By Kayla Markowitz – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law girls tennis team has finished up the regular season and is heading to states. 

Their regular season ended with a 13-7 record and is the team is seeded #9 for the Class L State Tournament. 

“This is the hardest working group I’ve ever had and they have been determined to get better every day,” head coach Mr. Kulenych said. “I’m so proud that all of the hard work paid off for them.”

Despite losing three key seniors from last year’s team, Law was able to navigate through a challenging schedule.

Key singles players on this years team included senior captains Samantha Burns and Sabrina Lawless, and junior Isabella Gecaj and Kaitlyn Goldberg. Key varsity doubles players were senior captain Caroline Doyle and junior Olivia Hudak (who were named All-SCC), junior Chloe Haasch and freshman Harshitha Kothapalli, juniors Kayla Nastasia and Moulika Sivalenka, and sophomore Kacey Pagaduan.

The team is excited to go to the state tournament and is preparing every day. After a hard-working season, the team is excited to get some time off to get some rest before they dive back in. 

“To prepare for states, the first thing we did is take some time off,” Doyle said. “We’ve been playing pretty much every day since the start of the season, and everyone got a much-deserved rest.” 

The team fought hard throughout the season and finished strong. The girls made it to states, finished with the second most wins in a season in school history (13) and beat several highly skilled teams along the way. 

“We made states which we are proud of that and we also have the second most wins in school history,” Goldberg said. “We also beat Lauralton Hall, a Tier 1 team who we’ve never beaten before.”

Throughout the season, the girls worked every day to improve their skills. They fought hard during their matches to win a lot of difficult games.

“Everybody stepped up when needed, and I know there isn’t one girl on the team that doesn’t put everything into every match,” Lawless said. 

One of the main goals the team had was to make it to the state tournament. They accomplished this and they’re excited to show off what they can do competing in their first states game at home on May 26.

“Some team goals we had were to make states (which we did) and to overall just have a good successful season and to not only have fun on the court but off as well,” Goldberg said.

The girls also did team bonding events and got closer as a team. Getting to know each other was a big part that played into how they played as a team during difficult matches. 

“I think that our team bonding improved over the season. We definitely got closer as the season went on,” Burns said.

The seniors are sad to leave behind such a hardworking group and will miss the rest of their teammates as they graduate and leave Jonathan Law. 

“I am going to miss the family feel the most after this year,” Lawless said. “Having it be a smaller team, because it is a varsity-only sport, you’re able to connect more with your teammates.”