East Xtra: Ellis girl repeats as titlist
For the second summer in a row, Maeve McAllister came away from the Bob O'Connor Tennis Classic a champion. McAllister, who will be a senior at The Ellis School in the fall, made it back-to-back championships in the Women's Open 'B' Singles Tournament, defeating Bailee Miller in the finals at Frick Park.
"It was great," McAllister said. "I won it last year and I always play at the park and it was a good time.
"... I thought the level of competition was very good. I was challenged every match. The final match was very challenging. I think it went two hours. It was a great level of play."
The Bob O'Connor Classic was the first of two tournaments McAllister played this summer. A Shadyside resident, she also competed last week in the Fox Chapel USTA Junior Open 18-and-under singles and doubles tournaments, but bowed out in the first round of each.
"That's always a tough competition," McAllister said. "It's very competitive."
Now McAllister is preparing for her senior season at Ellis, where she'll almost assuredly be the Tigers' top player this season.
McAllister played No. 1 singles for the Tigers as a freshman and sophomore and won the Class AA Section 3 title both years.
But last season she played No. 2 singles for the Tigers as Katie Rosenthal, who played No. 1 singles in 2009, rejoined the team after taking two years off from high school tennis to play on the amateur circuit and reassumed her top spot.
"Maeve doesn't like to back down from a challenge, but she realized sometimes you have to step back and defer to what's best for the team," Ellis coach Doug Brooks said....
Read the entire article in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published August 15, 2013
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"... I thought the level of competition was very good. I was challenged every match. The final match was very challenging. I think it went two hours. It was a great level of play."
The Bob O'Connor Classic was the first of two tournaments McAllister played this summer. A Shadyside resident, she also competed last week in the Fox Chapel USTA Junior Open 18-and-under singles and doubles tournaments, but bowed out in the first round of each.
"That's always a tough competition," McAllister said. "It's very competitive."
Now McAllister is preparing for her senior season at Ellis, where she'll almost assuredly be the Tigers' top player this season.
McAllister played No. 1 singles for the Tigers as a freshman and sophomore and won the Class AA Section 3 title both years.
But last season she played No. 2 singles for the Tigers as Katie Rosenthal, who played No. 1 singles in 2009, rejoined the team after taking two years off from high school tennis to play on the amateur circuit and reassumed her top spot.
"Maeve doesn't like to back down from a challenge, but she realized sometimes you have to step back and defer to what's best for the team," Ellis coach Doug Brooks said....
Read the entire article in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published August 15, 2013
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