NCHSAA state tennis day 1 results

RALEIGH-- Chloe Willietts of Winston-Salam R.J. Reynolds moved a step closer to her second state singles crown on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A women's tennis tournament at the Millbrook Exchange Park.

Willetts, who earned the 2009 crown as a freshman, won three matches on Friday to move into Saturday morning's championship. The decision was made to play three rounds on Friday with the threat of inclement weather on Saturday.

Willetts defeated Cary's Jamie Rogers 6-4, 6-2, in the semifinals and now will battle Raleigh Broughton's Maggie Kane in the singles final. Kane teamed with her sister Katie to win the doubles crown in 2010 and were runners-up last year

Last year's singles finalists, champion Hannah Templeton of Greensboro Page and runner-up McKayla Zupan of Wilmington Hoggard, won their opening round matches but each lost in the quarterfinals.

In doubles, Adrienne Overcash and Kara Summerford of Broughton will face Sammi Smith and Jordan Strickland of Cary Panther Creek in an all-Wake County state championship after an all-Wake County semifinal.

Finals are scheduled for 8:30 Saturday morning at the Millbrook Exchange Park, unless inclement weather forces play indoors at N.C. State.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

2012 WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

4-A WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh

Singles--First Round

McKayla Zupan (Wilmington Hoggard) def. Astrid Pascua (Greensboro Grimsley) 6-2, 6-0; Jamie Rogers (Cary) def. Briana Bodner (Cornelius Hough) 6-3, 6-1; Chloe Willetts (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Campbell Cooper (Wilmington New Hanover) 6-0, 6-0; Susanne Boyden (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Gabby Moore (Hough) 6-1, 6-0; Maggie Kane (Raleigh Broughton) def. Meredith Smith (Watauga) 6-0, 6-0; Hannah Templeton (Greensboro Page) def. Helen Zhang (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-2, 6-2; Hollie Champion (Matthews David Butler) def. Megan Smith (Cary Panther Creek) by default; Elizabeth Ansari (Greensboro Page) def. Emma Caroline Edge (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-1, 6-3.

Singles--Quarterfinals

Rogers (Cary) def. Zupan (Hoggard) 6-0, 7-6(2); Willette (R.J. Reynolds) def. Boyden (Wakefield) 6-1, 6-4; Kane (Broughton) def. Templeton (Page) 0-6, 6-4, (10-7); Champion (Butler) def. Ansari (Page) 6-1, 6-4.

Singles--Semifinals

Willetts (R.J. Reynolds) def. Rogers (Cary) 6-4, 6-2; Kane (Broughton) def. Champion (Butler) 6-3, 6-1.

Singles--Championship

Chloe Willlets (Winston-Salem R. J. Reynolds) vs. Maggie Kane (Raleigh Broughton), 8:30 am

Doubles--First Round

Julia Hamrick-Carolina Chao (Greensboro Grimsley) def. Gabby Khoury-Emily Clark (Greenville Rose) by default; Adrienne Overcash-Kara Summerford (Raleigh Broughton) def. Bella Dokell-Mary Scott Lowery (Lake Norman) 6-1, 6-0; Majdou Lavoie-Alex Silver (Greensboro Grimsley) def.Louisa Cone-Erin Nesselroade (Wilmington Laney) 6-3, 6-0; Lauren McCorquodale-Savannah Taranto (Raleigh Millbrook) vs Haley Tan-Camie Hobson (Charlotte Providence) 6-0, 6-2; Sammi Smith-Jordan Strickland (Cary Panther Creek) vs. Havyn Colon-Sarah Fenwick (Charlotte Ardrey Kell) 6-1, 6-1; J. Klages-Miller--Christiana Woodard (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Huda McGraw-Laura Hatcher (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-3, 6-2; Kelsey Boole-Olivia King (Raleigh Broughton) def. Constance Crisp-Elizabeth Farley (Lake Norman) 6-0, 6-0;Claire Lieberman-Trisha Slehria (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) def. Joelle Fuchs-Jasmine Fuchs (Northwest Guilford) 6-4, 3-6, (10-8).

