Siloam Springs senior tennis player Olha Los and the doubles team of Ava Anglin and Maribel Riley punched their Class 5A state tournament ticket with wins at the 5A-West Conference Tournament on Monday in Russellville.
Los, the No. 2 overall seed in girls singles, picked up two wins, defeating No. 15 seed Ona Camunez of Russellville 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round and then defeating Harrison's Emme Bell, the seventh seed, 6-1, 6-2.
Anglin and Riley, the No. 4 seed, defeated Russellville's team of Anika Walchshauser and Joy Skaggs 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round. The Siloam Springs duo then beat Van Buren's Naina Patel and Sabrina Huang 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals to clinch their state berth. The Class 5A state tennis tournament will be Oct. 10-11 in Hot Springs.
Both Los and the team of Anglin and Riley were back in action on Tuesday in the semifinals. Results were not available at presstime.
In other 5A-West Conference action on Monday, No. 6 seed Lauren Naustvik lost her opening round singles match to Bella King of Greenwood 6-0, 6-1.
The Siloam Springs girls doubles team of Cindy Chavez-Vasquez and Korbyn Briggs, who were the No. 14 seed, lost to Russellville's Dru Robinson and Liza Parker 6-1, 6-0.
In boys singles, No. 5 seed Bryan Tran defeated Greenwood's Keaton Whisenhunt 6-1, 7-5 in the opening round. Tran was defeated by No. 4 seed Garren Skartvedt of Russellville 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals with a state berth on the line.
Brayden Bold, the No. 15 seed, lost his opening round match to No. 2 seed Parker Seewald of Van Buren 6-0, 6-0.
In boys doubles, No. 6 seed team of Ezekiel Becan and Jadon Gill defeated Greenwood's Grayson Vaughn and Lucas Hefflin 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round. Becan and Gill were defeated in the quarterfinals by Van Buren's Josh Kovitch and Lance Adams 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The No. 16 seed team of Eliot Posey and Brayden Ratliff lost their opening round match to Greenwood's No. 1 overall seed of Brendon Hoskyn and J.J. Acosta 6-0, 6-0.
SSHS at Greenwood
The Siloam Springs tennis teams each lost 3-1 at Greenwood on Thursday, Sept. 22.
At No. 1 boys singles, Siloam Springs' Bryan Tran defeated Greenwood's Adam Schafer 8-2, while Greenwood's Keaton Whisenhunt beat Brayden Bold 8-3 at No. 2 singles.
In other singles matches, Siloam Springs' Ezekiel Becan defeated Conner Jones 8-1. Panther Brayden Ratliff beat Eason Lin 8-5. Greenwood's Wesley defeated Siloam Springs' Eliot Posey 8-7 (7-4).
In doubles, the Greenwood No. 1 doubles team of J.J. Acosta and Brendon Hoskyn defeated Becan and Jadon Gill 8-2.
The No. 2 Greenwood doubles team of Grayson Vaughn and Lucas Hefflin defeated Posey and Ratliff 8-0.
At No. 1 girls singles, Siloam Springs' Olha Los defeated Bella King 8-3. Greenwood's Mackenzie Cannon defeated Lauren Naustvik 8-0 at No. 2 singles.
In other singles matches, Greenwood's Bailey Abbot defeated Cindy Chavez-Vasquez 8-4. Siloam Springs' Korbyn Briggs defeated Mackenzie Magnus 8-6. Siloam Springs' Ava Howie also defeated Avery Abbot 8-6.
Greenwood's Harper Berg and Lydiah Belue defeated Siloam Springs' Ava Anglin 8-0 at No. 1 doubles.
At No. 2 doubles, Greenwood's Lakyn Forrester and Emma Wirth defeated Chavez-Vasquez and Briggs 8-1.
Greenwood's Malon Cole and Emma Koenigseder defeated Kamryn Hernandez and Howie 8-0.
SSHS at Russellville
The Siloam Springs girls tennis team swept Russellville 4-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
At No. 1 singles, Siloam Springs' Ohla Los defeated Russellville's Meredith Hale 8-0.
At No. 2 singles, Siloam Springs' Lauren Naustvik defeated Ona Camunez 8-3.
In other singles matches, Ava Howie of Siloam Springs defeated Dana Lui 8-1, and Howie also defeated Isabel Rivas 8-2.
At No. 1 doubles, the team of Ava Anglin and Maribel Riley defeated Dru Robinson and Liza Parker 8-5.
The No. 2 doubles team of Cindy Chavez-Vasquez and Korbyn Briggs defeated Anika Walchshauser and Joy Skaggs 8-5.
In boys, the Panthers fell 3-1 to the Cyclones.
At No. 1 boys singles, Siloam Springs' Bryan Tran lost to Garren Skardtvedt 8-2.
At No. 2 boys singles, Jadon Gill lost 8-6 to Russellville's Landon Meimerstorf.
In an extra singles match, Siloam Springs' Brayden Bold defeated Luke Vaughn 8-5.
At No. 1 doubles, the Siloam Springs team of Ezekiel Becan and Jadon Gill lost 8-4 to Russellville's Asa Aylor and Zane Russell.
At No. 2 doubles, the SSHS team of Eliot Posey and Brayden Ratliff lost 8-2 to Brooks Burk and Alvaro Vidal.
In an extra doubles match, Posey and Ratliff defeated Russellville's Joe Walchshauser and Jack Ruple.