CHAPEL HILL—Four different classifications will determine individual champions this weekend as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association holds its annual women’s tennis championships.
State crowns in singles and doubles will be up for grabs, but no team score is determined. The team championships will be decided by the dual team tournament that concludes with its championships on November 5.
Action will get underway on Friday morning at ten o’clock in all classifications, with championship matches set for Saturday afternoon except in 1-A. The 1-A finals will be Saturday morning.
Both the 1-A and 2-A championships are slated for the Cary Tennis Center. Site for the 3-A championships is the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center, while the 4-A event will be played at the Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh.
In the 4-A ranks, a string of 10 consecutive years for a Raleigh Broughton player to play in the state singles championship was snapped last year when Teresa Wang of North Mecklenburg beat Greensboro Page’s Brooke Walker in three sets for the crown.
Two-time defending 2-A singles champion Britney Cloer of Brevard has qualified and will return to defend her title, and defending 1-A singles champ Kasey Mabe of North Stokes returns to try to make it two in a row.
The first NCHSAA women’s tennis championships were held in 1970, and this is the 35th annual tournament. In 1972 two championships were held, one in the spring and then one when the sport switched to fall competition.
Women’s tennis moved to two classifications of play in 1985, three in ’86, and then all four had separate championships for the first time in 1997.
Wendy’s and the Carolinas Ford Dealers are the presenting sponsors of the NCHSAA sports program.
NCHSAA WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFIERS
1A East
Singles:
Stacey Smith– Spring Creek
Beth Lineberger– Bear Grass
Kayce Brantham– Rosewood
Francesca Radi– Topsail
Doubles:
Martha Morris/Brittany Cockreil– Topsail
Amy Hardin/Jami Britt– West Columbus
Christa Jones/Erica Brown– James Kenan
Sarah Smith/Abby Hardison– Williamston
1A West
Singles:
Kasey Mabe– North Stokes
Anna Klein– Hendersonville
Brittany Sanges– Albemarle
Maggie Ronan– Bishop McGuinness
Doubles:
Jessica Eblen/Jeanne Marie Laborde– Hendersonville
Jenni Kimmich/Brittany Sams– North Stokes
Jennifer Domeron/Molly Parks– Jordan-Matthews
Laken Joyce/Tanna Tilley– North Stokes
2A East
Singles:
Kathleen Olson– Swansboro
Kelly Fields– St. Pauls
Cuyler Wells– First Flight
Abby Richmon– Edenton Holmes
Doubles:
Meredith Pierson/Paten Carlton– East Duplin
Anna Winslow/Sara Lilley– Pasquotank
Kathleen McReynolds/Sarah Hughes– Swansboro
Katie Parrish/Lauren Williams– Edenton Holmes
2A Mideast
Singles:
Nancy Reilly– Cardinal Gibbons
Mara Evans– Tarboro
Grace Whitely– Cardinal Gibbons
Rukshona Usmanova– Durham School of Arts
Doubles:
Meredith Rouse/Brittany Horton– Greene Central
Christi Murphy/Ashley Harrell– Greene Central
Miranda Spain/Genelle Wilson– Tarboro
Alice Smith/Maria Tergliafera– West Stokes
2A Midwest
Singles:
Allie Mills– North Rowan
Susie Wear– Salisbury
Meredith Weisler– Salisbury
Jorden Kinney– North Lincoln
Doubles:
Hollyn Alberghini/Emily Morton– West Stanly
Ellen Emerson/Chris Leonard– Salisbury
Casey Collins/Christina Dunkin– Salisbury
Ashley Auman/Allyson Frick– Lexington
2A West
Singles:
Britney Cloer– Brevard
Emily Mathis– Wilkes Central
Clare Davis Hyatt– Brevard
Emily Perkins– Surry Central
Doubles:
Betsy Martin/Erin Mode– Shelby
Katherine Pardue/Shana Spencer– Starmount
Laura Rollins/Sarah Brown– Wilkes Central
Lorna Vega/Ivey Tant– Ashe County
3A East
Singles:
Raychel Batts– C.B. Aycock
Andrea Michalak– Hunt
Janna Oxendine– Nash Central
Ally Rushing– Hertford County
Doubles:
Nicole Taylor/Lizzie Sodoma– C.B. Aycock
Rachel Perkinson/McKenna Cox– Washington
Amanda Keeny/Heather Sanders– Southern Nash
Ashley Pearsall/Emily Hughes– Rocky Mount
3A Mideast
Singles:
Margaret Kernodle– Burlington Williams
Callie Earles– Morehead
Winnie Quick– Dudley
Rosemary Downing– Southern Alamance
Doubles:
Katie Cox/Caitlin McKenna– Western Guilford
Cayce Wood/Lennon Dodson– Morehead
Andrea Gilley/Julie Reese– Morehead
Mollie Lambert/Megan Colonel– Burlington Williams
3A Midwest
Singles:
Cameron Chatman– Ragsdale
Lindsey Cannon– Reagan
Catherine Wood– Ragsdale
Kelli Ferguson– Northwest Cabarrus
Doubles:
Stephanie Meiners/Kelly Santore– Porter Ridge
Naadia Crutchfield Kieara Crutchfield– Ragsdale
Laura Holman Keri Holman– West Rowan
Paris Sims/Chelsea Chatman– Ragsdale
3A West
Singles:
Emily Mauser– Hickory
Lauren Sessoms– South Point
Amanda Massey– North Buncombe
Ashley Brown– Asheville
Doubles:
Emily Carriel/Sara Fender– Forestview
Carolina Kuttner/Alley Leahy– Charlotte Catholic
Erin Hosterman/Rebecca Rhoney– St. Stephens
Stephanie Teague/Caitlin Phillips– Hickory
4A East
Kaitlin Burns– Hoggard
Tamara Sachs–Terry Sanford
Maggie Dickens– Hoggard
Jessica Cook–Scotland
Doubles:
Keenan Whitesides/Caroline Gooch–New Hanover
Lyndsey Michael/Judy Staub–Hoggard
Elizabeth Arnold/Holli Hodge– Richmond
Megan Brigman/Hannah Harling–Scotland
4A Mideast
Singles:
Ashley Rodgers– Cary
Heather Prior– Wakefield
Julia Howard– East Chapel Hill
Brooke Hoover– Northern Durham
Doubles:
Ariana Deely/Helen Rosko– Apex
Marianne Simpson/Martha Williams– Broughton
Tess Darling/Jennifer Huang– East Chapel Hill
Caroline Mauch/Ida Donner– Jordan
4A Midwest
Singles:
Beata Debinsky– Mt. Tabor
Caroline Treadaway– West Forsyth
Stacey Karl– Northwest Guilford
Jennifer Ansari– Page
Doubles:
Christine Vanard/Perry Loester– Mt. Tabor
Kayla Duncan/Morgan Rogers– RJ Reynolds
Alice Miller/Lauren Atkinson– Grimsley
Teresa Wang/Jennifer Marvin– North Mecklenburg
4A West
Singles:
Anna Lee Evans– Watauga
Shondra Redfern– Harding
Kimber Redfern– Harding
Kasey Eillis– South Mecklenburg
Doubles:
Amber Arciero/Christina Calott– Providence
Kathryn Hannon/Sarah Geyer– Ashbrook
Virginia Edahl/Leigh Robison– Providence
Hartley Collins/Carolyn Browning– Myers Park
