Tue, Jun. 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM - [General]
Junior Michelle Schupbach and freshman Noah Sprinkel took home the top spots in the IIAC Championships.
Schupbach won the Iowa Conference women's tennis singles and doubles titles. Schupbach, the top-seed in Flight A Singles, advanced to the championship match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Luther's Cassandra Chalhoub. In the finals, she defeated second-seeded Cami Czech of Luther 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (4). Schupbach ended the year with a 29-6 singles record.
In Flight A Doubles, Schupbach won the title for the third-straight year. After winning it with her older sister Andrea in 2009, she won it with sophomore Tai Lucero (Odessa, Texas/Permian) last year and this year. In the semifinals, Lucero and Schupbach beat Luther's Elise Allen and Chalhoub 8-4. They then faced second-seeded Czech and Katy Lindstrom of Luther, coming away with an 8-1 victory. Schupbach would go on to be named the league's MVP. Schupbach and Lucero finished the year 29-3 in doubles.
Not to be outdone, Sprinkel won the Iowa Conference men's tennis singles and doubles titles. In the Flight A Singles semifinals, Sprinkel beat top-seeded Nick Garcia of Dubuque 3-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (8) to advance to the finals. Sprinkel earned a straight-set win over third-seeded Ramesh Karki of Luther, winning 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the championship match. Sprinkel finished his freshman campaign 23-6 in singles play.
In Flight A Doubles, Sprinkel and junior Curtis Newman (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny) earned an 8-6 win over second-seeded Garcia and Johnson of Dubuque in the semifinals. In the finals, they knocked off top-seeded Karki and Foley of Luther. Sprinkel and Newman finished the year 21-8 in doubles.
Both Schupbach and Sprinkel helped their teams to Iowa Conference Team Championships and an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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