9/22 Tennis
Blanchester 5, Bethel-Tate 0
Record: Blan 7-7 (6-0 SBC) SBC Champions, 30 straight league wins
Singles
Brooke Honaker d. Kara Partin 6-1, 6-0
Emily Speakman d. Alyssa Barnhouse 6-3, 6-2
Heather O'Neill d. Liz Kilgore 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
Erin Wilson, Lilly Tedrick d. Hannah Webster, Holly Barnes 6-2, 6-1
Alexis Vestal, Megan Weber d. Beka Martin, Taylor Clark 6-1, 6-1
Comments: It was senior night. I'm so happy that Heather was able to win on senior night. She's been a terrific leader for this team, both on and off the court. She has set a great example for the rest of our team. She's a great kid, and we're going to miss her.
As for the rest of the team, we played great tennis all the way through the lineup. The girls should be proud of winning a fifth straight lead title. They have worked hard and deserve it.-Coach Sexton

9/8/15 - Tennis
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Blanchester High School
Blanchester 5, Norwood 0
Record: Blanchester 4-6
Singles
Brooke Honaker d. Sarah Lowery 6-2, 6-0
Heather O'Neill d. Heather Distler 6-3, 6-4
Sarah Ujlakyová d. Jennifer Sepulveda 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Emily Speakman, Erin Wilson d. Briana Ireton, Monica Murilllo 6-2, 6-0
Sarah Haines, Megan Weber won by forfeit
Comments: I thought this was the most solid match we've played top to bottom in a while. I thought everyone played well. We have three more important matches left on the schedule. If we play like we did in this match, we will give ourselves a chance to take care of business. -Coach Sexton

9/3/15 - Girls Tennis
Thurdsay, September 3, 2015 at Blanchester High School
Batavia 3, Blanchester 2

Record: Blanchester 3-6
Singles
Olivia Moon (Bat) d. Brooke Honaker 6-0, 6-2
Tommie Shearer (Bat) d. Emily Speakman 6-1, 6-0
Heather O'Neill (B) d. Shelby Gatto 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Paige Strassel, Emma Clark (Bat) d. Erin Wilson, Lilly Tedrick 6-4, 6-4
Korie White, Sara Ujlakyová (B) d. Sarah Farris, Hannah Lawson 6-3, 6-0

Comments: We knew that Batavia was very strong at first and second singles. They are two of the top singles players in the SBC. Olivia Moon has just one loss this year, and that was to Dapper of Amelia. We knew the pressure would be on our third singles and doubles to pull it out. We gave it a good effort, but just fell short.
-Coach Sexton

Girls Tennis - Thursday, August 13, 2015
at Clermont Northeastern HS

Blanchester 4, Clermont NE 1
Record: Blanchester 2-2 (2-0 SBC-N). Clermont NE 0-2 (0-1)
Singles
Emily Speakman (B) d. Skyler Askren (C) 6-3, 6-3
Brooke Honaker (B) d. Elizabeth Glancy (C) 6-1, 6-0
Heather O'Neill (B) d. Jessica Glancy (C) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Erin Wilson, Lilly Tedrick (B) d. Leah DeCator, Cheyanne Stahl (C) 6-7 (3) 6-2, 6-0
Elizabeth Lambing, Emilee Caudill (C) d. Alexis Vestal, Megan Weber (B) 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2) [11-9]
Comments: We got off to a slow start at third singles and first doubles, but I was glad to see we were able to raise our level and play good tennis the last two sets of both matches. I'm proud of the fight of second doubles. They played a match with two tiebreaks and a match tiebreak. I'm happy with their effort. Emily and Brooke both played very well in solid victories.

Upcoming: Saturday HOME SBC Invitational 9 a.m./Blan plays at 3.