Middleton’s girls tennis team finished in a tie for second place at the Nicolet “Sweet 16” Invite last Friday and Saturday.
The tournament featured 16 players in all seven flights and teams were awarded points accordingly. So, for example, a first place finisher in their flight earned 16 points, second place notched 15 points, etc.
Divine Savior Holy Angels won the tournament with 93 points, while Middleton and Whitefish Bay tied for second at 85. Eau Claire Memorial was fourth with 80 and Neenah was fifth with 78.
Here’s how the Cardinals fared:
• Sonya Agapov, No. 2 singles, first place (16 points) — Agapov had three comfortable wins to reach the finals. Then the Cardinals’ junior defeated Neenah’s Annalise Zenzick, 6-2, 3-6, 10-5, in the finals.
Agapov opened with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Oshkosh West’s Evan Giordano, then she bested Badger’s Tinker Trent, 6-4, 6-3. In the semifinals, Agapov toppled DSHA’s Grace Packee, 6-2, 6-1.