Doubles--Quarterfinals

Overcash-Summerford (Broughton) def. Hamrick-Chao (Grimsley) 6-1, 6-1; McCorquodale-Taranto (Millbrook) def. Lavoie-Silver (Grimsley) 3-6, 7-6(6), (10-8); Smith-Strickland (Panther Creek) def. Klages-Miller--Woodard (R.J. Reynolds) 6-1, 6-1; Boole-King (Broughton) def. Liberman-Slehria (Terry Sanford) 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles--Semifinals

Overcash-Summerford (Broughton) def. McCorquodale-Taranto (Millbrook) 6-3, 6-3;

Smith-Strickland (Panther Creek) def. Boole-King (Broughton) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles--Championship

Adrienne Overcash-Kara Summerford (Raleigh Broughton) vs. Sammi Smith-Jordan Strickland (Cary Panther Creek), 8:30 am

 

3A TENNIS

 

BURLINGTON-- Last year's 3-A state singles runner-up Alix Theodossiou of Asheville moved into the semifinals with a pair of wins on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women's tennis tournament at the Burlington Tennis Center.

Theodossiou will face Masey DeMoss of Madison Dalton McMichael on Saturday morning in one semifinal, with DeMoss dropping only two games in her four sets of play on the opening day. DeMoss finished second in the state tournament in 2010 to Asheville's MacKenzie LaSure.

Ashton Walker of Pikeville Charles B. Aycock will tangle with diminutive freshman Sarah Jiang of Concord Cox Mill in the other semifinal.

The doubles field of 16 teams featured three pairs of sisters, and one of them won their way into the semifinals to join two teams from Charlotte Catholic.

Randi Price and Kaley Price of Nash Central will play Grace Deering and Rachel Tomchin of Charlotte Catholic, while the Catholic pair of Caroline Smith and Christine Kessel will take on Emma Yates and Heidi Swope of Weddington.

Yates and Swope dropped the first set in the quarterfinals to the Cardinal Gbbons team of Natalie Freeman and Caroline Smith but battled back to win by 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Action is scheduled to start on Saturday morning at nine o'clock.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

2012 WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

3-A WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Burlington Tennis Center, Burlington

Singles--First Round

Ashton Walker (Pikeville C.B. Aycock) def. Meredith Emery (Waxhaw Marvin Ridge) 6-1, 6-0; Kaelan Forbes (Gastonia Forestview) def. Melissa Tally (Cameron Union Pines) 6-3, 7-6(1); Sarah Jiang (Concord Cox Mill) def. Sarah Hinson (Northern Nash) 6-2, 6-0; Devin Knors (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Erynn Hurst (Charlotte Harding) by default; Masey DeMoss (Mayodan McMichael) def. Taylor Frederickson (Morganton Patton) 6-1, 6-0; Ja'ney Carrothers (Charlotte Harding) def. Katie Gurley (Pikeville C.B. Aycock) 6-3, 7-6(5); Alix Theodossiou (Asheville) def. Mary Beth Jackson (Cameron Union Pines) 6-1, 6-4; Elizabeth Weaver (East Rowan) def. Caley Bass (Nash Central) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1.

Singles--Quarterfinals

Walker (Aycock) def. Forbes (Forestview) 6-4, 6-4; Jiang (Cox Mill) def. Knors (Gibbons) 6-2, 6-1; DeMoss (McMichael) def. Carrothers (Harding) 6-0, 6-1; Theodossiou (Asheville) def. Weaver (East Rowan) 6-2, 6-2.

Singles--Semifinals

Ashton Walker (Pikeville Charles B. Aycock) vs. Sarah Jiang (Concord Cox Mill)

Masey Demoss (Mayodan McMichael) vs. Alix Theodossiou (Asheville)

Doubles--First Round

Randi Price-Kaley Price (Nash Central) def. Kaylee Graham-Jackie Smith (Hickory Ridge) 6-3, 6-1; Claudia Steffey-Hope McIntosh (Gastonia Ashbrook) def. Laura Cameron-Elena D'Argenio (Cameron Union Pines) 6-2, 6-3; Grace Deering-Rachel Tomchin (Charlotte Catholic) def. Savannah Sutton-Faith Sutton (Eastern Wayne) 6-2, 6-3; Danielle Cohen-Nicole Chang (Chapel Hill) def. Zoe Fisher-Celeste Womack (Hickory) 6-4, 6-4;

