doubles pairing, followed by Cardinal Mooney’s Jaclyn Di Domenico and Allison St. George and Poland’s Alexa Marino and Danielle Mullis. John F. Kennedy’s Alison Rossi and Gina Fredericka are the sectional tournament’s fourth-seeded doubles team.

Bennett and Jessica Mullis qualified for the state tournament last year. Rossi and Fredericka were district qualifiers in doubles play last year. Marino was a district doubles qualifier — with a different partner — a year ago.

Following are the singles and doubles sectional lineups for each area school:



* BROOKFIELD: Singles — 1. Corin Miller; 2. Erika Clayton; 3. Gabby Collier. Doubles — 1. Heidi Palipchak-Melanie McGarrity; 2. Lauren Martinez-Becky Slater.

* CARDINAL MOONEY: Singles — 1. Brianne Thomas; 2. Angie Prato; 3. Alissa Bisconti. Doubles — 1. Jaclyn DiDomenico-Allison St. George; 2. Maria Kiraly-Morgan McCarty.

* CRESTWOOD: Singles — 1. Megan Czuchra; 2. Bethany Guegold; 3. Nicole Sell. Doubles — 1. Hannah Orr-Liz Jakosh; 2. Ann Freeman-Julia Mutere.

* EAST PALESTINE: Singles — 1. Karlee Reader; 2. Tori Powell; 3. Marcy Castro. Doubles — 1. Juliette Powers-Melanie Huffman; 2. Amber Hill-Roxanne Bowers.

* EDGEWOOD: Singles — 1. Jade Buhite; 2. Renee Mattson; 3. Neema Kondru. Doubles — 1. Lauren Schimmelpfennig-Connie Tate; 2. Liz Walker-Lindsey Robertson.

* JEFFERSON: Singles — 1. Chelsea Jarrell; 2. Julia Mansfield; 3. Rebecca Luce. Doubles — 1. Emily Jeppeson-Kelly Tisch; 2. Carrie Hartman-Jenny Pischalko.

* JOHN F. KENNEDY: Singles — 1. Marissa Nocera; 2. Benedetta Khoury; 3. Jenna Alloush. Doubles — 1. Alison Rossi-Gina Fredericka; 2. Chelsea Ross-Gabriella Lee.

* LAKEVIEW: Singles — 1. Stephanie Schnarrs; 2. Haley Kunka ; 3. Gina Jones. Doubles — 1. Bianca Eaton-Colleen Browning; 2. Shani Perara-Ashley Nicopolis.

* LIBERTY: Singles — 1. Stephanie Hirschl; 2. Amanda Vaturi; 3. Samantha Meledez. Doubles — 1. Rachel Lipkin-Allison Armeni; 2. Pooja Kwatra-Lysi Raib.

* LORDSTOWN: Singles — 1. Allyson Ronghi; 2. Olivia Wells; 3. Courtney Ronghi. Doubles — 1. Rachel Minor-Sydney; 2. Kayla Anderson-Miranda Behner.

* McDONALD: Singles — 1. Anna Gault; 2. Joey Courtney; 3. Jamie Stellmar. Doubles — 1. Sophia Gault-Melissa Wasser; 2. Amanda Sacco-Lauren Streb.

* POLAND: Singles — 1. Alyssa Tom; 2. Gabriele Broker; 3. Colleen Duncan. Doubles — 1. Megan Bennett-Jessica Mullis; 2. Alexa Marino-Danielle Mullis.

* RAVENNA: Singles — 1. Mariah Mostardi; 2. Lora Moncheck; 3. Olivia Buller. Doubles — 1. Brittney Boston-Taylor Hill; 2. Kaylee Lohr-Kristin Zebrowski.

* SALEM: Singles — 1. Anne Marocher; 2. Caitlin Costal; 3. Mellay Gardner. Doubles — 1. Lydia Linam-Christina Pietzrak; 2. Sierra Willoughby-Desiree Brown.

* STRUTHERS: Singles — 1. Samantha Rohrman; 2. Chrissy Humfleet; 3. Danielle Baughman. Doubles — 1. Jessica Carbon-Stephanie Baughman; 2. Brittany Bovo-Rachel Elias.

* UNITED: Singles — 1. Cara Houck; 2. Megan Oaks; 3. Lange Carter. Doubles — 1. Anissa Steer-Brooke McCartney; 2. Lynette Sell-Aygin Guraslan.

* URSULINE: Singles — 1. Angela Doverspike; 2. Kelly Matune; 3. Maria Margala. Doubles — 1. Paige Carney-Erika Klempay; 2. Emily Schrader-Gabby Weitzel.

* WEST BRANCH: Singles — 1. Lish Bush; 2. Savannah McDaniel; 3. Kathryn Phillips. Doubles — 1. DeAnna Wingett-Dani Burkhart; 2. Rachel Ambeli-Julie Ambeli.

— TRIBUNE CHRONICLE

Section:     Posted: 10/3/2007

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