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14 I SPORTS I
November 14, 2018
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High school girls tennis
Sophomore Erin Reynolds made history
for The Fulton School at St. Albans girls
tennis program.
Reynolds won the recent Class 1 District
7 singles tennis championship. She defeated
St. Dominic’s Abbi Worster 6-2, 6-3.
The championship marked the first time
in The Fulton School’s history that a student
has won a district singles title.
Reynolds noted she did not anticipate
winning the district.
“I was expecting and hoping to get
second place so I could move on to sectionals
but it seemed unlikely after I started
off losing the first set of my first match,”
Reynolds said.
She has a history of competing against
Worster.
“I have played Abbi Worster in nonschool
tournaments and we have always
gone back and forth,” Reynolds said.
“Sometimes I win and sometimes she wins.
However, my partner and I lost to her in
doubles during team districts.”
But in the singles match with Worster, it
was different. Reynolds prevailed.
“I started off winning and my momentum
just kept going,” Reynolds said. “I took it
The Fulton School at St. Albans Eagles celebrate their
second-place District 7 tennis tournament finish.
one point at a time and focused on placing
the ball in difficult positions for her on the
court.”
When Reynolds won the match point, her
emotions ran the gamut.
“I was shocked and elated when I won,”
Reynolds said. “I couldn’t believe it. I
immediately hugged my coach, parents
and teammates. I couldn’t stop smiling for
hours.”
The bonus came when she discovered
she was the first-ever athlete from The
Fulton School to win a district title.
“Finding out I made history just made
me even more excited,” Reynolds said. “I
never thought this would happen and even
though I come from a small school, it was
a huge accomplishment for me.”
Reynolds’ postseason run came to an end
in the Sectional 4 tournament. She lost to
Helias Catholic High’s [in Jefferson City]
Catherine Conley 6-0, 6-0. The loss eliminated
her from further play.
“Catherine Conley is the only person that
beat me in the regular season, so I was not
looking forward to that match,” Reynolds
said. “I played my best game and, unfortunately,
the score doesn’t reflect our longand
hard-fought points. Catherine simply
made fewer errors than I did and that
caused me to lose.”
Reynolds finished with a 10-1 record in
singles play.
“I am pretty happy with my season,”
Reynolds said. “I was hoping to make it to
state but I have two more years and that is
my goal for the future.”
Her team did well in the district, too. The
Fulton School at St. Albans Eagles finished
second in the District 7 tournament.
The Eagles defeated St. Charles 5-2 in
the semifinals. In the championship match,
The Fulton School fell 5-0 to St. Dominic.
High school hockey
The CBC Cadets won the Top Hat Classic
Fall Tournament held by the Webster
Groves hockey program. The preseason
tournament featured 12 teams.
The Cadets won the Bow Tie Division
of the Orange Conference. CBC defeated
Francis Howell 8-1, De Smet Jesuit 1-0
and Kirkwood 5-0. CBC got past Oakville
5-4 in a shootout that took eight rounds.
In the semifinals, CBC faced Kirkwood
and scored a 5-1 victory.
CBC captured the championship with a
2-0 victory over Vianney.
High school girls volleyball
Another district tournament, another
championship for the Lafayette Lancers
girls volleyball team.
Lafayette defeated rival Marquette 19-25,
25-13, 25-15 to claim the Class 4 District
3 championship played at Parkway South.
That makes 12 consecutive district titles for
the Lancers. The past 11 have come under
coach Zach Young.
“It’s really incredible when you consider
the great teams and coaches we’ve faced
the past 12 years,” Young said. “We’ve had
some amazing players and parents over that
Lafayette Lancers girls volleyball, District 3 champions
stretch of time. When you get a team of
great players and parents along with some
of the best assistant coaches around, you’ll
have a chance each year to do great things.”
Young acknowledged there was some
pressure on his team considering their tremendous
success in recent years.
“Anytime you’re the favorite in a tournament,
there’s some pressure,” Young said.
“However, we just focused on taking it one
point at a time.”
Lafayette defeated Parkway Central
25-10, 25-12 in the semifinal. It was a good
showing by the Lancers.
“We were very consistent during the
semifinal against a very well-coached
Parkway Central team,” Young said.
During the regular season, Lafayette
defeated the Mustangs. Then, they met
again for the district title.
“Marquette has a great team and we
knew it would be a tough match,” Young
said. “They were really good the first set
and didn’t make hardly any errors. The
second two sets, I thought our serving and
defense really picked up. Our seniors Natalie
Lenoard, Ava Mitchell, Staciana Stock
and Lauren Willis did a phenomenal job
leading our team during districts – just as
they have done all season.”
Stock led Lafayette with 22 kills in the
two district matches while Allison Beaton
and Brooke Borgmeyer each had 11 kills.
Shannon McLain had 46 assists. Lenoard
had 19 digs.
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The Incarnate Word Academy volleyball
team now owns a Missouri state record.