Saturday, October 18, 2014
Columbus
The Canfield High School doubles team of Ashley Kaleel and Hannah Cianciola were eliminated in the first round of the girls Division I state tennis tournament in Columbus on Friday.
Victoria Chang and Rhiannon James of Dublin Jerome defeated the Canfield girls in three sets.
After winning the opening set 6-1, Kaleel and Cianciola dropped the second set in a tiebreak 7-6 (7-3) and were finished off in the decisive third set, 6-3.
Kaleel, a junior, and Cianciola, a sophomore, presumably will have another crack at winning a state title next season. They lost in the second round last year.
One of the area’s top doubles teams all season long, they stumbled on the final day of the sectional tournament, forcing them to earn a trip to Columbus the hard way.
But Kaleel and Cianciola recovered to win the Northeast district and earn one of the top four seeds in this weekend’s state tournament.
Chang and James were the fourth seed from Central/East/Southeast district.
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Northeast district second seed Lynn Daugherty and Alivia Arnold of North Canton Hoover lost to Brianna Brdicka and Kathleen Jones of Lewis Center Olentangy.
Emily Hissong and Paige Carmichael of Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit lost to Audrey Berger and Kyra Jung of Upper Arlington.
Kaitlin Kaye and Makayla Sutter of North Canton Hoover and Megan Hissong and Caroline Dickenson of Walsh Jesuit were also eliminated.