Tennis: Ida Lee Team Successfully Defends Morgan Dennis Cup Title

Leesburg, VA (July 1, 2013) – The Ida Lee Park Tennis Team successfully defended its title, rolling to victory in the 23rd annual Morgan Dennis Cup the weekend of June 14-16 at the Middleburg Tennis Club.

Tennis: Region II Boys and Girls Team Tournament Brackets - Dulles Teams Ace Quarterfinals

(May 20, 2013) - The Region II boys and girls team tennis tournaments got underway Monday with quarterfinal action, and Dulles District teams fared well with the Loudoun County boys knocking off perennial power Western Albemarle on the road, 5-1, and the Briar Woods boys blanked Powhatan, 5-0, at home.

The Dominion girls beat Kettle Run, 5-1, at home to advance also.

Boys Tennis
Region II quarterfinals
Briar Woods def. Powhatan, 5-0
Sherando at Fauquier
Kettle Run at Handley
Loudoun County def. Western Albemarle, 5-1

Girls Tennis
Region II quarterfinals
Briar Woods at Fauquier
Monticello at Handley
Skyline at Western Albemarle
Dominion def. Kettle Run, 5-1

Foxcroft School: Field Hockey and Tennis Both Advance to State Semifinals

(Nov. 7, 2012) - Foxcroft School's field hockey and tennis teams BOTH advanced to the semifinals of the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association Division II Tournament Tuesday with comfortable victories in their first-round matches. Neither team had won a state match in at least seven years.

News: "The Art of Boxing" Runs Through Oct. 8 at the National Gallery of Art

 Washington, D.C. (Sept. 27, 2012) - When George Bellows died at the age of 42 in 1925, he was hailed as one of the greatest artists America had yet produced. The first comprehensive exhibition of his career in more than three decades runs through Oct. 8, 2012 at the National Gallery of Art. George Bellows includes some 130 paintings, drawings, and lithographs of tenement children, boxers, and the urban landscape of New York, as well as Maine seascapes, sports images, World War I subjects, family portraits, and Woodstock, NY, scenes.

An enthusiastic athlete himself, Bellows created paintings, drawings, and prints not only of boxing subjects but also of baseball, football, tennis, basketball, and polo. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he attended Central High School where he played basketball and baseball. At Ohio State, Bellows played basketball and baseball, as well as semipro baseball during the summer in Ohio, and later in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Girls Tennis: Foxcroft's Kelly Buckland is School's Athlete of the Week

Middleburg (Sept. 27, 2012) - Junior Kelly Buckland, whose inspirational play has sparked Foxcroft School to two victories on the tennis court so far this season, has been named the school's Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sept. 22.

Buckland, a transfer from Saint Stephen’s Saint Agnes, is the team’s No. 3 singles player and teams with Amalia Simpson as the No. 1 doubles pairing. Kelly won her singles match and also was a winner in doubles when Foxcroft beat Wakefield on Sept. 21.

 “Kelly has shown a lot of determination and grit so far this season,” Coach Kate Barston said. “She made a comeback in our match against Highland (a 9-7 victory on Sept. 14) and continues to be a steady force for the Foxcroft team. Her consistent passion and willing to do whatever it takes is what puts her above her opponents.”

Girls Tennis: Broad Run Nets Cedar Run Regular Season Title, Top Seed after School-Record 14-0 Run

Broad Run girls tennis: 2012 Cedar Run District regular season champions

Ashburn (May 1, 2012) - The AAA Cedar Run District girls tennis tournament starts today with Broad Run High School idle after the Spartans netted the regular season title and district's top seed with a school-record perfect 14-0 regular-season run.

Freedom, the last seed in the six-team tournament, plays at No. 3 Osbourn today at 3:30 p.m. Broad Run awaits the winner of Patriot vs. Battlefield in Thursday's semifinals. The Spartans have already qualified for the Northwest Regional team tennis tournament.

Broad Run was simply overpowering in posting a 10-0 Cedar Run mark as the Spartans went 59-1 in singles competition against district foes and 28-2 in doubles.

The Spartans No. 1 singles player Mel Waterman is the district's top seed and has qualified for the Northwest Region tournament. Waterman and her doubles partner, Mari Botha, also qualified as the district's top seed into the regional tournament.

Broad Run has just two seniors on the squad -- No. 3 singles Cory Schaefer and No. 6 Gauri Powale.

Spartans roster: Mel Waterman (No. 1), Mari Botha (No. 2), Cory Schaefer (No. 3), Clara Sartor (No. 4), Caiti Garrity (No. 5), Gauri Powale (No. 6), Lucia Ballon, Kelly Tetrault, Paulina Galoski. coach Dan McNiel.

2012 Cedar Run District Girls Tennis Tournament
Quarterfinals - Tues. May 1
No. 1 Broad Run (10-0) - bye
No. 5 Patriot (3-7) at No. 4 Battlefield (3-7), 3:30 p.m.
No. 6 Freedom (2-8) at No. 3 Osbourn (6-4), 3:30 p.m.
No. 2 Stonewall Jackson (6-4) - bye

Semifinals - Thurs. May 3
Patriot/Battlefield winner at Broad Run, 2 p.m.
Freedom/Osbourn winner at Stonewall Jackson 2 p.m.

Finals - Mon. May 7 at high seed

Broad Run Girls Tennis: Match-by-Match 2012