Williamston Tennis

DeWitt, MI.  “We knew going into this DeWitt Invitational that it was going to be a tough day.  Some of the tops teams there were Lansing Catholic, Parma Western, St. Johns, and DeWitt,” said varsity coach Phil Brillantes.  “We had tied Lansing Catholic in our dual league match, lost to Parma at their invitational, and knew St. Johns and Dewitt had strong teams,” he added.

The Hornets finished a very close second with 38 points behind Lansing Catholic with 40.  DeWitt finished third with 25 points and Parma Western finished fourth with 24.  “Our second place finish seems to be a theme this season.  We are close but just can’t quite seem to get there,” Coach Brillantes said.  “We had 6 flights in the finals: 1-3 singles and 1-3 doubles.  Lansing Catholic had 5 flights in the finals.  Unfortunately, the ones that we needed to win, went in their favor.  We ended up winning 4 of the flights.  1-3 singles won, and #3 doubles.  Lansing Catholic took the rest, 4 singles, and 1,2, and 4 doubles.  So match wise, we won just as many flights but due to overall points, and an early lost at #4 singles, LCC beat us by one match, or two points,” he concluded.

Individual Results:
1st singles:
Peter Sienko-1st place

2nd singles:
Ian Sheets- 1st place

3rd Singles:
Brett Graham -1st place

4th Singles
Nathan Fedewa -5th place

1st Doubles
Bartrem/Taylor -2nd place

2nd Doubles
Frenzel/Bennett- 2nd place

3rd Doubles
Hall/Johnson- 1st place

4th Doubles-
Pueppke/McGuire- 3rd place


Williamston, MI.  The number six ranked Hornets matched up against the number three ranked Griphons from Ann Arbor Greenhills on Thursday, September 18, 2008.  The result was a tie 4-4.

The match results were 1st Singles, Chris Song (G) def. Peter Sienko (W) 7-6(0), 6-3;
2nd Singles, Ian Sheets (W) def. Connor Tremper (G) 6-2, 6-1; 3rd Singles Brett Graham (W) def. John Adams (G) 6-4, 6-1; 4th Singles Nathan Fedewa (W) def. George Tam (G) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6); 1st Doubles Engers/Prabhu (G) def. Bartrem/Taylor (W) 6-2, 6-2; 2nd Doubles Bennett/Frenzel (W) def. Steinhoff/Sackett (G) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; 3rd DoublesGay/Goldfarb (G) def. Hall/Johnson (W) 7-6 (4), 6-4; 4th Doubles Weinberg/Chung (G) def. Pueppke/McGuire (W) 6-0, 6-1.

“Peter Sienko lost for the first time this season, said Coach Phil Brillantes, fortunately, the rest of the singles line-up won against a very reputable singles line-up.  Doubles fought better then in the past.  The mental toughness and working to get better was lot more evident during this match than in past.  The boys really saw the potential today and hopefully the spark plug needed to get even better,” he concluded.

Photo credit:  Marianne Frenzel

Williamston tennis team celebrates runner up finish at DeWitt Invitational