BURLINGTON — Salisbury earned its fifth consecutive state championship on
Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state women’s dual team tennis championships at the Burlington Tennis Center.
The Hornets rolled past Greene Central by a 5-0 score in the 2-A final, winning all the completed matches in straight sets and taking five of those sets at love.
Salisbury was in the finals for the 12th time and captured its ninth NCHSAA state dual team title, finishing the season with a 21-2 mark. Greene Central was in the finals for the 11th time with a pair of previous state championships and wound up 21-3 overall.
The 3-A final was the closest of the day, with unbeaten Nash Central and Charlotte Catholic splitting 3-3 in singles action and two of the matches going to the third-set tiebreaker.
But Catholic won the second and third doubles contests to take a 5-3 victory, improving its final season record to 20-6. The Cougars have now nine NCHSAA championships in 10 trips to the dual team finals.
Nash Central lost for the first time this season after 19 consecutive wins.
In morning championships, Raleigh Broughton completed a perfect 24-0 season as the Caps won the state 4-A title. Broughton rolled past previously unbeaten Greensboro Grimsley by a 5-1 count, winning four of the six singles matches in straight sets. The Caps were led by number-one singles player Maggie Kane, who won the 4-A singles championship in the individual tournament last weekend.
Broughton was in the women’s dual team finals for a record 15th time and won a record 11th championship. Grimsley (20-1), whose lone winner was Alex Silver in the number-two singles, was the defending champion.
In the 1-A final, Mount Airy rolled past Durham’s North Carolina School of Science and Math 5-0, winning all five of the singles matches which were completed in straight sets and only losing six games total in those five.
Jordan Jackson, Mount Airy’s number-one player in singles, was the state runner-up in the individual tournament last week.
Mount Airy ended the season at 22-2 overall while NCSSM finished 15-4.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
23rd Annual Women’s Dual Team Tennis Championships
Burlington Tennis Center, Burlington
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
1-A CHAMPIONSHIP: MOUNT AIRY 5, DURHAM N.C. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH 0
Singles
Jordan Jackson (MA) def. Anna Page 6-0, 6-0; Davi Barbour (MA) def. Gabrielle Beaudry 6-1, 6-1; Jade Hughes (MA) was leading Laura Weng 6-0, 3-1 when match halted with outcome decided; Haley Thomas (MA) def. Ashleigh Cleveland 6-2, 6-0; Bree Hughes (MA) def. Erin Rymiszewski 6-1, 6-0; Carley Vanhoy (MA) def. Puja Patel 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles
Not played with outcome decided.
2-A CHAMPIONSHIP: SALISBURY 5, GREENE CENTRAL 0
Singles
Katelyn Storey (S) def. Jessica Hatch 6-0, 6-0; Alexandra Drye (S) def. Olivia Jackson 6-1, 6-2; Anna Flynn (S) def. Kayla Radford 6-2, 6-0; Sallie Kate Meyerhoeffer (S) was leading Laurie Sutton 6-2, 2-1 when match halted with outcome decided; Madeline Hoskins (S) def. Taylor Keel 6-2, 6-0; Kayla Honeycutt (S) def. Mackenzie Butts 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
Not played with outcome decided.
3-A CHAMPIONSHIP: CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 5, NASH CENTRAL 3
Singles
Grace Deering (CC) def. Randi Price 6-1, 6-3; Rachel Tomchin (CC) def. Kaley Price 6-2, 2-6, (10-5); Dana Kelly (NC) def. Caroline Smith 6-3, 6-2; Lizzie Eakin (NC) def. Christine Kessel 6-2, 7-6(5); Caley Bass (NC) def. Molly Leonard (CC) 6-2, 6-7(1), (10-5);Megan Arizmendi (CC) def. Meredith Davis 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles
R. Price-K. Price (NC) were leading Deering-Tomchin 9-3 when match halted with outcome decided; Smith-Kessel (CC) def. Kelly-Eakin 10-3; Arizmendi-Leonard (CC) def. Bass-Davis 10-6.
4-A CHAMPIONSHIP: RALEIGH BROUGHTON 5, GREENSBORO GRIMSLEY 1
Singles
Maggie Kane (B) def. Majdou Lavoie 6-3, 6-3; Alex Silver (G) def. Kelsey Boole 6-4, 6-2; Kara Summerford (B) def. Mari Fugino 6-4, 6-1; Olivia King (B) def. Carolina Chao 6-1, 6-1; Adrienne Overcash (B) def. Astrid Pascua 6-0, 6-0; Ashley Ramsey (B) def. Rachel Cox 0-6, 6-3, (10-5).
Doubles
Not played with outcome decided.
