NCHSAA State 1-A Girl’s Tennis Championships – 1st Day

Championship Pairings Set In NCHSAA 1-A Women’s Tennis

CARY — Morgan Auger of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness and Julissa Quintanilla of North Duplin won their way into the singles championship match with two wins apiece on Friday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A women’s tennis championships at the Cary Tennis Center.

Auger did not lose a single game en route to a pair of straight set victories while Quintanilla also won in straight sets, none of which was closer than 6-2.

A doubles team from Misenheimer Gray Stone Day has won the last two 1-A championships, and Brooke Herlocker has been a part of both of those titles. This year she is teaming with Meghan Hedgepeth as the Gray Stone Day pair seeks the school’s third consecutive doubles title, and Herlocker and Hedgepeth have made it to the finals.

The Gray Stone Day pair will face Courtney Mudge and Marisa Deininger of Community School of Davidson for the doubles title.

Championship matches start at nine o’clock Saturday morning.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE 1-A WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cary Tennis Center

FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Singles–Quarterfinals
Morgan Auger (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) def. Sarahgrace Snipes (Whiteville) 6-0, 6-0; Casey Langer (Franklin Academy) def. Eliza Robinson (Community School of Davidson) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Julissa Quintanilla (North Duplin) def. Abby Williams (North Stokes) 6-2, 6-1; Kinsey Blount (Durham Voyager Academy) def. Lydia Miller (Matthews Queen’s Grant) 6-2, 6-3.

Singles—Semifinals
Auger (Bishop) def. Langer (Franklin Academy) 6-0, 6-0; Quintinalla (North Duplin) def. Blount (Voyager) 6-2, 6-2.

Singles—Championship
Morgan Auger (Bishop McGuinness) vs. Julissa Quantanilla (North Duplin), Saturday, 9 am

Doubles–Quarterfinals
Courtney Mudge-Marisa Deininger (Community School of Davidson) def. Blake Hardison-Heaven Sasser (Riverside-Martin) 6-0,6-1; Kyndall Cortes-Anna Owen (Kernersville Bishop McGuinness) def. Emma Burroughs-Logan Elkins (West Columbus) 6-0, 6-3; Lexi Yakoobian-Sierra Lunsford (Mooresville Pine Lake Prep) def. Margaret High-Chase Barnhill (Whiteville) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3; Meghan Hedgepeth-Brooke Herlocker (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) def. Kaylyn Norville-Hanna Whitehurst (Tarboro) 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles—Semifinals
Mudge-Deininger (CSD) def. Cortes-Owen (Bishop) 6-3, 6-3; Hedgepeth-Herlocker (Gray Stone Day) def. Yakoobian-Lunsford (Pine Lake Prep) 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles–Championship
Courtney Mudge-Marisa Deininger (Community School of Davidson) vs. Meghan Hedgepeth-Brooke Herlocker (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day), Saturday, 9 am