BUFFALO GROVE — Edwardsville’s girls tennis team capped another strong season under head coach Dave Lipe with another sectional championship and a tie for 15th place at the IHSA Class 2A state tournament, held Oct. 22-24, 2026, in Buffalo Grove and other northwest suburban Chicago venues.
The Tigers qualified two singles players and one doubles team for state through their finishes at the Oct. 16-17 sectional at Belleville East. Edwardsville scored four points at state to tie Dunlap for 15th.
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Winnetka New Trier won the state team title with 37 points, followed by Highland Park with 27, Hinsdale Central with 23, Wheaton Warrenville South with 22 and Hoffman Estates James Conant with 21.
Edwardsville’s doubles team of Amelia Hill and Kendall Thoroman won its first two matches before losing its next two. The pair was eliminated in the fourth round of the consolation bracket by Miglena Stoyanova and Maya Vezentan of Park Ridge Maine South, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3.
In singles, Bina Selimi lost her opening match and won her next two before falling to Jennifer Tang of Naperville Neuqua Valley, 6-0, 6-0.
Dia Kannan also lost her first-round match before winning her consolation opener. She was eliminated in the second round of the consolation bracket by Ysabella Seeto of Oswego East, 3-6, 6-0, 10-7.
Among other area teams, Belleville West tied Glen Ellyn Glenbard West with five points each. O’Fallon finished in a multiteam tie for 31st with three points, while Belleville East was in a multiteam tie for 46th with one point.
Edwardsville won the sectional title with 31 points, ahead of O’Fallon’s 19. Belleville West and Quincy tied for third with 14 points each, followed by Alton with eight. Belleville East and Chatham Glenwood tied for sixth with six points apiece. Collinsville finished eighth with four points, and Granite City did not score.
Kannan won the sectional singles title, followed by Quincy’s Alex Hamby, Selimi and Belleville East’s Khloe Phillips-Dancy.
Hill and Thoroman took first in sectional doubles. Belleville West’s Annabelle Brunner and Gabrielle Patterson finished second, O’Fallon’s Morgan Bridgeman and Loren Hoefle placed third, and Belleville West’s Abby Treadway and Kara Kramer finished fourth.
The top four finishers in each sectional draw qualified for state.
