Girls Tennis: Championship Finals Set For Individual State Championships
AURORA – The championship matchups are set for all three classifications of the 2026 Girls Tennis Individual State Championships.
The 3A and 4A finals will be played alongside the third-place matches at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs (3A) and Pueblo City Park in Pueblo (4A) beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday. At Denver Tennis Park, the 5A tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the third-place matches, followed by the championship finals at 10 a.m.
Individuals qualified for the state tournament bracket through their performances at regionals. Please note, the individual state championships are different than the dual team state championships, which will be hosted at Denver Tennis Park on Tuesday, May 12, for all three classifications.
Legacy freshman Lynnsey Lu advanced to the finals at No. 1 singles in her first state championship appearance, and will take on two-time state champion Caroline Daugherty, a senior from Valor Christian. At No. 2 singles, Ralston Valley’s Anna Curran will face Rock Canyon’s Isabella Robison.
The No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles matches will be a preview of Tuesday’s Dual Team State Championship, as Ralston Valley’s Scarlett Lutz will take on Cherry Creek’s Lizzie Harbaugh at No. 3 singles, while Ralston Valley’s No. 1 doubles team of Mataya Farling and Harlowe Lutz will face Cherry Creek’s Karissa Manley and Elena Sepesi.
That won’t be Cherry Creek’s only change to win a doubles title, as the Bruins advanced all four doubles lines to the finals. In No. 2 doubles, Cherry Creek’s Zoe Hochstadt and Ashley Geoghegan will meet Valor Christian’s Anna Schouten and Reese Bieser, while Creek’s No. 3 doubles team of Chagajee Colburn and Anushka Laxminarayan will face Ralston Valley’s Kate Decker and Sophia Baig.
At No. 4 doubles, Cherry Creek’s Dylan Milo and Riley Farber will take the court with Rock Canyon’s Zoe Katsoulas and Reagan O’Neill.
Overall, five schools advanced a line to the finals, with Cherry Creek advancing five. Ralston Valley advanced four lines, while Rock Canyon and Valor Christian each have two finals matches tomorrow, and Legacy advanced line.
Championship Finals
No. 1 Singles: Lynnsey Lu (Freshman, Legacy) vs. Caroline Daugherty (Senior, Valor Christian)
No. 2 Singles: Anna Curran (Sophomore, Ralston Valley) vs. Isabella Robison (Senior, Rock Canyon)
No. 3 Singles: Scarlett Lutz (Senior, Ralston Valley) vs. Lizzie Harbaugh (Sophomore, Cherry Creek)
No. 1 Doubles: Mataya Farling/Harlowe Lutz (Ralston Valley) vs. Karissa Manley/Elena Sepesi (Cherry Creek)
No. 2 Doubles: Zoe Hochstadt/Ashley Geoghegan (Cherry Creek) vs. Anna Schouten/Reese Bieser (Valor Christian)
No. 3 Doubles: Kate Decker/Sophia Baig (Ralston Valley) vs. Chagajee Colburn/Anushka Laxminarayan (Cherry Creek)
No. 4 Doubles: Zoe Katsoulas/Reagan O’Neill (Rock Canyon) vs. Dylan Milo/Riley Farber (Cherry Creek)
Cheyenne Mountain will be well represented tomorrow, as it advanced six of seven lines to the finals. In No. 1 singles, Cheyenne Mountain senior Rose Katen will take on Windsor freshman Aristea Fulgenzi, while classmate Alyssa Sadri will face Kent Denver junior Nora Rapp at No. 2 singles.
In No. 3 singles, Sophie Zhou, a senior from Cheyenne Mountain, will meet Grand Junction sophomore Kendra Tooker.
The No. 1 doubles team of Addie Aragon and Jane Roth, from Mullen, will look to take down Cheyenne Mountain’s Saffron Heroldt and Mary Koury, as the No. 2 doubles team of Arwen Liu and Sofia Begal from Kent Denver will meet Cheyenne Mountain’s Emma Varnum and Sienna Haubert. At No. 3 doubles, the lone line without Cheyenne Mountain, Air Academy’s Kinley Kilcoyne and Harper Young will face Kent Denver’s Arwen Liu and Sofia Begal.
