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Charleston's Gabrielle Quinn takes a swing on Saturday at the Sikeston Invitational Tournament. Quinn and her doubles partner Jasmine Spence won the doubles championship. (Photo by David Jenkins, Staff)

Charleston takes doubles title at Sikeston Invite

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SIKESTON -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays tennis team dueled itself for the doubles championship at the Sikeston Invitational Tournament on Saturday with the team of Jasmine Spence and Gabrielle Quinn overcoming their Charleston counterpart, Madeline Burke and Taylor Duenne, 8-6.

Spence and Quinn, who were seeded third in the doubles bracket, defeated Sikeston's Bailey Coleman and Geena Hooper in the first round, 8-2. They went on to upset the No. 1 team of Anna Kay Hilburn and Caroline Shetley from Kennett, 8-4, to reach Burke and Duenne in the finals.

Kennett's Alexandria Brown swept the singles bracket defeating teammate Brianna Burcham in the finals round, 8-2.

Sikeston's Kelsey Dial lost to Burcham in the semifinals round, 8-5, and was the only Lady Bulldog to make it out of the first round.

Sikeston, Charleston, Kennett and Fredericktown all took place in the tournament.

Singles Bracket

First Round

Alexandria Brown (K) def. Brooke Partridge (S); 8-0

Myranda Shafer (F) def. Makayla Thompson (C); 8-3

Brianna Burcham (K) def.Caitlin Nuebrand (F); 8-0

Kelsey Dial (S) def. Catherine Small (C); 8-1

Semifinals

Brown (K) def. Shafer (F); 8-3

Burcham (K) def. Dial (S); 8-5

Finals

Brown (K) def. Burcham (K); 8-2

Doubles Bracket

First Round

Anna Kay Hilburn/Caroline Shetley (K) def. Anna Kisner/BrysonStarkey (F); 8-0

Jasmine Spence/Gabrielle Quinn (C) def. Bailey Coleman/Geena Hooper (S); 8-2

Cristen Pence/Mikaela Tremaine (F) def. Emma Ferrell/Alana Ellis (S); 8-1

Madeline Burke/Taylor Duenne (C) def. Mallory Lancaster/Anna Stillman (K); 8-4

Semifinals

Spence/Quinn (C) def. Hilburn/Shetley (K); 8-4

Burke/Duenne (C) def. Pence/Tremaine (F); 8-2

Finals

Spence/Quinn (C) def. Burke/Duenne (C); 8-6