Chieftains’ top doubles team a third seed

Published 10:04 am Friday, May 16, 2014

Madison Proshwitz and teammate Gabby Leonard are the No. 3 seed for the Division 4 Regional. (Leader photo/File)

Madison Proshwitz and teammate Gabby Leonard are the No. 3 seed for the Division 4 Regional. (Leader photo/File)

Dowagiac’s No. 1 doubles team of Gabby Leonard and Madison Proshwitz have had an outstanding season.

The team recently finished third at the Wolverine Conference Tournament.

After receiving a first round bye, Leonard and Proshwitz defeated Vicksburg’s Megan Foster and Kia Hall 6-2 and 6-3 before falling to eventual champion Allegan (Emmarie Gorby and Blake Day) 6-1 and 6-0 in the semifinals.

In the consolation bracket, the Chieftains duo defeated Edwardsburg’s Katie Engle and Zoe Laubach 6-2 and 6-2 to earn the third place finish.

Dowagiac’s Charlotte Sievers and Luda Dickson-French finished sixth at No. 2 and No. 3 singles.

The Chieftains will compete in the Division 4 Regional Tournament Monday at Leeper Park in South Bend.

The tournament was originally scheduled for Thursday, but due to cold and wet conditions through Saturday, the event was moved to 8:30 a.m. Monday.

Leonard and Proshwitz earned a No. 3 seed in the regional and will have a first round bye before facing the winner of the Eau Claire and Bridgman match.

Leonard and Proshwitz are the lone seeded players.

Here are the first round match-ups for the remaining Chieftains players:

No. 1 singles – Mackenzie Ruff vs. Katie Wagner (Constantine)

No. 2 singles – Sievers vs. Dara Molica (Buchanan)

No. 3 singles – Dickson-French vs. Searena Sommer (Eau Claire)

No. 4 singles – Micaela Ruff vs. Kahtana Chrismon (Cassopolis)

No. 2 doubles – Isabel Vasquez-Kaley Brogan vs. Paula Wood-Sierra Mullins (Constantine)

No. 3 doubles – Kelly Rafferty-Abby Brizendine vs. Audrey Ballard-Katie Golden (LMC)

No. 4 doubles – Lexi Chorba-Mary Bonomo vs. Brenda Lewellen-Carly Lentz (Coloma)