SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Alex Lehman tried to treat her Class 1 title match Saturday at the Missouri girls tennis championships just like any other match.

But the John Burroughs senior realized that was not the case. Not only would this be her final high school match, but she was playing against her sister, Sydney, for the first time on the big stage.

Alex was all business, beating her freshman sibling 6-0, 6-4 to record her third consecutive state singles title and the sixth in a row for Burroughs.

"It was a little different," said Lehman, who has committed to attend Harvard next year. "Sydney and I are pretty close, but I am a competitive person. I really wanted to win this match. I know her game and her personality, and I felt the key for me was to stay composed."

Alex, who had beaten Sydney 6-2, 6-4 in the district championship match in the first tournament encounter between the two, took control Saturday by winning the first seven games.

"I thought she would win but not as bad as it turned out," Sydney said. "I hit with her all of the time, but it shocked me to see how well she places the ball. She is such a fighter out there. She deserved it. I thought it would be a fun match, although it was not as much fun as I thought it would be."

Sydney did make things interesting in the second set as she broke Alex in the seventh game to get the set back on serve. Sydney fell behind 0-40 on her serve at 3-4. She got it to deuce but had two double faults, the final on a foot fault.

But Sydney showed some fight of her own, breaking Alex to get back on serve again. Alex broke again to remain undefeated against players from Missouri in her three-year career.

"It’s not any more special beating my sister," Alex said. "If she had won, I would have been happy for her. But you always try to win, especially at the state tournament. Hopefully, Sydney can keep up the tradition the next few years."

Both singles finals Saturday were all-St. Louis affairs. St. Joseph’s junior Misia Kedzierski won the Class 2 title 6-3, 6-1 over Laura Richardson of Parkway South.

Kedzierski had won the state championship as a freshman but lost to Gabby Demos of Lafayette in last year’s semifinals and finished third.

"I hate to think about last year," said Kedzierski, who lost just nine games in her four state matches Friday and Saturday. "It was a horrible feeling. After my freshman year everyone was telling me what a great job I had done. But I had a lot of pressure with people expecting me to win all four years. I was proud that I could come back this year and show that I had what it takes to be a chamipion again."

The Angels fell just short of winning the triple crown. St. Joe’s, which had won its fifth consecutive team title Thursday, lost in the doubles final Saturday, defending champs Katie Thome and Angie Tracy losing 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 to Merritt Whitley and Suzanne Barth of Park Hill.

Madeline Jolly of St. Joe’s also came home with a medal, finishing fourth in singles.

Lafayette’s Anna Prasch and Chelsea Travis came back from a devastating first round loss to finish sixth and medal in doubles (the top six earn medals).

Westminster Christian’s Christine Schlafly and Lauren DeRousse had the best local finish in the Class 1 doubles. The sophomores finished third. Visitation senior Corinne Walther closed out a very good high school career with a consolation championship in Class 1 in doubles with partner Sammi Hornbarger.

MICDS junior Courtney Cassity was the other area medalist. She was sixth in singles in Class