By By SCOTT NOVAK / Niles Daily Star
NILES - Brandywine's varsity tennis team tied with Dowagiac on Saturday with a total of 28 points to share the tournament championship, hosted by the Lady Bobcats.
Bridgman was third with 10 points and Lake Michigan Catholic fourth with eight points.
Dowagiac captured the four singles flight championships, while Brandywine won all four doubles flights.
The two teams finished second in the respective flights they did not win.
Winning doubles titles for the Bobcats were Bethany Daniel and Ashley Valentine, Erin Sinkoff and Jamie Bartuska, Erin Fuson and Samantha Quartuccio and Morgan Bailey and Jo Ferenczi.
Flight runners-up for Brandywine were Amy Konopinski at No. 1 singles, Amelia Harrison at No. 2 singles, Brittney Patterson at No. 3 singles and Aubrey Espick at No. 4 singles.
Winning singles titles for the Chieftains were Lisa Rubino, Ann O'Keefe, Taylor Townsend and Amelia First.
Townsend rallied from a set down and a 3-0 deficit in the second set to win her opening round match against Brandywine's Patterson. Townsend won the third set 6-0.#
Rubino added that Brandywine has done a nice job rebuilding from last year's squad after heavy losses due to graduation.
All of Dowagiac's singles teams were 2-0 on the day. The doubles teams were all 1-1 with the exception of the No. 2 squad of Ashley Smith and Kim Rutkowski which went 2-1.
Dowagiac played Calie Daniels and Lindsay Tyler at No. 1 doubles, while Kate Duszynski and Kayleigh Sundman competed at No. 3 doubles. Tonya Scherer and Shelly Urbanski played at No. 4 doubles on Saturday.
The Bobcats return to the court on Thursday when they host Constantine for a non-conference match set to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Dowagiac is back in action today as it travels to Stevensville for a Big 16 Conference West Division match against Lakeshore. The match is a make up from earlier in the year. The match has been moved up a day from its original rescheduled date.
The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Team scores
Brandywine 28, Dowagiac 28, Bridgman 10, Lake Michigan Catholic 8
Flight Champions
Singles
1. Lisa Rubino (D); 2. Ann O'Keefe (D); 3. Taylor Townsend (D); 4. Amelia First (D)
Doubles
1. Bethany Daniel/Ashley Valentine (BRAN); 2. Erin Sinkoff/Jamie Bartuska (BRAN); 3. Erin Fuson/Samatha Quartuccio (BRAN); Morgan Bailey/Jo Ferenczi (BRAN)
Flight runners-up
Singles
1. Amy Konopinski; 2. Amelia Harrison; 3. Brittney Patterson; 4. Aubrey Espick