Weddington doubles team wins N.C. 3A tennis title

DEMOSS WINS 3-A SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP;
WEDDINGTON PAIR EARNS DOUBLES CROWN

     BURLINGTON--  Masey DeMoss of Mayodan Dalton McMichael won a pair of matches on Saturday to take the singles championship in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women's tennis tournament at the Burlington Tennis Center.
            DeMoss won the state title with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over freshman Sarah Jiang of Cox Mill in the championship match. She had advanced to the finals with a morning semifinal win in three sets over last year's state runner-up, Alix Theodossiou of Asheville.
DeMoss finished second in the state tournament in 2010 to Asheville's MacKenzie LaSure.
            The Weddington team of Emma Yates and Heidi Swope battled back to win the state doubles championship, defeating the Charlotte Catholic team of Grace Deering and Rachel Tomchin.  Yates and Swope burst to a 4-1 lead in the first set but the Catholic team battled back to take it 6-4. Then the Weddington duo put it together in impressive fashion by winning 6-1, 6-3 to clinch the crown.
            Yates and Swope beat another Charlotte Catholic team, Caroline Smith and Christin Kessel, in the morning semifinals.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

3-A WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Burlington Tennis Center, Burlington

SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Singles--Semifinals
            Sarah Jiang (Concord Cox Mill) def. Ashton Walker (Pikeville Charles B. Aycock) 6-2, 6-1; Masey DeMoss (Mayodan McMichael) def. Alix Theodossiou (Asheville) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2.

Singles--Championship
            DeMoss (McMichael) def. Jiang (Cox Mill) 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles--Semifinals
    Grace Deering-Rachel Tomchin (Charlotte Catholic) def. Randi Price-Kaley Price (Nash Central) 6-0, 6-1; Emma Yates-Heidi Swope (Weddington) def. Caroline Smith-Christine Kessel (Charlotte Catholic) 6-3, 6-0.

Doubles--Championship
            Yates-Swope (Weddington) def. Deering-Tomchin (Charlotte Catholic) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.