Lady Knights Shine at KC Invitational Tournament

In A singles Sarena Biria defeated a Blue Valley opponent, 8-1.  In the semifinal Sarena took on Aliya Rector from Lee's Summit West, 6-4, 6-4.  And in the finals Sarena took on Kansas' strongest player, Jill Harkin from Manhattan, KS.  After dropping the first set 4-5, Sarena jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to the second set 6-4 and won the singles title with a 10-5 tiebreak win.

In A doubles, seeded #2 in the tournament, Phoebe Martin and Atra Biria won the first two rounds against Manhattan and then Blue Valley North, 8-0.  In the semis, the girls scrapped to a hard-fought 6-1, 5-7 (10-5) victory that set them up to take on the two-time 6A Kansas state champ and #1 seed from Shawnee Mission East.  Phoebe and Atra used well-placed serve, a strong baseline game and more active netplay to win, 6-4, 4-6 and then a clutch 11-9 tiebreak for the B doubles title.  

In B singles Aishi Sethi lost her first match to Olathe Northwest, 1-8, but rallied in the consolation round for a 8-6 win over Lee's Summit West and a second 8-4 win over Blue Valley Northwest for 7th place in the tournament.