The Pella Christian girls tennis team will be represented at the State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournament later this month, as Katy Roose and Sydney Van Arendonk won the Doubles Championship at the Pella Christian Individual State Qualifier on Wednesday. 

As the three seed in the tournament, Roose and Van Arendonk were dominant throughout the day, winning the doubles title while never dropping more than three games in a match. The seniors opened the day with a 6-2, 6-1 first-round win over Pella’s Bryn Higginbotham and Mallory Westerkamp, before defeating Danique Dobbe and Kayden Wingfield of Red Oak 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Roose and Van Arendonk advanced to the championship match with a 6-1, 6-3 semifinal win over Ballard’s Kiley Calvert and Gracie Ross. For the title, the seniors knocked of Pella’s Alloree Else and Lily VanDusseldorp 6-0, 6-1.

The Eagles duo of Reagan DeVries and Rachael Lanferman won their first-round match against Sophie Henderson and Kenly Shilling 6-0, 6-1, but fell in the quarterfinals 6-0, 6-3 to Red Oak’s Merced Ramirez and Tessa Rolenc. In the singles tournament, Claire Vander Molen lost in the first round with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Claire Smock of Pella and Laurey Johnson’s day ended with a first-round loss to Ballard’s Vanessa Nop 6-1, 6-2.

Find full results from the Individual Regional at Pella Christian here.

Roose and Van Arendonk will compete in the Class 1A State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournament May 26th-27th in Waterloo at Byrnes Park Tennis Center. The Eagles season isn’t over yet, as they will host the first and semifinal rounds of the Class 1A Regional Team Tournament on Saturday.