Welcome to the Girls Tennis home page. For additional information on the Girls Tennis program please contact Ms. Susan Markvart at susan.markvart@ignatius.org. For a complete faculty and staff contact list, please visit our Contact Info page.

IHSA Sectional Champions
1990, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010 

Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Champions
1992, 1995, 1996, 2009, 2012

Introduction

The Saint Ignatius Wolfpack girls tennis program will instill the needed qualities of faith, discipline, determination and commitment in each individual and focus those qualities into a philosophy of selflessness and giving to the school community and team in order to achieve excellence and build a foundation for lifelong success.

Coaching Staff

Susan Markvart -- Varsity Head Coach
Bob Kriz -- Assistant Coach
Lisa Lebold -- Assistant Coach

Last Season Recap

The Wolfpack varsity finished the year with a very impressive season. The team had an overall record of 14-2, winning the Lincoln Way Invite, Lockport Invite, Oswego East Quad and Downers Grove South Quad. The team also won GCAC Championships, took 2nd place at the IHSA Sectional and placed 19th at the IHSA State Finals. This was one of the best showings for Saint Ignatius at the State Tournament in school history.

Two individual teams qualified for the IHSA State Tournament. The #1 doubles team of seniors Michelle DeMeo and Bethany Lynch and the #2 doubles team of sophomores Kate Ryan and Carla O'Byrne led the way for the Wolfpack. Michelle DeMeo and Bethany Lynch had an amazing finish at the State Tournament, taking 5th place out of 128 teams. After advancing all the way to the quarterfinals of the main draw, the pair lost to Stevenson. In the consolation draw, they went on to beat Buffalo Grove, Nazareth and finally Oak Park-River Forest in the finals of the back draw to take 5th place. The school placed 19th overall. This was one of the best showings for Saint Ignatius at the State Tournament. Also, sophomores Kate Ryan and Carla O'Byrne had to play a top seed in the first round and lost a close match. They went on to win the first round in the back draw but then lost a close three set match in the second round to Crystal Lake South.

The Wolfpack Junior Varsity had a great season as well. The Wolfpack finished with an overall record of 6-3. All players ended the season with winning records in their matches. This included a 3rd place finish at the Marian Catholic Invitational. The JV team finished second in the GCAC Championships.