GROVE CITY — The 2010 season was a successful one for the Grove City High girls tennis team.

The Eagles are hoping to fly even higher this year.

GC placed second in its region in 2010, bested only by Kennedy Catholic.

The team's starting singles players will bring much experience to the court this season.

Juniors Abby Casalnova and Meredith Trent both started as sophomores last season and senior Kelly Baglia moves up from doubles play.

The top doubles team consists of juniors Alexis Delligatti and Reba Duran, while senior Carly Spears and junior Stephanie Krofcheck will be at No. 2.

“My first impression was that these are great players with lots of personality,” first-year coach Jared Henshaw wrote in an e-mailed reply. “They are determined to improve.”

Following are preview capsules for the five Butler County area girls tennis teams.

Butler

Coach: Alisa Green, 10th season

2010 finish: Butler was fourth in its section

Singles: 1-Courtney Gallagher (Sr.); the second and third spots will be filled by a combination of junior Laura Brestensky, sophomore Zoey McCafferty and senior Abby Turner.

Doubles: Several upperclassmen are vying for the four doubles spots.

Green says: “We're going to be led by Courtney, she was our number one from last year. We've got a small, but strong team.”

Grove City

Coach: Jared Henshaw, first season

2010 finish: The Eagles were second in their region

Singles: 1-Abby Casalnova (Jr.), 2-Meredith Trent (Jr.), 3-Kelly Baglia (Sr.)

Doubles: 1-Alexis Delligatti (Jr.) and Reba Duran (Jr.); 2-Carly Spears (Sr.) and Stephanie Krofcheck (Jr.)

Henshaw says: “We have a lot of talent that is improving every day. This team has a lot of potential.”

Knoch

Coach: Ken Nieser, third season

2010 finish: The Knights finished as co-champs of their section along with Ellis School.

Top returning players: Seniors Alyssa King, Abby Conlon, Katie Conlon, Brooke Ross and Peggy Kanterman

Nieser says: “I can move this group around and get them experience in different spots. I have a lot of options. It's a good team and we're gonna be ready.”

Mars

Coach: Mark Varlotta, 11th season

2010 finish: The Planets placed third in their section.

Singles: 1-Kaitlyn Craig (Jr.), 2-Shireen Ghaznavi (Jr.), 3-Liz Carpenter (Jr.)

Doubles: 1-Alanna Michalski (Jr.) and Breanna Beck (Jr.), 2-a combination of Brittany Bunner (Sr.), Kayla King (Jr.), Nicole Ford (Sr.) and Erica Raymundo (So.)

Varlotta says: “We made the playoffs last year and are looking to, at the very least, get back there this season. We want to be more competitive against the upper-echelon teams.”

Seneca Valley

Coach: Eric Grove, fourth season

2010 finish: The Raiders won two matches.

Singles: 1-Elisa Park (Jr.), 2-Alexis Brockway (Jr.), 3-Julia Vandrak (Sr.)

Doubles: 1-Annie Ryan (Sr.) and Loren Ball (Sr.); 2-Taylor Van Hoose (Sr.) and Tara Rae (Sr.)

Grove says: “We're trying to change the culture here. We want to be a competitive team and our first goal is to break even with wins and losses.”