Ravenna's Jameson Jordan and Mallory Sterba, Field's Autumn Atha and Corinne Wirth medal

Here are five things to know from Tuesday's Metro Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament:

1. Jameson Jordan earns Metro Athletic Conference runner-up honors

Ravenna senior Jameson Jordan capped her Metro Athletic Conference career by earning a medal at the league tournament for the fourth straight season.

A doubles champion as a freshman alongside Jordyn Voll, Jordan took third and second the last two years at second singles before making the jump to first singles as a senior.

"I feel great because my goal freshman year was to place all four years and I did just that," Jordan said. "I knew coming into the season that [first singles champion] Katarina [Jovanovic of Norton] was going to be a really hard match to play, so I was fine with taking second."

Jordan's biggest win Tuesday came in the semifinals when the third seed topped second-seeded Ava Baldwin of Cloverleaf in straight sets (6-2, 6-1).

"She is a tough player to play," Jordan said. "She hits a lot of unique balls that a lot of other girls that we play don't, so going into it, knowing that I had won and lost against her during the regular season, I was kind of just in the mood to win, so I kind of had the positive mindset to get me through that match and to get me to the finals."

With a well-rounded game that includes strong court coverage, solid groundstrokes and poise in serve receive, Jordan has clearly established herself as one of Portage County's top tennis players in recent memory.

2. Mallory Sterba takes big step for Ravenna

Like Jordan, Sterba was a conference champion as a freshman, pairing with Whitney Holmes to take gold in second doubles a year ago.

This season brought a big jump for the sophomore, from second doubles to third singles, and Sterba responded by winning a bronze medal Tuesday afternoon.

"This year was a lot harder, obviously, because it's a big jump," Sterba said. "It was a lot more work because I didn't have my partner with me, but it was pretty fun."

The third-seeded Sterba was strong all afternoon, winning her opener and third-place match in straight sets and even taking second-seeded Olivia Gray of Norton to a third set in their semifinal.

"I just tried to aim it, hit cross-court," Sterba said. "I'm lefty, so that seemed to work a little bit better, hit it to their backhand and just gave it my all."

3. Whitney Holmes with one marathon after another

It's a shame Holmes wasn't wearing a Fitbit on Tuesday because arguably no one got more mileage than the Ravens junior.

After sailing through the first round, Holmes lost a doozy of a semifinal to Woodridge's Isabella Kohn. After Kohn rallied to win the first set, Holmes battled back and showed remarkable poise in winning a second-set tiebreaker, ultimately falling, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3.

"She was trying," Ravenna coach Brittney Kohanski said. "She said she didn't feel well, so she was trying to fight through not feeling well and just trying to win."

While the score of Holmes' third-place match loss (6-3, 6-1) to Cloverleaf's Vanessa Sweitzer wasn't as close, the truth is many of their points were marathons as the two well-matched players exchanged endless groundstrokes. With her laser-like forehand and consistency, Holmes clearly has a bright future heading into her senior season.

"We're working on getting topspin," Kohanski said. "That's what I'm working on slowly, because that's what I need her to do, because a lot of them that are long, they're only long by like this much, and if she had any topspin on it, they'd be dumping right in."

4. Autumn Atha, Corinne Wirth earn medals for Field

After Field's Autumn Atha and Corinne Wirth dominated the first set of their third-place match at first doubles Tuesday, the second set was a lot harder.

Knotted at two games apiece, Wirth, the senior, refused to let her MAC career end with a loss, taking over the set with a series of volleys and overhead slams.

"It's late in the tournament and you get tired," Falcons coach Blair Stockley said. "So they hung in there and did what they needed to do to medal."

The duo proved to be a good pairing Tuesday, with both excelling at the net, which is particularly key in doubles play.

"They hung in there," Stockley said. "They got the medal and I'm sure they're thrilled to death."

Field's second doubles tandem of Adriana Cunningham and Alisa Kulic also advanced to the third-place match before falling in straight sets to Woodridge to finish fourth.

Olivia Bey took fifth at first singles in just her second year playing tennis, winning her fifth-place match 8-5 over Coventry's Makenzie Palmeri. Fellow Falcons senior Sophia Gao (third singles) also prevailed in her fifth-place match, 8-4, over Coventry's Daisy Cline.

5. Norton breaks tie, wins conference

After the regular season found Norton and Woodridge tied atop the MAC, the Panthers broke the stalemate by winning Tuesday's tournament with 48 points, eight ahead of the runner-up Bulldogs.

Norton's day included four conference titles, with Faith Brunty (second singles), Olivia Gray (third singles) and Ava Perry and Hannah Supple (second doubles) joining Jovanovic as league champions.

Woodridge's Claire Gregory and Bella Smole won the first doubles title, while Kohn (second singles) and Addison Hovey (third singles) earned runner-up honors.

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