{"id":2443707,"date":"2019-05-02T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/preps-may-2-aspen-girls-tennis-takes-second-at-regionals-qualifies-nine-for-state-championships\/"},"modified":"2019-05-02T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:56:00","slug":"preps-may-2-aspen-girls-tennis-takes-second-at-regionals-qualifies-nine-for-state-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/preps-may-2-aspen-girls-tennis-takes-second-at-regionals-qualifies-nine-for-state-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Preps May 2: Aspen girls tennis takes second at regionals, qualifies nine for state championships"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Aspen High School girls tennis team finished second at regionals on Thursday in Grand Junction and qualified nine for the upcoming state championships in Greeley.<\/strong>
Sue Hopkinson\/courtesy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If Aspen High School senior Mary Williams has a nemesis, it would certainly be Steamboat Springs junior Mae Thorp. The pair have tangoed numerous times over the past three years, and met once again in their Class 3A regional final on Thursday in Grand Junction.<\/p>\n

Thorp had the hotter racket last spring, but in what could have been their final matchup it was Williams who prevailed to take the regional title 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. Williams beat Thorp for the 2017 regional title, as well, before losing to her a year ago.<\/p>\n

More importantly, Williams was one of nine Skiers to qualify for next week\u2019s state tennis championships in Greeley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey played great,\u201d AHS coach Steve Sand said. \u201cCame up one match short of winning regionals, but some amazing results. I\u2019m proud of the girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steamboat won the regional team title with 71 points, while Aspen came in second with 67 points. It was the 14th regional title in 15 years for the Sailors, Aspen\u2019s team title in 2017 having snapped a 12-year streak for the team from Routt County.<\/p>\n

Aspen qualified all but its No. 4 doubles team for the state tournament. That team of Sadie Bakyo and Rose Becker still had a good showing, finishing third at regionals.<\/p>\n

Joining Williams as regional champions from Aspen are sophomore Macy Hopkinson, who won at No. 2 singles, and the No. 2 doubles team of Olivia Burkley and Stef Wojcik, who won 6-2, 6-2 in the final over a duo from Steamboat.<\/p>\n

Hopkinson beat Paonia\u2019s Jaquelin Mora in the regional final, 7-5, 6-3. The two had played as recently as April 19 in Aspen, Mora winning that contest 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cMacy, again, came up big in the final, changed her mindset a little I think from that first match and was able to pull it out,\u201d Sand said. \u201cMacy had a great tournament. In the semifinals she beat a great player from Steamboat, Lily Fox. Played probably I\u2019d say her best match of the year in the semifinals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not winning the regional title but still qualifying for state from Aspen are No. 3 singles player Karina Keller, the No. 1 doubles team of Addy Walson and Bliss Pekkala, and the No. 3 doubles team of Quinn Ramberg and Virginia Tassi.<\/p>\n

The nine total players qualified is likely one of the largest in school history, according to Sand, and could make them a factor in the team standings come state. Last year the Skiers sent five to the state championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping all of them can do well and make a run,\u201d Sand said. \u201cWith that many, we are hoping to rack up some points with all these girls. If a couple of them make a run, we could be fighting for that team title.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Skiers will leave Wednesday for Greeley, with the state tournament getting underway Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Aspen girls lacrosse beats Fruita, one game away from perfection<\/p>\n

In what looked like it had potential to be a competitive game Thursday, based off records, the Aspen High School girls lacrosse team rolled to an easy 18-0 win at Fruita Monument. The Wildcats dropped to 9-5 overall, while the No. 8-ranked Skiers improved to 14-0 with only a single game remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

All that stands between them and getting to 15-0 is a struggling Telluride team. They\u2019ll play at noon on Saturday in the regular-season finale in Aspen. AHS continues to sit comfortably in the top five of the RPI, which will largely determine postseason seeding.<\/p>\n

Also Saturday, the AHS boys lacrosse team will host Telluride around 2 p.m., after the girls game. Before that, the Aspen boys are slated to host Durango at 4 p.m. Friday on Iselin. With a recent surge and favorable RPI, even one win over these final two games would go a long way in securing the Skiers a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

At 6 p.m. Friday, the Aspen girls soccer team will host Basalt in its regular-season finale on the AHS turf.<\/p>\n

Aspen baseball plays tough with Summit before falling 6-2<\/p>\n

The Aspen High School baseball team played one of its best games of the season on Thursday in a 6-2 loss to Summit at Crawford Field in El Jebel.<\/p>\n

The Skiers fell into a 4-0 hole after two innings and then trailed 6-0 entering the bottom of the sixth before rallying with two runs in the bottom of that frame. Aspen had bases loaded with one out in the sixth but was limited to the two runs.<\/p>\n

Summit improved to 5-14 overall while Aspen fell to 0-15. The Skiers next play a doubleheader at Moffat County on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Basalt baseball is at Olathe Saturday.<\/p>\n

acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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