Submitted photo Above is the Warren girls tennis team. In the first row, from the left, are: Sophia Davis, Sarah Harvey, Lilly Seylar, Lucy Harrison, Brady Caudill, Alannah Garza and Grace Carlson. In the back row are: Coach Thomas Pellegrino, Lettie Christie, Jade Stewart, Delilah Jones, Alice Watt, Scotlynn Perry, Olivia Romanosky, Coach Travis Myler, Laelah Mueller, Ashlynn Becker, Kamaya Anthony, Laken Carroll, Carly Fitzsimmons and Coach Nick Tarpenning.

On Wednesday the Warren High Girls Tennis team traveled to Buhl Park in Sharon on Wednesday for the annual Tri-County team tournament.

This event gives every member of the team an opportunity to compete for points for their school. It is a highly anticipated event, and is a highlight of the season for the student-athletes.

The tournament is broken down into eight divisions — first through fourth singles and first through fourth doubles. Fourth doubles is the largest event of the day and was made up of 29 doubles teams across all of the schools. The schools represented in the event were the entire southern part of District 10 as well as Erie High and the Warren Dragons.

The Lady Dragons made it into six of the eight finals, winning five of them. They gained enough points overall to bring home the team championship, the first ever in Warren girls tennis history.

The team totals were Warren 67 Hickory 51 and Grove City 29.

Following are the results:

¯ First singles: Lucy Harrison defeated Grove City in the first round 8-0 followed by an 8-1 victory over Franklin in the semi-final. She won the championship over Erie High 10-0.

¯ Second singles: Alannah Garza defeated Franklin in the first round 8-0 followed by a semi-final win over Wilmington 8-1. She defeated Greenville in the championship round 10-1.

¯ Third singles: Grace Carlson defeated Sharon 8-0 in the first round followed by an 8-2 victory over Grove City in the semifinals. In the finals, Grace fell to the top seed from Hickory 3-8.

¯ Fourth singles: Sarah Harvey received a bye in her first round and kicked off the day with an 8-1 semifinal victory over Hickory. She went on to win the championship with an 8-0 win over Erie High in the finals.

¯ First doubles: Warren did not have an entry for first doubles

¯ Second doubles: Brady Caudill and Olivia Romanosky defeated Sharon in the opening round 8-5. They then fell to the top seed from Hickory in the semi finals 7-8 (3-7).

¯ Third doubles: Lilly Seyler and Scotlynn Perry defeated Erie High in the opening round 6-1 followed by a 6-5, (7-3) victory over Greenville in the semi-finals. In the championship, the girls took out the top seed from Hickory 8-7, (7-3).

¯ Fourth doubles: Ashlynn Becker and Kamaya Anthony were defeated by Greenville in the opening round 4-6.

Lettie Christie and Delilah Jones were defeated in the first round by Hickory 4-6.

Sophia Davis and Laelah Mueller won their opening round over Grove City 6-0 followed by another 6-0 win over Greenville in the second round. In the quarterfinals, the girls defeated Oil City 6-1. In the semi-final round they were defeated by Hickory and lost 4-6.

Carly Fitzsimmons and Laken Carrol defeated Wilmington 6-0 in the opening round followed by a 6-3 win over Grove City in the second. In the quarterfinals they defeated another team from Grove City 6-2. In the semi-finals they were matched up against their teammates, Jade Stewert and Alice Watt of Warren, and fell 4-6.

Alice Watt and Jade Stewert defeated Hickory 6-3 in the opening round followed by a 6-2 win over Greenville in the second round. In the quarter finals they defeated another Hickory team 6-0. In the semi-finals they were matched up against teammates Carly Fitzsimmons and Laken Carrol and won 6-4. In the championship round the girls defeated Hickory 6-4.

“Overall this was a great day of tennis and one of the best ways to close out the season before the District events kick off Saturday and Thursday,” Warren head coach Thomas Pellegrino said. “We have been the runner-up at this event the last three seasons falling only to Cathedral Prep. It was nice to see this group push through and finally grab that team title.

“I thought as a team we played exceptionally well and it showed the improvement and depth we have in our line up. We had 10 new players this fall who have never touched a racquet until eight weeks ago. To have so much success at the third and fourth doubles events is a testament to the hard work they have put in over the last two months. Our junior varsity players held it down for us in this one, and were a driving force for us in the third and fourth doubles events. Without them having that type of success, I don’t see us beating Hickory.”

The Dragons top four players of Lucy Harrison, Alannah Garza, Grace Carlson, and Sarah Harvey will travel to Westwood Racquet Club in Erie on Saturday to compete in the D10 singles tournament.

VOLLEYBALL

DRAGONS SWEEP

EDINBORO — The Warren girls volleyball team traveled to General McLane on Thursday and swept the Lancers 25-13, 25-13, 25-18 to improve to 11-0 on the season.

Strong performance from the deep Dragon rotation propelled them to another victory. Madelyn Nosel tallied 18 kills and six digs; Hailey Cabisca had 11 kills and Brynn Norris notched 31 assists and six digs.

Lilly Newton had six kills, Attie Corey contributed four kills, and Lauren Fajbik had two kills. Libero Malysia Sorensen recorded 12 digs, Paiden Johnson added four aces and six digs, and Peyton Wotorson contributed two kills and two aces.

In the junior varsity match, McLane bested Warren 25-23, 25-18.

Lara Pearson had eight kills and 20 digs, Tia French added seven digs; eight kills and 10 digs came from Kelsey Johnson; Kendall Skerda had three kills; and Michaela Dolan racked up 20 assists.

The Dragons are back in action Tuesday when they host the Meadville Bulldogs for a 6 p.m. junior varsity start with varsity to follow.