PORTAGE – The Niles tennis team finished fourth in its portion of the Big 16 Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

Kalamazoo Central won with 44 points, while Coldwater and Battle Creek Harper Creek were second and third respectively.

Niles finished with 29 points.

Lena Cramer and Allison Landgraf (15-5) won the title at No. 1 doubles, while Meg Hein and Danielle Rothfuchs (12-6) were champions at No. 2 doubles.

Rachael Horn (15-5) won at No. 1 singles, while Paxton Schaller and Tearah Hutcheson were third at No. 4 doubles.

Big 16 Conference
Tennis Tournament
Team scores
Kalamazoo Central 44, Coldwater 32, Battle Creek Harper Creek 30, Niles 29, Battle Creek Central 24, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 9

Championship flight
Singles
1. Lindsay Peirce (SJ) d. Janie Sell (PN) 6-1, 6-1; 2. Jenny Sangliana (BCL) d. Aly Fouts (M) 6-4, 6-2; 3. Lindsay MacMillan (M) d. Devan Eager (PN) 6-2, 6-4; 4. Kara Kingma (M) d. Nicole Vanderklok (PN) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Gabby Smith-Haley Ellsworth (PN) d. Jen Reiterating-Carly Crocker (M) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; 2. Lisa Plucinski-Lauren Wallace (M) d. Rachel Haas-Sara Bermudez (PN) 6-1, 6-4; 3. Callie Graham-Kristen Ellefson () d. Meredith Donmeyer-Sami Setterblad (S) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; 4. Katie Murray-Rosie Orchanian (PC) d. Ally Bracken-Jolie Flood (M) 6-4, 6-3