NCHSAA 2-A WOMEN’S TENNIS
CARY— Kayla Honeycutt of Salisbury took the state title in singles Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A women’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
Honeycutt defeated Jessica Ille of Carrboro in the final, 6-3, 6-0.
Honeycutt had lost only one game in four sets in Friday’s action and then eliminated Shelby’s Nancy Bridges, the 2013 state 2-A singles runner-up and state champion two years ago, in a Saturday morning semifinal 6-2, 6-2.
The doubles team of Hannah Archer and Olivia Archer of Lake Norman Charter was dominant in its march to the championship. The Lake Norman Charter duo did not even lose a game in its first three victories, including a Saturday morning semifinal, and then won the state crown with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Lydia Yuan and Sara Yuan of Durham North Carolina School Science & Math.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE 2-A WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Singles—Semifinals
Jessica Ille (Carrboro) def. Caroline Cowan (Kill Devil Hills First Flight) 6-1, 6-2; Kayla Honeycutt (Salisbury) def. Nancy Bridges (Shelby) 6-2, 6-2.
Singles—Championship
Honeycutt (Salisbury) def. Ille (Carrboro) 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles—Semifinals
Lydia Yuan-Sara Yuan (Durham North Carolina School Science & Math) def. Caroline Smith-Haley Beamon (Wilson Beddingfield) 6-3, 6-3; Hannah Archer-Olivia Archer (Lake Norman Charter) def. Grace Steinman-Kathryn Rusher (Salisbury) 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles—Championship
Archer-Archer (Lake Norman Charter) def. Yuan-Yuan (NCSSM) 6-1, 6-1.
1-A WOMEN’S TENNIS
CARY—Morgan Auger of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness captured the singles championship in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A women’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center on Saturday morning.
Auger downed Julissa Quintanilla of North Duplin 6-1,6-2 in the final. The state champ did not lose a single game on Friday en route to a pair of straight set victories to put her in the championship match. Auger has posted a 19-1 singles record this fall while Quintanilla suffered her first loss in 19 matches.
A doubles team from Misenheimer Gray Stone Day was seeking a third consecutive 1-A state championship, but it was not to be. Courtney Mudge and Marisa Deininger of Community School of Davidson defeated the Gray Stone Day duo of Meghan Hedgepeth and Brooke Herlocker by 6-3, 6-4.
The winners improved their doubles record to 19-0 on the season. Last year Mudge and Deininger both played singles and wound up in the state championship match, with Mudge winning the title.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE 1-A WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Singles—Championship
Morgan Auger (Bishop McGuinness) def. Julissa Quantanilla (North Duplin) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles–Championship
Courtney Mudge-Marisa Deininger (Community School of Davidson) def. Meghan Hedgepeth-Brooke Herlocker (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) 6-3, 6-4.
