Angelina We is the No. 1 singles player on the Sycamore High School girls’ tennis team this season.

“My parents have always wanted me to play sports, and I picked tennis,” the gangly freshman said. Her parents didn’t play sports themselves. “They wanted me to get out of the house and enrich my life.”

According to her coach, Dave Hillmer, We has enriched the Lady Spartans so much, the team has won its first eight conference matches. Her serve is so powerful, he said, she’s actually made some of her opponents cry.