MASON, Ohio — It has been 15 years since Southview last had a state qualifier in girls tennis, and the program has had just one player win a state championship.

The Cougars didn’t end up with a title at this year’s Division I state tournament held Thursday and Friday at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, but they have a player who looks more than capable of such a feat at some point in the future in freshman Elise Vens.

After winning each of her first two matches on the opening day of state, Vens took Hudson sophomore Emma Liu to the brink before losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in a semifinal for what would be her only loss on the season.

Vens wound up third when Mason senior Addison Cassidy — last year’s state champion — injury defaulted the consolation. Cassidy lost to junior and eventual ch

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