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By RICK PETERSON

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Seaman's girls tennis team followed up its fifth straight United Kansas Conference championship with another dominating performance in Saturday's Class 5A regional tournament at Kossover Tennis Center, sweeping the singles, doubles and team titles while qualifying its entire team for state.

Seaman girls tennis poses for a team picture after winning a Class 5A regional Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center and qualifying its entire team for state. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Undefeated Viking senior star Emma Sweeney earned the regional singles crown  and seniors Camryn Lux and Cadence Speer took the doubles title while junior Lilly Wiens finished third in singles and sophomores Brenna Prokop and Kallie Zurmely placed third in doubles as Seaman won the team championship by a 24-19 margin over St. James Academy.

"A great day,'' Seaman coach Jamie Robinson said. "I'm very pleased. Today was close. We knew St. James was going to be very good in doubles and our work was cut out for us and we got the win, a close win, and then we got the close win over them for third place as well, so that was fun and pretty exciting.

"I was proud of the work ethic by the girls throughout the whole tournament.''

Seaman senior singles star Emma Sweeney improved to 28-0 on the season en route to a Class 5A regional title Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN] 

Seaman seniors Cadence Speer and Camryn Lux won a Class 5A regional doubles title on Saturday for the team-champion Vikings. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Sweeney, the 5A runnerup as a junior, improved to 28-0 this fall with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Piper's Ann McPherson in the singles final while Lux and Speer (28-4) took a 6-2, 7-5 win over St. James' Avery Neuer and Grace Davis in the doubles title match.

Wiens (22-12) bounced back from a semifinal loss to Sweeney to take a 6-0, 6-2 win over St. James' Kiersten Koenings in the third-place singles match while Prokop and Zurmely (22-7) finished third in doubles with a 7-6, 4-1 (retired) win over St. James' Molly McGinnis and Leah Twellman.

Topeka West seniors Kailyn Bidwell (left) and Mariana Bernard qualified for the Class 5A state tournament with a sixth-place regional doubles finish. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN] 

Topeka West's senior doubles team of Mariana Bernard and Kailyn Bidwell earned a state berth with a sixth-place regional finish.

Basehor-Linwood's Helen Habjan and Aliya Von Donge took a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) win over Bernard and Bidwell in the fifth-place match.

The 5A state tournament will be contested at Andover Friday and Saturday.

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Hayden's girls tennis team made the long trip to Chanute pay off, with junior doubles champions Hailey Caryl and Sophia Wichman leading the Wildcats to a Class 4A regional team title while all six Hayden players qualified for Friday and Saturday's state tournament at Kossover Tennis Center.

Hayden girls tennis poses for a team picture after winning the team championship in Saturday's Class 4A regional at Chanute. [Submitted photo]

Caryl and Wichman earned the doubles championship with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Chanute's Ashtyn Cummings and Sarah Uhner while the Wildcats also got a second-place singles finish from sophomore Lana Hull and fifth-place finishes from sophomore singles player Ava Scheer and the doubles team of senior Kailyn Gerdel and sophomore Elliott Gould.

Hull dropped a 6-0, 6-4 decision to Bishop Miege senior Ella Daniel in the singles final while Scheer topped Miege's Rose Maher 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in the fifth-place match and Gerdel and Gould took a 6-0, 6-1 win over Paola's Bentley Stewart and Kendal Robinson in the fifth-place doubles match.

Hayden claimed the team championship by a 19-15 margin over host Chanute.

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Team scores

Hayden 19, Chanute 15, Bishop Miege 14, Ottawa 5, Paola 3, Baldwin 1, Fort Scott 1. 

Individual results

Singles

Championship -- Daniel, Miege, def. Hull, Hayden, 6-0, 6-4.

Third -- Burnett, Chanute, def. Boyd, Ottawa, 6-2, 6-2.

Fifth -- Scheer, Hayden, def. Maher, Miege, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). 

Doubles

Championship -- Caryl/Wichman, Hayden, def. Cummings/Uhner, Chanute, 6-2, 6-1.

Third -- Weber/Daniel, Miege, def. Brecheisen/Swiler, Chanute, 7-6, 6-4.

Fifth -- Gerdel/Gould, Hayden, def. Stewart/Robinson, Paola, 6-0, 6-1.

Cair Paravel senior Madilyn Poole won the singles championship in the Class 3A-1A regional tournament at Marysville. [File photo/TSN] 

Singles champ Poole powers Lions to runnerup 3A-1A regional finish

Cair Paravel Latin star Madilyn Poole won the singles title in Saturday's Class 3A-1A regional tournament at Marysville, leading the Lions to a runnerup team finish.

Poole topped Silver Lake junior Evelynn Thompson 6-2, 6-0 in the championship match while CPLS freshman Mia Poole finished third with a 2-0 default victory over Wabaunsee's Talen Orton.

CPLS also qualified the doubles team of senior Adri Leinwetter and freshman Charlotte Clutter for state, with Leinwetter and Clutter posting a 6-0, 6-1 win in the fifth-place match.

The 3A-1A state tournament will be played Friday and Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center.

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EMPORIA – The No. 18-ranked Washburn University women's soccer team tied Emporia State 1-1 on Sunday afternoon on the ESU Soccer Pitch.

Freshman Avery McCorry scored her team-leading seventh goal in Washburn's 1-1 tie with Emporia State on Sunday. [File photo/TSN]

Washburn moves 10-1-2 overall and 6-1-1 in the MIAA, while Emporia State is 6-3-4 and 3-1-3 in the MIAA.

Ella Favot gave Emporia State an early 1-0 lead in the 18th minute but Washburn freshman Avery McCorry answered for Washburn 31 seconds after ESU's goal, scoring her team-leading seventh goal of the season.

Sophomore Kate Hinck assisted on McCorry's goal and no goals were scored in the remainder of the match.

Grae Peterson nearly put the Ichabods ahead in the closing minutes, but her attempt struck the crossbar.

Washburn outshot Emporia State 8-6, including 4-2 on goal.

Washburn returns home for their final two home matches of the regular season, facing Central Oklahoma on Friday at 6 p.m. before facing Northeastern State next Sunday at 1 p.m. for Senior Day.

Ichabod volleyball bounces back with sweep

WICHITA -- No. 13 Washburn volleyball closed its week on the road with a 3-0 sweep at Newman on Saturday afternoon, bouncing back after being swept by Central Oklahoma a night earlier.

The Ichabods head to St. Joseph, Mo. next to face Missouri Western on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Washburn (18-4 overall, 6-2 MIAA) worked three consistent sets to defeat the Jets (6-15, 1-5), posting 25-17, 25-19 and 25-16 victories.

Washburn hit .333 in the final set to land at .281 for the match as a team to go along with 40 kills while the Jets slashed .112 with 28 kills. Digs went 55-47 in favor of the Ichabods, who also led 36-27 in assists for the match.

Freshman Hayden Meats had a team-high eight kills while hitting .318 with 11 digs.

Emma Siron had seven kills, 13 assists and six digs.

Brooklyn Morrisey had six kills while hitting .455 up front.

Taylor Rottinghaus scooped up 15 digs and Lauren Tyler led the passing attack with 17 assists.