Natalie Freeman-Caroline Smith (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Grace Kim-Kristie Kim (Asheville) 6-0, 6-2; Emma Yates-Heidi Swope (Weddington) def. Jennifer Byrd-Cailin Goff (Erwin Triton) 6-0, 6-4; Madeline Finley-Julia Kessel (Hickory), bye; Caroline Smith-Christine Kessel (Charlotte Catholic) def. Dana Kelly-Lizzie Eakin (Nash Central) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Doubles--Quarterfinals

R. Price-K. Price (Nash Central) def. Steffey-McIntosh (Ashbrook) 6-2, 6-0; Deering-Tomchin (Charlotte Catholic) def. Cohen-Chang (Chapel Hill) 6-2, 6-0; Yates-Swope (Weddington) def. Freeman-Smith (Cardinal Gibbons) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; Smith-Kessel (Charlotte Catholic) def. Finley-Kessel (Hickory) 7-6(3), 6-1.

Doubles--Semifinals

Randi Price-Kaley Price (Nash Central) vs. Grace Deering-Rachel Tomchin (Charlotte Catholic), 9 am

Emma Yates-Heidi Swope (Weddington) vs. Caroline Smith-Christine Kessel (Charlotte Catholic), 9 am

 

1A TENNIS

 CARY-- Defending singles champion Jordan Jackson of Mount Airy won a pair of matches on Friday to advance to the finals in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A women's tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.

Jackson will take on Hannah Archer of Lake Norman charter for the state championship, a rematch of the regional final last week in which Archer came out on top. Archer also won a pair of matches Friday, losing only three games in four sets.

Jackson is 25-4 on the season and is in the finals for the third straight year, finishing as runner-up in 2010, while Archer has a singles mark of 16-3.

           
Mount Airy advanced a pair of doubles teams to the semifinals, and the duo of Davi Barbour and Haley Thomas then marched into the finals with a tough straight set win over Monica Kellis and Brynn Hinson of East Montgomery in the semifinal round, 7-5, 6-4.

Barbour and Thomas will play Libby Fowler and Brooke Herlocker of Misenheimer Gray Stone Day for the doubles state crown.

           
Action is scheduled to start at nine o'clock Saturday morning. If inclement weather occurs, matches will start at 8 am indoors at North Carolina State University.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

2012 WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

1-A WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cary Tennis Center, Cary

Singles--Quarterfinals

Meghan Hedgepeth (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) def. Darden King (Raleigh Charter) 6-2, 6-1; Jordan Jackson (Mount Airy) def. Casey Langer (Franklin Academy) 6-2, 6-0; Hannah Archer (Lake Norman Charter) def. Emily Daniel (Seven Springs Spring Creek) 6-0, 6-0; Kyndall Cortes (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) def. Julissa Quintanilla (North Duplin) 6-0, 6-1.

Singles--Semifinals

Jackson (Mount Airy) def. Hedgepeth (Gray Stone Day) 6-2, 6-2; Archer (Lake Norman Charter) def. Cortes (Bishop McGuinness) 6-2, 6-1.

Singles--Championship

Jordan Jackson (Mount Airy) vs. Hannah Archer (Lake Norman Charter), 9 am (or 8 am at N.C. State if indoors due to weather)

Doubles--Quarterfinals

Monica Kellis-Brynn Hinson (East Montgomery) def. Anna Page-Gabrielle Beaudry (Durham N.C. School of Science and Math) 7-5, 6-3; Davi Barbour-Haley Thomas (Mount Airy) def. Ashley Spivey-Daijah Faucette (Saxapahaw River Mill Academy) 6-0, 6-1; Libby Fowler-Brooke Herlocker (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) def. Emma Burroughs-Logan Elkins (West Columbus) 6-0, 6-2; Jade Hughes-Elizabeth Dinkins (Mount Airy) def. Ashleigh Cleveland-Erin Rymiszewski (Durham N.C. School of Science and Math) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles--Semifinals

Barbour-Thomas (Mount Airy) def. Kellis-Hinson (East Montgomery) 7-5, 6-4; Fowler-Herlocker (Gray Stone Day) def. Hughes-Dinkins (Mount Airy) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles--Championship

Davi Barbour-Haley Thomas (Mount Airy) vs. Libby Fowler-Brooke Herlocker (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day), 9 am (or 8 am at N.C. State if indoors due to weather