The Iowa high school girls tennis season, which moved from the spring to the fall for the 2025-26 academic year, is in the books.
It officially wrapped up on Oct. 7, with the team state championships taking place following individual and doubles titles being awarded last week. Similar names were on the top of the podium after last week’s championships, with Waukee Northwest sweeping the Class 2A titles and Cedar Rapids Xavier winning all three 1A crowns.
Here’s a look at how the IGHSAU team tennis tournament played out.
Waukee Northwest earns sweep of Class 2A
For the first time since Ames did it back in 2012, the Waukee Northwest girls tennis program has clinched the Class 2A singles, doubles and team state tennis titles all in one season.
The Wolves secured the triple crown on Oct. 7, winning the team title on their home courts with wins over Clinton, Iowa City West and West Des Moines Valley. It is the second team title in program history after winning the first in June, before girls tennis became a fall sport.
Waukee Northwest began the tournament on Oct. 6, with a persistent rain moving Class 2A competition indoors at Genesis Health Clubs. Even so, they won five singles matches against Clinton to advance to the semifinals. The Wolves returned to their home courts the following morning to down Iowa City West, 5-0, to advance to the title match against Valley.
The Wolves claimed four of six singles matches against Valley and needed only one doubles point to claim the crown. The pair of Riley Hilton and Mia Deines were the first to win their doubles match against Valley’s Sophie Sing and Grace Wang to secure the team championship, 5-2.
Deines and Hilton both pointed to the team’s chemistry as the reason they achieved as much as they have in the last 12 months.