Plymouth tennis second in NLC tourney
NAPPANEE — Plymouth travelled to NorthWood Friday to compete in the Final Round of the NLC Tournament. Overall, the Pilgrims went 2-3 in their matches and ended the tournament with a second-place finish.
Plymouth ended the round with 42 points, trailing only NorthWood’s 46 points and ahead of Warsaw with 39 points. The NLC Tourney outcome wasn’t decided until the last two individual matches of the week.
When the NLC Tourney finish is combined with the Regular Season finish, Warsaw and NorthWood share the NLC Championship in 2025, with Plymouth closely behind in 3rd Place.
Final NLC Placing:
- Warsaw 14
- NorthWood 14
- Plymouth 13
- Goshen 10
- Northridge 9
- Concord 6
- Wawasee 4
- Mishawaka 2
All position winners from the NLC Tourney are automatically named to the NLC All Conference Team. Plymouth Junior Mia Hartley was named All Conference by winning the 3S bracket. The rest of the automatic selections to the All NLC Team consist of 1S Addie Lind of Warsaw, 2D Maggie Steiner of NorthWood, 1D Emma VanPuffelin-Whitney Dawson of Warsaw, and 2D Eden Wiggins-Hannah Yoder of NorthWood.
In addition to the five position winners, three spots are voted on by the coaches and awarded At-Large All-Conference recognition. With her strong showing in the NLC Tourney, Plymouth Senior 1S player Tynley Gantz was awarded At Large All Conference, along with 1S Landry Schrock from Goshen and 1S Tatum Evers from NorthWood.
There are also 5 spots that are awarded Honorable Mention All Conference by vote of the coaches as well. Because of their outstanding season at the top doubles position, Plymouth’s 1D team of Marley Christy and Emma Jackson was voted Honorable Mention All Conference, along with 1S Esther Williams from Concord, 1S Sage Granberg from Northridge, 2S Abby Nicholas from Warsaw, and 2S Elaina Duthie from Northridge.
“Overall, it has been a long and exhausting week, but we brought great effort to this tourney each night and came within a match or two of winning the whole thing,” said Plymouth coach Brad Haeck. “I’m proud of all the girls and the season they have had despite the outcomes today. The overall quality and depth of our team were on display this week, as evidenced by our competitiveness against quality opponents and high placings across all five positions. We have some great highlights that we will take away from this week, with Mia’s 3S title and Tynley’s huge win over Northridge right at the top.”
Plymouth travels to Culver Academies for Sectional play either Wednesday or Thursday, with a 5 PM start.
