2023 St. Francis Tennis News
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Dunham, Hawkins, Wright lead fall All-Delta League awards
November 20, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Grace Dunham earned Athlete of the Year honors for cross country, while Gaby Hawkins and Alynn Wright earned Coach of the Year nods in water polo and volleyball, respectively, as the Delta League rolled out its fall all-league honors over the weekend. -
Troubies fall to T-Wolves in section semifinal
November 06, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Junior Tatum Walbeck picked off the first set at No. 2 singles while freshman Maria McDougall took Mikah Yu to a tiebreaker to start the No. 1 singles match, but St. Francis ultimately lost all six singles and all three doubles in a loss to top-seeded Woodcreek in the semifinal round of the Sac-Joaquin Section girls’ tennis team championship Monday.
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Troubie freshie falls to familar foe
November 02, 2023ROSEVILLE, Calif. – St. Francis’ Maria McDougall advanced one round in the Sac-Joaquin Section individual championships at Johnson Ranch Sports Club before falling to the three-time Delta League champion Thursday afternoon.
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Troubies advance to face Woodcreek in SJS semifinal
November 01, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Freshmen Maria McDougall and Alexa Randall surrendered just one game between them while all three doubles matches scored victories, highlighting St. Francis in a 6-3 win over Rodriguez in the second round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II girls’ tennis team tournament, held at Rio Del Oro Sports Club Wednesday afternoon.
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Troubies breeze past Bruins in playoff opener
October 30, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis won all six singles matches and all three doubles in straight sets, shutting out Bear Creek by a 9-0 team score in a first-round matchup of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II girls’ tennis championship, held at Rio Del Oro Sports Club Monday afternoon.
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SF tennis draws Bear Creek for section opener
October 27, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis drew the No. 4 seed and will host 13th-seeded Bear Creek in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II girls’ tennis team championship tourney, the governing body announced Friday morning.
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Troubies wrap action at Delta League doubles tourney
October 25, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Each of St. Francis’ two doubles tandems were eliminated in the first round of the Delta League doubles championships, held at Laguna Creek Sports Club Wednesday.
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McDougall earns all-league, will vie for SJS individual berth
October 23, 2023FAIR OAKS, Calif. – Freshman Maria McDougall defeated Cosumnes Oaks’ Sydney Hsu and Davis’ Hannah Proctor in straight sets before falling to Pleasant Grove’s Emi Mikami in the semifinal round of the Delta League girls’ tennis singles championship, held at Laguna Creek Sports Club Monday.
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Troubies win top singles but fall overall at Davis
October 19, 2023DAVIS, Calif. – St. Francis made its second trip to Davis for Delta League girls’ tennis dual action in less than a month, with a similar outcome to the first: wins by freshmen Maria McDougall and Alexa Randall in the top two singles matches in a 7-2 overall loss to the Blue Devils.
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PG finishes off Troubies in resumed tennis dual
October 16, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Caroline Niethammer and sophomore Ava Ensberg combined for a straight-set, 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles, but St. Francis lost the other eight matches in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match at Pleasant Grove Monday.
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Seniors take center stage in home tennis finale
October 12, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis swept all nine matches, including three singles courts featuring seniors Caroline Niethammer, Kate Jones and Claire Allaye-Chan – as the Troubadours celebrated their 2024 graduates-to-be in a Delta League dual home match against Sheldon Thursday afternoon.
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Rain halts road dual at Pleasant Grove
October 10, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Only two matches reached completion before rainfall halted St. Francis’ Delta League tennis dual at Pleasant Grove on Tuesday. The meeting will be resumed at a date to be determined.
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Troubies win third straight road tennis dual
October 05, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis won its Nos. 3-6 singles matches in straight sets, while the No. 2 doubles tandem of Kavya Benush and Litzy Alengaden clinched the overall team victory, helping the Troubadours hold on to a 5-4 win over Franklin in Delta League girls’ tennis action.
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Troubie tennis rolls past Cosumnes Oaks
October 03, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis won all six singles and all three doubles to claim a 9-0 shutout of Cosumnes Oaks in Delta League girls’ tennis dual action Tuesday afternoon.
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Troubies roll past Herd in Delta League road action
September 28, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – St. Francis swept all six singles and all three doubles matchups, including “double bagel” victories at No. 2 and No. 4 singles, to claim a 9-0 win at Elk Grove in Delta League girls’ tennis action Thursday.
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Frosh Troubies score singles wins at Davis
September 26, 2023DAVIS, Calif. – A pair of St. Francis ninth graders, Maria McDougall and Alexa Randall, respectively scored straight-set wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, but the Troubadours ultimately fell by a 7-2 team score to Davis in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Tuesday.
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Dinh leads road shutout at Sheldon
September 19, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Anna Dinh celebrated her 16th birthday with a double-bagel win at No. 3 singles while also earning the team’s “Queen of the Court” sweatshirt, highlighting St. Francis’ 9-0 shutout of Sheldon in Delta League girls’ tennis dual action Tuesday night.
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Troubies fall to Eagles in road tennis dual
September 14, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Freshman Maria McDougall stormed back from a first-set loss to claim an 11-9 tiebreaker against Emi Mikami at No. 1 singles, but St. Francis managed just one other singles victory and one doubles triumph in falling, 6-3, to Pleasant Grove in Delta League girls’ tennis action Thursday.
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Troubies roll past Franklin in road tennis dual
September 12, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Anna Dinh won her match at No. 6 singles with a perfect 6-0, 6-0 score, leading five straight-set singles victories for St. Francis in an 8-1 dual win over Franklin in Delta League girls’ tennis action Tuesday.
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Troubies win two at Golden State Classic
September 09, 2023ATHERTON, Calif. – Junior Tatum Walbeck, sophomore Sophia Troppmann and the doubles tandem of Caroline Niethammer and Arden Garcia each won both of their respective matches as St. Francis defeated Aragon and Evergreen Valley by identical 5-2 team scores, capping Day 2 of the Golden State Tennis Classic at Menlo School Saturday.
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Tennis opens action at Golden State Classic
September 08, 2023ATHERTON, Calif. – St. Francis opened action at the Golden State Tennis Classic, hosted by Menlo, falling in three scrimmage-style duals against Monta Vista (7-0), Los Altos (5-2) and Mountain View (5-2). No individual results were available.
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SF tennis downs Cosumnes Oaks in road matchup
September 06, 2023ELK GROVE, Calif. – The tandem of Arden Garcia and Sarah Ramos-Lasso posted a double-bagel win at No. 1, leading a St. Francis sweep of the three doubles matches and an overall 7-2 team win over Cosumnes Oaks in a Delta League girls’ tennis dual match Wednesday.
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Tennis sweeps Elk Grove in home opener
September 05, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Two doubles tandems and two singles players scored double-bagel wins as St. Francis tennis swept Elk Grove, 9-0, in its home and Delta League opener at Rio Del Oro Sports Club Tuesday afternoon.
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Troubies fall to Lions in season tennis opener
August 31, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Juniors Tatum Walbeck, Anna Dinh and Arden Garcia, all third-year veterans of the program, picked up singles victories as St. Francis fell to McClatchy by a 6-3 final in girls’ non-league tennis action Thursday afternoon.
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Troubies showcase new talent during season-opening scrimmage
August 24, 2023FOLSOM, Calif. – A pair of freshmen, Maria McDougall at No. 1 and Alexa Randall at No. 2, scored singles wins at the top of the boxscore, as St. Francis opened its season with an exhibition dual against Oak Ridge in girls’ prep tennis at Broadstone Sports Club Thursday night.
