ALL-CARDINAL GIBBONS FINAL IN NCHSAA 3-A DOUBLES;
SWOPE OF WEDDINGTON TAKES SINGLES CROWN
BURLINGTON — It was an all-Cardinal Gibbons championship in doubles on
Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s tennis tournament at the Burlington Tennis Center.
The doubles team of Devin Knors and Lizzie Galush downed teammates Natalie Freeman and Summer Jacobs in straight 6-3 sets to win the title.
Heide Swope of Weddington captured the singles title, defeating Sarah Jiang of Concord Cox Mill 6-3, 6-0 in the championship.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2013 WOMEN’S 3-A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Burlington Tennis Center, Burlington
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Singles — Semifinals
Sarah Jiang (Concord Cox Mill) def. Adrienne Haynes (Asheville) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Heidi Swope (Weddington) def. Helen Zhang (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-2, 6-1.
Singles — Championship
Swope (Weddington) def. Jiang (Cox Mill) 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles — Semifinals
Natalie Freeman-Summer Jacobs (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Claire Lieberman-Huda McGraw (Fayetteville Terry Sanford) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(3); Devin Knors–Lizzie Galush (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Chandler Brice-Tanner Brice (Rocky Mount) 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles — Championship
Knors-Galush (Cardinal Gibbons) def. Freeman-Jacobs (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-3, 6-3.