After placing third in last year’s team state tournament, the West girls varsity tennis team returned to their home courts April 8 to take on Dubuque Hempstead. This season, the Trojans are led by Head Coach Nina Marquardt, who previously coached Cedar Rapids Washington girls tennis. There, she led the team to team and individual titles. 

Six members returned to the team this season — Audrey Crawford ’26, Elsie Gross ’27, Claire Hahn ’25, Sophie Singh ’27, Marie Stier ’25 and Grace Wang ’27 — and varsity brought on six new members — Gianna Liu ’25, Gracie Liu ’27, Angela Kim ’28, Momo Shinozaki ’27, Sasha Postnikov ’25 and Iris Vasi ’25.

In their first match of the season, the girls varsity tennis team competed on their home courts against Dubuque Hempstead. The Mustangs, projected to be a top-ten team in the state, came into the match with a 2-0 record. 

However, West began with a strong start in singles, winning 4-2 going into doubles. Not long after starting, Crawford and Singh clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win. Then, West proceeded to sweep doubles, finishing with a 7-2 win over Dubuque Hempstead.  

Note: Wins are italicized.

Singles:

Postnikov: 6-2, 6-3

Vasi: 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)

Singh: 3-6, 2-6

Wang: 6-3, 6-2

Stier: 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)

Hahn: 6-7 (0-7), 4-6

Doubles: 

Postnikov/Stier: 6-2, 6-3

Wang/Vasi: 6-3, 6-0

Crawford/Singh: 6-1, 6-0

Exhibition

Singles

Crawford: 7-6 (7-3), 6-2

Gianna Liu: 6-4, 2-6, 0-1 (8-10)

Doubles:

Gianna Liu/Gracie Liu: 3-6, 1-6

West will return to the courts April 10 at Dubuque Wahlert and travel to Cedar Rapids to take on Xavier and Jefferson April 12.