Finally, at No. 4 doubles, Niwot’s Amy Calderon and Hazel Awsumb will play Cheyenne Mountin’s Erica Leveille.
In addition to Cheyenne Mountain, Kent Denver advanced three lines to the finals, while Air Academy, Grand Junction, Mullen, Niwot and Windsor all advanced one.
Championship Finals
No. 1 Singles: Aristea Fulgenzi (Freshman, Windsor) vs. Rose Katen (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain)
No. 2 Singles: Alyssa Sadri (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain) vs. Nora Rapp (Junior, Kent Denver)
No. 3 Singles: Sophie Zhou (Senior, Cheyenne Mountain) vs. Kendra Tooker (Sophomore, Grand Junction)
No. 1 Doubles: Saffron Heroldt/Mary Koury (Cheyenne Mountain) vs. Addie Aragon/Jane Roth (Mullen)
No. 2 Doubles: Emma Varnum/Sienna Haubert (Cheyenne Mountain) vs. Arwen Liu/Sofia Begal (Kent Denver)
No. 3 Doubles: Kinley Kilcoyne/Harper Young (Air Academy) vs. Sofia Pina/Drea Dickman (Kent Denver)
No. 4 Doubles: Erica Leveille/Eleena Case (Cheyenne Mountain) vs. Amy Calderon/Hazel Awsumb (Niwot)
In 3A, no school has more than three representatives in the finals, and a total of seven schools are represented.
In No. 1 singles, the returning state champion in No. 2 singles — Alexa Branch of Vail Christian — will face Colorado Academy junior Mira Leon. Both Vail Christian and Colorado Academy have three playing in finals. Leon topped JoAnna Carter of Severance 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinals, while Branch outlasted Kylee Mayes of Resurrection Christian 7-5, 6-4.
In No. 2 singles, Shannon Schmidt of Prospect Ridge Academy plays Josephine Carter of Severance for the championship, while at No. 3 singles freshman Annika Bhandari of Colorado Academy plays Severance senior Myla Moore.
Eaton has two doubles tandems trying for titles: Madi Smith/Trin Salberg play Colorado Academy’s Elise Yang/Sheena Wu at No. 1 doubles, while Aya Kinoshita/Evelyn South play Vail Christian’s Camden Allen/Iris Blanch at No. 2 doubles.
D’Evelyn also has has two doubles teams in the finals: Nisha Gupta/Sophia Do play Vail Christian’s Sabrina Nabonsal/Paige Asbury at No. 3 doubles (Vail Christian also has two doubles teams in the finals), while at No. 4 doubles, the Leidens — Angela and Julia — play the St. Mary’s Academy team of Sorenna Cooper/Olivia Babbitt.
Championship Finals
No. 1 Singles: Mira Leon (Junior, Colorado Academy) vs. Alexa Branch (Junior, Vail Christian)
No. 2 Singles: Shannon Schmidt (Junior, Prospect Ridge Academy) vs. Josephine Carter (Sophomore, Severance)
No. 3 Singles: Annika Bhandari (Freshman, Colorado Academy) vs. Myla Moore (Senior, Severance)
No. 1 Doubles: Madi Smith/Trin Salberg (Eaton) vs. Elise Yang/Sheena Wu (Colorado Academy)
No. 2 Doubles: Aya Kinoshita/Evelyn South (Eaton) vs. Camden Allen/Iris Blanch (Vail Christian)
No. 3 Doubles: Nisha Gupta/Sophia Do (D’Evelyn) vs. Sabrina Nabonsal/Paige Asbury (Vail Christian)
No. 4 Doubles: Sorenna Cooper/Olivia Babbitt (St. Mary’s Academy) vs. Angela Leider/Julia Leiden (D’Evelyn)
