In honor of Frank Giampaolo- Mount Vernon, Ohio held the Second Annual Frank Giampaolo Tennis Tournament!
KVCTA Hosts Tennis Tournament
MOUNT VERNON — The second annual Frank Giampaolo USTA Single Day Showdown was played at the Ramser Tennis Courts at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday.
Hosted by the Kokosing Valley Community Tennis Association, the tournament featured players ages 14-18 from all around Ohio. Players all competed in three matches, in eight-game, pro sets with a tie-break playoff if necessary.
Mount Vernon’s Kristyn Conrad won two of her matches in the girls’ 18 singles division. She defeated fellow Yellow Jacket Sarah Lord, 8-6, before falling to Faith Triplett of Pataskala, 8- 7 (7). Conrad finished by defeating Sydney Winslow of London, 8-3. Hannah Baldwin dropped her first match in the division to Triplett, 8-4, then handed Winslow the same score in an 8-4 victory. Baldwin then beat fellow Mount Vernon player, Michelle Sant, 8-0. Sarah Lord had one win, an 8-0 victory over Sant in her second match after falling to Winslow, 8-5. Sant lost 8-6 to Conrad, and 8-2 to Triplett.
In the girls 16 singles, Kayle Burke lost her first match to Lakshmy Arakoni of Broadview Heights, 8-1, but earned wins in her next two matches. She defeated Alissa Wilms of Marysville, 8-2, and Mount Vernon’s Jessie Gourley, 8-0. Gourley fell in all three matches, including 8-1 to Wilms and 8-0 to Arakoni.
Wil Kauffman of Butler played in the boys 18 singles division and took down all three competitors. He beat Georgetown’s Koby Hyde, 8-4, before winning by the same score over Riley Woods of Plain City. Kauffman then defeated Hayes Houseworth of Hilliard, 8-2.
The tournament is named for Frank Giampaolo, a former Mount Vernon resident and a graduate of Mount Vernon High School, who is a world-renowned coach and author. He has presented workshops at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
