Xavier Girls Tennis

Xavier girls sweep doubles to beat Jefferson

Xavier swept the three doubles matches and beat Jefferson, 6-3, Tuesday in a Mississippi Valley girls girls tennis meet at Xavier.

Jefferson's Anna Striegel beat Lisa Cowden, 10-7, at No. 1 singles.

Cowden teamed with Laura Birky to beat Megan Smothers and Crystal Terman at No. 1 doubles.

Xavier 6, Jefferson 3

Singles
1. Anna Striegel (CRJ) def. Lisa Cowden, 10-7
2. Laura Birky (CRX) def. Megan Smothers, 10-3
3. Crystal Terman (CRJ) def. Sarah Chalhoub, 10-2
4. Taylor O'Brien (CRX) def. Veronica Day, 10-0
5. Devin Hayes (CRX) def. Alyssa Dlouhy, 10-2
6. Kelli Walsh (CRJ) def. Meggie Gates, 10-6

Doubles
1. Cowden/Birky (CRX) def. Smothers/Terman, 10-6
2. Chalhoub/O'Brien (CRX) def. Striegel/Day, 10-4
3. Gates/Hayes (CRX) def. Dlouhy/Walsh, 10-5

Xavier girls smash Cedar Falls in tennis

CEDAR FALLS -- Xavier smashed Cedar Falls, 9-0, Monday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls tennis meet.

Xavier's Lisa Cowden defeated Katie Todd, 10-8, at No. 1 singles.

Xavier 9, Cedar Falls 0

Singles
1. Lisa Cowden (CRX) def. Katie Todd, 10-8
2. Laura Birky (CRX) def. Tracy Lukasiewicz, 10-8
3. Sarah Chalhoub (CRX) def. Halle Benson, 10-0
4. Taylor O'Brein (CRX) def. Hannah Mallaro, 10-2
5. Devin Hayes (CRX) def. Sarah Gabriele, 10-1
6. Meggie Gates (CRX) def. Sophie Mallaro, 10-3

Doubles
1. Cowden/Birky (CRX) def. Todd/Lukasiewicz, 10-3
2. Chalhoub/O'Brien (CRX) def. Benson/Maddie Boland, 10-2
3. Gates/Hayes (CRX) def. Mallaro/Mallaro, 10-3

Xavier girls rout Waterloo East

WATERLOO -- The Xavier girls lost only one of 91 games and routed Waterloo East, 9-0, Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls tennis meet.

Xavier 9, Waterloo East 0

Singles
1. Lisa Cowden (CRX) def. Breanna Goodrich, 10-0
2. Laura Birky (CRX) def. Juran Kim, 10-0
3. Sarah Chalhoub (CRX) def. Jule Dieterle, 10-0
4. Taylor O'Brien (CRX) def. Aly Schultz, 10-0
5. Devin Hayes (CRX) def. Cheyenne Custer, 10-1
6. Meggie Gates (CRX) def. Daphne Heider, 10-0

Doubles
1. Cowden/Birky (CRX) def. Goodrich/Schultz, 10-0
2. Chalhoub/O'Brien (CRX) def. Kim/Dieterle, 10-0
3. Gates/Hayes (CRX) def. Custer/Heider, 10-0

Hempstead slips past Xavier girls tennis

Lauren Taylor and Rachel Splinter's 10-8 win in doubles provided the winning margin as Dubuque Hempstead slipped past Xavier, 5-4, Thursday in girls tennis at Xavier.

Hempstead won four singles matches to build a 4-2 lead.

Xavier won two doubles matches easily, but Lisa Cowden and Laura Birky weren't quite able to overcome Hempstead's duet.

Taylor O'Brien and Sara Gross won singles and doubles matches for Xavier.

Dubuque Hempstead 5, Xavier 4

Singles
1. Lauren Taylor (DH) def. Laura Birky, 10-6
2. Rachel Splinter (DH) def. Sarah Chalhoub, 10-8
3. Taylor O'Brien (CRX) def. Abby Raghothaman, 10-5
4. Sara Gross (CRX) def. Jamie Milius, 10-1
5. Abbey Ahlrich (DH) def. Devin Hayes, 11-10
6. Nina Streauslin (DH) def. Meggie Gates, 10-6

Doubles
1. Taylor/Splinter (DH) def. Lisa Cowden/Birky, 10-8
2. Chalhoub/O'Brien (CRX) def. Raghothaman/Milius, 10-3
3. Gates/Gross (CRX) def. Ahlrich/Streauslin, 10-1