The Whitewater Whippets improved in a few flights at the 2025 Rock Valley Conference Tennis Tournament, which was held on the campus of UW-Whitewater. Taryn Rothwell, Number 1 singles had the highest finish. Adamari Barajas pulled off a win at number 3 singles in a tough 3-set match. Ruth Lopez and Madeline Joseph also came back from losing a first set to win their match in three sets, winning the third set tiebreaker 13-11.

East Troy won the Rock Valley Conference Championship. The last team to beat the Trojans in both the conference season and at the tournament in a season was the Whitewater Whippets in 2015.

Singles:
No. 1 – Taryn Rothwell, Whitewater def. Vanessa Hernandez, Edgerton, 6-3, 6-0, -;
No. 1 – Aubrie Cherek, East Troy def. Taryn Rothwell, Whitewater, 6-0, 6-0 -;
No. 1 – Sophia Szczap, Delavan-Darien def. Taryn Rothwell, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-4, -;
No. 2 – Elliot Van Buren, East Troy def. Aubrey Ramirez-Mendoza, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-1 -;
No. 2 – Alana Martin, Edgerton def. Aubrey Ramirez-Mendoza, Whitewater, 6-2, 6-1 -;
No. 3 – Jayna Kirkpatrick, Delavan-Darien def. Adamari Barajas, Whitewater, 6-2, 6-1, -;
No. 3 – Adamari Barajas, Whitewater def. Genevieve Sparrgrove-Christofferson, Edgerton, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 ;
No. 3 – Molly Gee, Jefferson def. Adamari Barajas, Whitewater, 6-0, 6-1, -;
No. 4 – Emme Nyman, Big Foot def. Yareli Palomec Garcia, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-2 -;
No. 4 – Isabella Smith, Jefferson def. Yareli Palomec Garcia, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-0 -;
No. 4 – Kaiya Logterman, Delavan-Darien def. Yareli Palomec Garcia, Whitewater, 6-2 6-2, -;

Doubles:
No. 1 – Irelyn Loomis, East Troy – Raegen Feucht, East Troy def. Natalia Casillas, Whitewater – Kiani Aranda, Whitewater, 6-0 6-0, -;
No. 1 – Hannah Werning, Jefferson – Georgia Bolger, Jefferson def. Natalia Casillas Whitewater – Kiani Aranda, Whitewater, 6-1, 6-1 -;
No. 2 – Mia Taylor, East Troy – Taylor Korpela, East Troy def. Izzy Lawton, Whitewater – Abby Treder, Whitewater, 6-0, 6-2, -;
No. 2 – Taylor Johnson, Edgerton – Hayden Wileman, Edgerton def. Izzy Lawton, Whitewater – Abby Treder, Whitewater, 6-2, 6-2, -;
No. 3 – Caedyn Blackburn, Monroe – Elise McKenzie, Monroe def. Madeline Joseph, Whitewater – Ruth Lopez, Whitewater, 6-3, 6-1 -;
No. 3 – Ruth Lopez, Whitewater – Madeline Joseph, Whitewater def. Tanner Wagner, Delavan-Darien – Vivienne Frenz, Delavan-Darien, 3-6, 6-1, 13-11 ;
No. 3 – Allison Apple, Edgerton – Marianna Gonzalez, Edgerton def. Ruth Lopez, Whitewater – Madeline Joseph, Whitewater, 6-3, 6-3

Article Submitted by Greg Stewart
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Tennis Coach
gstewart@wwusd.org