The Emporia High tennis team finished in second place on Tuesday at the Washburn Rural Invitational.
Jordan Sosa moved from No. 2 singles to No. 1 to lead the Spartans with a second place finish. Sosa won her first three matches before falling to Avery Clifton of Washburn Rural in the final.
Rose Nasrazadani won her first two matches to finish in fourth place. The No. 1 doubles team of Whitney Page and Kaitlin Pedersen went 3-1 to finish in fifth place. The No. 2 doubles team of Tiffany Ma and Kaitlin Giles lost their first match but rebounded with three straight wins to finish in fifth place.
The Spartans tied with Marysville for second in the 12-team field.
Tuesday at Washburn Rural Invitational
Team scores
Washburn Rural (Blue) 47
Emporia 38
Marysville 38
Washburn Rural (White) 37
Hayden 35
Seaman 31
Shawnee Heights 30
Junction City 23
Mixed Team 17
Topeka West 16
Garden City 16
Wamego 12
No. 1 singles
Jordan Sosa, EHS, def. Kaitlyn Burton, SH, 8-1
Sosa def. Elizabeth Kresie, TW, 8-7 (7-5)
Sosa def. Sam Weeks, M, 8-3
Avery Clifton, WR, def. Sosa, 8-1
No. 2 singles
Rose Nasrazadan, EHS, def. Alyssa Detwiler, W, 8-2
Nasrazadan def. Sarah Branam, SH, 8-5
Shelby Williams, WR, def. Nasrazadani, 8-3
Gwen Shepler, WR, def. Nasrazadani, 6-3
No. 1 doubles
Whitney Page/Kaitlin Pedersen, EHS, def. Liz Scherer/Chelsea Darroch, W, 8-0
Morgan Hines/Sara Schreiner, SH, def. Page/Pedersen, 8-4
Page/Pedersen def. Janna Downard/Sara Pacha, M, 8-2
Page/Pedersen def. Emily Madden/Christy Peterson, WR, 6-3
No. 2 doubles
Beth Schirmer/Emily Hales, SH, Tiffany Ma/Kaitlin Giles, EHS, 8-4
Ma/Giles def. Cassie Walt/MaKenna DeHart, W, 8-1
Ma/Giles def. Casey Winkley/Melissa Morgan, WR, 8-5
Ma/Giles def. Janielle Gonzalez/Jen Jones, H, 6-3