RALEIGH— The top two seeds in singles had little trouble winning their two matches on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s state 4-A tennis championships at Millbrook Exchange Park.
Top-seeded Beata Debinski of Winston-Salem Mount Tabor and second-seeded Anna Lee Evans of Watauga each lost only three games in four sets to advance to the Saturday morning semifinals, and each will face Redfern sisters in the Saturday morning semifinals. Debinski will face Shondra Redfern of Charlotte Harding University, who upended third-seeded Heather Prior of Raleigh Wakefield in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon, while Evans will face Shodra’s sister Kimber in the other singles semifinal.
In doubles, the top four seeded teams all won their matches in straight sets to advance to semifinal action Saturday morning. The top-seeded pair of Kayla Duncan and Morgan Rogers of Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds was the state runner-up in doubles a year ago.
The finals are set for Saturday afternoon.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2005 WOMEN’S STATE 4-A TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Millbrook Exchange Park, Raleigh
Singles—First Round
Beata Debinski (Winston-Salem Mount Tabor) def. Maggie Dickens (Wilmington Hoggard) 6-1,6-1; Brooke Hoover (Northern Durham) def. Stacey Karl (Northwest Guilford) 6-0, 6-0; Heather Prior (Raleigh Wakefield) def. Kasey Ellis (South Mecklenburg) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Shondra Redfern (Charlotte Harding University) def. Julia Howard (East Chapel Hill) 6-3, 6-0; Jennifer Ansari (Greensboro Page) def. Kaitlin Burns (Wilmington Hoggard) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Kimber Redfern (Charlotte Harding University) def. Ashley Rogers (Cary) 6-1, 6-3; Jessica Cook (Scotland) def. Caroline Treadaway (West Forsyth) 6-0, 6-3; Anna Lee Evans (Watauga) def. Tamara Sachs (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-1, 6-0.
Singles—Quarterfinals
Debinski (Mount Tabor) def. Hoover (Northern Durham) 6-1, 6-0; S. Redfern (Harding) def. Prior (Wakefield) 6-0, 6-3; K.Redfern (Harding) def. Ansari (Page) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Evans (Watauga) def. Cook (Scotland) 6-2, 6-1.
Semifinals
Beata Debinski (Winston-Salem Mount Tabor) vs. Shondra Redfern (Charlotte Harding University)
Kimber Redfern (Charlotte Harding University) vs. Anna Lee Evans (Watauga)
Doubles—First Round
Kayla Duncan-Morgan Rogers (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) def. Tess Darling-Jennifer Huang (East Chapel Hill) 6-3, 6-3; Hartley Collins-Carolyn Browning (Charlotte Myers Park) def. Keenan Whitesides-Caroline Gooch (Wilmington New Hanover) 6-1, 6-4; Amber Arciero-Christina Calott (Charlotte Providence) def. Ariana Deely-Helen Rosko (Apex) 6-2, 6-3; Alice Miller-Lauren Atkinson (Greensboro Grimsley) def. Megan Brigman-Hannah Harling (Scotland) 6-1, 7-6 (4); Virginia Edahl-Leigh Robison (Charlotte Providence) def. Judy Staub-Lyndsey Michael (Wilmington Hoggard) 7-6 (2), 6-3 ; Teresa Wang-Jennifer Marvin (North Mecklenburg) def. Martha Williams-Marianna Simpson (Raleigh Broughton) 6-0, 6-4; Elizabeth Arnold-Holli Hodges (Richmond) def. Kathryn Hannon-Sarah Geyer (Gastonia Ashbrook) by default; Caroline Mauch-Ida Donner (Durham Jordan) def.Christine Vanard-Perry Loester (Winston-Salem Mount Tabor) 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles—Quarterfinals
Duncan-Rogers (R.J. Reynolds) def. Collins-Browning (Myers Park) 6-2, 6-3; Arciero-Calott (Providence) def. Miller-Atkinson (Grimsley) 6-3, 7-5; Wang-Marvin (North Mecklenburg) def. Edahl-Robison (Providence) 6-2, 6-0; Mauch-Donner (Jordan) def. Arnold-Hodges (Richmond) 6-1, 6-1.
Semifinals
Kayla Duncan-Morgan Rogers (Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds) vs. Amber Arciero-Christina Calott (Charlotte Providence)
Teresa Wang-Jennifer Marvin (North Mecklenburg) vs. Caroline Mauch-Ida Donner (Durham Jordan)
