Geneva sweeps 3 matches to win Cary-Grove invite

Geneva High School coach Maureen Weiler had every reason to smile.

The Vikings girls tennis coach watched with great delight as her Vikings posted a 3-0 record at Saturday's Cary-Grove Invitational held at the Cary-Grove High School tennis courts.

"We have only 5 kids with varsity experience and we are playing a lot of kids who played junior varsity a year ago," said Weiler. "Everything is falling into place nicely. We are looking pretty good."

Geneva (13-5), which lost only 1 match all day, defeated Cary-Grove 4-1 and blanked Elgin and Rockton Hononegah by the identical 5-0 score.

Sophomore Kayla Fujimoto, playing No. 1 singles, won all 3 of her matches without losing a game.

At No. 2 singles, Jamie Potts claimed all 3 matches losing just 1 game.

In No. 1 doubles, Blair Selakavich and Mary Pelling won all 3 of their matches while Liz Bertrand and Krista Panko were a perfect 3-0 at No. 2 doubles.

"We knew Geneva was a very, very good team with a great program," said Cary-Grove coach Bud Lachel.

"We were disappointed that we lost to Hononegah. This is a good tournament because we play different teams and we get to learn a lot about ourselves. I like our improvement."